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  Look, I know I'm not in the best position to speak about everything happening in America, and for some good reason (in my opinion). First of all, I'm Nigerian. From Africa. And though I've seen episodes of police brutality, I haven't experienced racism (well, there was this time, on Facebook...). And then, I only hear stuff on news, it's kinda different when you're there to experience it first hand. Like it's your daily experience.    Well, in 2016, Trip Lee released his album The Waiting Room (one of his best in my opinion), and there's this song there that gave me a little taste of the typical Black American experience. I'm talking about Lord Have Mercy by Trip Lee.    In the second verse, Trip said; "He made me a black man, with all black clothes  Black coffee, blacking out on all my flows But why is black a problem here for all my bros?  And why they tryna put a tag on all our toes?  Black fists on the pick sticking out my 'fro He made

   I grew up in a christian family, and for a short period in my life, I attended a christian school. At our teens church, they always encourage us to have christian friends, to always listen to christian music and to always read christian books. Who was that again that always shouted at church; "You're not a student christian. You're a christian student. You're a christian first before you became a student?" You get where this is going don't you? Labels, labels and more labels. But you know, previously, like way earlier on in our history, we had no labels. Everyone called us "those people who follow Jesus." Or "those people that preach about that man." Then some smart person must have said something like; "Hey, if they're like Christ, why don't we call them Christians?" I don't know how true, but someone once told me that the label "christian" was an insult. Like it was to be in the same category as "re

  Finally, we were all blessed with the release of Wande's debut album Exit. Prior to its release, there had been multiple singles and featured performances by the artist, and in each of them, we could sense that this girl is actually something special in the hip-hop scene. After all, wasn't she the first ever female artist signed to Reach Records?    First of, the sequence of the album was just fitting with the whole story being told. Starting with Be Yourself, and then ending it with Be The Light was especially significant. Exit was simply the story of God working through Wande from the start of her life till now. You know, there aren't really enough big female names in the hip-hop industry, and even less in the christian hip-hop genre. Because of that, I feel like it would be very easy for an upcoming female star to try to copy a big name, and then lose yourself in that light. Like she said in Be Yourself; "Don't be a clone, you were made too uniqu

When you say the word passion, a couple of people come to mind. People who have had an encounter that changed them so much that they'll broadcast the Lord's message of change everywhere. Take a look at the story of this man, listen to his music below, and understand where his passion comes from.  "What's up people. I'm Jew-b-al. A pastor and a rapper from Canada, and God has been good to me. You know, the Bible says in 1 Corinthians 1:26-29, and I quote, " Remember, dear brothers and sisters, that few of you were wise in the world’s eyes or powerful or wealthy when God called you.  Instead, God chose things the world considers foolish in order to shame those who think they are wise. And he chose things that are powerless to shame those who are powerful.  God chose things despised by the world, things counted as nothing at all, and used them to bring to nothing what the world considers important.  As a result, no one can ever boast in the presence o

"Christ Jesus on the throne. Spokesman's on the microphone." When I turn on a track, and I hear that intro, there's no describing the joy and excitement that feels my heart because I know what to expect. Allow me to introduce you to one of my favourite Nigerian CHH artist, SPOKESMAN.  Born more than 30 years ago, Jeremiah Samuel Aluwong, known as Spokesman, hails from Kaura local government area of Kaduna state. He is Kagoro by tribe. He is happily married to Timatt and they live in the city of Kaduna, Nigeria. Spokesman had his formal education in Capital School Kaduna and Federal Government College Kaduna. He became a graduate of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria where he obtained a B.Sc degree in Agriculture-Economics. He has also obtained his post graduate diploma. Spokesman has been in active music for 13 years now. A lecturer by profession, he is called into the evangelical ministry and missions. His vision is to preach God`s Word in its truest and pures

A couple of days ago, I did a post about CHH songs that some people will not classify as christian, just because it doesn't fit their description of how a christian song should sound like. Well, this is a sequel to the previous post. Here, I will share my thoughts on a similar issue as concerns this whole "christian artist" dilemma. Some people have this set image of how a christian artist should look like. They think they have the Christian Look all figured out. When I say christian artist, the image that comes to their minds is really predictable. I bet they thick suit and tie and some nerd's hairstyle. But then, they see an artist with awesome dreads, or maybe a Mohawk and they're like "non-Christian" Obviously, it's even worse with the ladies. Like, have you gone to the comments section of some of Gigi's music videos? And then, from my experience in my short life so far (obviously, I have a lot more time to spend here if Jesus do