Kendrick Lamar openly asked what Christian hip hop stars Lecrae and Dee-1 would do in their shoes of disdain for the culture — and now we have the answer, because both rappers responded with raps!!!
Lecrae and Dee have both released their own solo music, creating a trinity around K. Dot’s latest internet hit… the MCs showcase completely different flows, deliveries, and production choices — but the messaging and cover art are nearly identical.
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Both discuss the issue that record labels have allowed rap to poison the minds of consumers so well, to the point where fans don’t even know they are being manipulated… until it is too late!!!
Lecrae dropped his K. Dot response with a pair of decadent, all-white Nike Air Forces — a stark contrast to the big black shoes Kendrick showed off on his IG… but Lecrae’s lyrics are anything but angelic.
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The Grammy Award winner ripped into music executives who target marginalized black kids with money that allows them to self-destruct in real time. Jesus destroyed merchandise, and Lecrae is destroying the industry!!!
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Dee-1 wore a pair of beat-up Nike LeBron Soldiers on his track “Call It Like It Is” and went to great lengths to slam the culture… “Y’all turned this culture into trash, these so-called legends ain’t legends / I don’t care if they sold millions, are you listening to their message? … Rap’s biggest gangsters got blonde hair and blue eyes / We gettin pimped, what you boys wanna do?”
Reality rap has made “The Breakfast Club” question the role radio plays in the equation… the airwaves heavily favor a certain subgenre of hip hop, and it’s usually not positive music!!!
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We caught up with Dee-1 right before he recorded his response, and he was proud of changing the game in hip hop.
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If Kendrick Lamar — aka the rapper big enough for the Super Bowl — says rap has become toxic, then so be it!!!
