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Let's Take A Stand With CHH!

 Yesterday, I did a post about worship and rap music. After I shared the link on a Facebook group, I received comments from people stating the fact that they were OK with worship rap. But then someone made a comment that actually made sense. He said something like; "Rap music can be used for worship when it's not going political like it is today."
   What's that quote from the Bible again? When the righteous rule the people rejoice right? Is a Christian rapper allowed to use his platform to campaign for political things? Haha, I said "allowed." How about national issues? But isn't a Christian rapper a minister first before a campaigner for anything?
    Was it Martin Luther King Jr that said that evil prevails when good men do nothing? So what separates a Christian rapper from a secular one if they both talk about national and political issues in their songs? What if Spokesman starts to talk about the power situation in Nigeria, or elections or bad leadership? How different would he be from MI or Falz?
  Recently, CHH has been filled with political statements in songs. Perhaps from the moment Donald Trump became president. From the time Trip Lee talked about racism and black incarceration, to the time WHATUPRG talked about his grandma getting a visa. (For those new to CHH, WHATUPRG is Mexican. Donald Trump has been deporting Mexicans and stuff. Get why it's political now? As he mentioned that in the song?) Lecrae was one active figure in the Black Lives Matter movement and Derek Minor, towards the end of the year gave this interview about racism and stuff. I've been thinking, isn't the most important thing reaching unsaved people and edifying the brethren?
   I agree Jesus would stand up for the oppressed people. He took on oppressors and stuff, but His primary assignment was not ignored while he went about his standing up for the oppressed people. I'll leave you with Lord Have Mercy by Trip Lee. He spent the first verse talking about his hopeless state without Christ, the next verse addressing black incarceration, and the final verse talking about how earth is a waiting room and in heaven, we'll experience the real thing. This, in my opinion, is the way it should be.

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