You Are Appreciated

As I have grown to love Holy Hip Hop and Pure Music, I have also developed a strong admiration and appreciation for those artists who have dedicated themselves to spreading the word of God. Those immersed in the movement may sometimes forget the tremendous courage, belief, and self-confidence it takes to explicitly inject God and Jesus into a genre of music that seems to find new ways to celebrate excessive consumption, violence, drugs, etc., a genre that sometimes seems to be the antithesis of what Christianity means. Of course there are, and always have been artists, who did not collapse under the executive pressure of record labels, and found ways to preserve their artistic integrity, and individualism, but there have been many more who have not. I mention these types of artists not to judge them, but to rather to laud and show my admiration for the artists who stay in line with God while pursuing their dreams. So, I can't help but show my love to Breeve and J and every rapper, singer, poet, producer who has made the decision to do music for God. Keep doing your thing. Love.