“Be ye imitators of Christ.” Maybe rapper Kendrick Lamar was inspired by Ephesians 5:1 before recently taking the Glastonbury Festival stage.

In 2019, St. Louis-based Christian rapper Marcus Gray, known as Flame, won a $2.78 million lawsuit against pop star Katheryn Hudson, known as Katy Perry. But in 2020, that victory was taken away.

Kanye’s first ever gospel album, Jesus Is King, shows that Christ reigns in hearts and charts. The musical work that enthrones the Messiah above the ubiquitous and larger-than-life personality that is the Chicago rapper, topped the Billboard album chart, opening at No. 1 — West’s ninth consecutive time in the peak position.

Christian rapper, Travis Tremayne Tyler, who simply goes by the stage name Thi’sl, was shot multiple times during an attempted robbery Tuesday. Some sources say he was attacked by some of the young men he was attempting to help.