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Lecrae doesn’t have all of the answers to solve the problems in the world, but he does believe some key factors are needed to improve some social injustices within the country.

According to The Washington Post, the rapper who was born as Lecrae Devaughn Moore believes in order for race relations to improve, there should be “unity, forgiveness, equity and justice.”

The Christian-rapper-turned-New-York-Times-bestselling author who is promoting his first bookUnashamed, hasn’t shied away from speaking up about racial injustice in the past. Still, he insists that his fight extends beyond his African-American heritage.

“I don’t see this as a black-white issue. In India, the Filipinos are being treated like they are less than human. I’m not focused on race, exactly,” he told The Post. “If blacks in America are treated equally, I’ll move on to the next group.”

As a Christian, the rapper said he believes that the Church has not done enough to improve racial issues in the country.

“The church has been absent as far as race and justice for three decades,” he said. “We’re like: ‘We haven’t seen you since MLK!'”

The artist who was the first to simultaneously top both the Billboard gospel music charts and the Billboard 200 with his 2014 album Anomaly has been involved in the Black Lives Matter movement. Although he took part in the Ferguson, Missouri, protests after black teenager Michael Brown was shot by a white police officer in 2014, Lecrae admits that he has received flack for it.

“It’s unfortunate that myself, as a black man, cannot care about the issues that impact the black community without being seeing as a race-baiter or without being seen as someone who doesn’t care about any other ethnic groups,” Lecrae previously told CNN.

For the rapper and head of Reach Records record label, his Christian faith does define his personality.

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SOURCE: Christian Post, Christine Thomasos

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