Lecrae, Church Clothes, and Mainstream Attention
By J.F. Arnold in Culture, Featured, Music, Religion, The Gospel — May 10, 2012 at 7:00 am[Update: My Audio Review for The Christian Manifesto]
Over at XXL Mag, a hip-hop oriented magazine, Lecrae was interviewed about his mixtape Church Clothes, which is set to release today, May 10th. I’ve watched a couple of debates on the topic already. People tend to land in one of two places: either Lecrae is doing God’s work by making music that will reach more people, or he has lost touch with...
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