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Canon brings the heat for summer hip hop playlists on his new song, “We Been Here,” featuring Aaron Cole blazing the chorus and second verse.

“We Been Here” is a follow up to Canon’s January release, “Fighters.” Canon’s last album, Loose Canon Vol. 3, debuted at #15 on Billboard’s Rap Albums chart in November. Canon is working on the his next set.

The track is available on Reflection Music Group and is available at online retailers.

Article by Billy Johnson, Jr.

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(Image courtesy of Humble Beast)

Much has been written about mainstream rap’s religious revival. Popular hip-hop artists–most notably Kendrick Lamar, Chance the Rapper, and Kanye–are weaving Christian themes into their music without apology. Surprisingly, the secular music marketplace is eating it up.

But as mainstream rap has become more Christian, Christian rap has become more mainstream. Artists like Lecrae are signing with secular music labels and refusing to be called “Christian rappers.

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Aha Gazelle , who signed with Reach Records in February, will release his debut album with the label, Trilliam 2, on June 9, which is available for pre-order on iTunes now.

Tracklist:
1. The Price Is Always Right
2. Twentylemhunnidmillion
3. Momma House ft. MC Fiji
4. Keep It in the Family
5. All Gold Party
6. Another Sauce Song
7. No Haircut Talk 2 ft. Reg Rob
8. Vegeta

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Lecrae's song "Blessings" featuring Ty Dolla $ign hit a huge milestone today as the song entered the top 10 on two different charts today,  hitting the no. 9 spot between YFN Lucci and Childish Gambino and hitting the no. 10 spot on the Billboard Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop chart. 

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Five years ago t, Lecrae released his first Church Clothes Mixtape, the project that was instrumental in the slow transformation of the rapper's more strict theological raps to his more mainstream sound. 

The mixtape was hosted by Don Cannon, and downloaded over 100,000 in less that 48 hours on Datpiff.com. It eventually had over 250,000 by the end of the month and about 600,000 now, which is platinum on the site. 






The album had features by Tedashii, Propaganda, Swoope, No Malice, And
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Length 64:02

Label Reach

Producer G-Styles, Kadence, k-Drama, Joseph Prielozny. Sixth Sense Music Productions, Dion Burroughs, Teddy P, Bobby Taylor, So Hot Productions (J.R. and NAB), Lecrae

Release Date: September 30, 2008

 

Record Label: Reach Records

 

Track Listing

1. Rebel Intro

2. Don't Waste Your Life ft. Cam, Dwayne Tryumf

3. Go Hard ft. Tedashii

4. Identity ft. Da' T.R.U.T.H., JR

5. Indwelling Sin

6. Breathin' To Death

7. Truth

8. Desperate ft. Cam

9. Change

10. Fall Back ft. Trip Lee

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Andy Mineo, Marty of Social Club Misfits, and KJ-52 are teaming up for the “Paisano’s Wylin Tour” in October, just in time for Italian Heritage Month. 

Mineo says he always envisioned doing something for his culture, and felt Italians are underrepresented in Hip-Hop.

“The track is definitely a crowd favorite, so why not make a tour out of it with my fellow Paisano’s.” 

The self-proclaimed Italian Stallion himself, Marty of Social Club Misfits, is excited to go out on tour with Andy, a great
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Devin Booker Becomes 6th NBA Player to Reach 70 Points , Cleveland Cavaliers Win 112-105 Over Charlotte Hornets
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Kendrick Lamar Says New Album will Focus on God Being a Missing Component

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Sho Baraka has become the latest victim of having a bookstore pull his music from their shelves for language deemed “offensive.” 

The offending word was from the song “Piano Break, 33 A.D.” Sho raps, “I was an insecure boy who just thought he was a genius/ But always pissed off, that's because I thought with my penis.” 

The reference in which the word was used wasn’t profane in any way. It was meant to reflect back on his life of sin. 

According to the Washington Post, customers complai
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“The track includes haunting changes in cadence throughout the course of its runtime, alliteration redolent of the likes of Eminem, Logic, and Kendrick Lamar, and a haunting, hypnotic visual in the background to coincide with the rollercoaster ride the bombardment of words can cause.” -- RESPECT.

“Fighters” Video

 

Canon takes his art seriously. The Reflection Music Group rapper and producer explains his mode of operation for success as an emcee on his new self-produced single “Fighters,”

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Lecrae (Photo credit: Joe Gonzales)

Lecrae (Photo credit: Joe Gonzales)

Since he released his first album and founded Reach Records in 2004, Lecrae’s life looks like this: seven albums, three mixtapes, seven Dove Awards, two Soul Train Awards, two Grammy Awards, one Billboard Award, one memoir and one honorary doctorate of music from Canada Christian College.

In the midst of racking up accolades and working relentlessly as one of the foremost Christian rappers in music, the Texas transplant has become a bit of a public mentor

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After a strong 2016, Lecrae is heading into 2017 with new music, and a focus as solid as ever. 

The Reach Records emcee recently shared that in early 2017, fans should expect to hear a new album. 

“It will be out early 2017 (first quarter). There’s no name yet. I’m still processing. It’s definitely thematic. There’s a reoccurring theme of struggle, embracing the struggle, finding grace in the middle of it, and hopefulness through all of it,” he said. 

The difference between this one and Anom
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(TripLee116/Instagram)

Rapper Trip Lee has a catchy name and rhymes to match, but nothing about him is conventional.

As a hip hop artist, pastor, author and speaker, the Dallas native has built a huge following and topped Billboard charts, never once shying away from his faith.

The rapper stepped into #TheGrioLive to talk with Gerren Keith Gaynor and Natasha Alford about how he got into music and why he’s not fitting into any “Christian rap” label.

“I like to turn up but I also like stuff th

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2016 marks a decade that Trip Lee has been in the music industry since the release of his debut album, If They Only Knew, in 2006. As an original member of Reach Records and the 116 Clique, the Dallas native has seen the independent label grow and the movement morph accordingly.

Lee’s last LP, 2014’s Risecame after he had debated retiring from the rap game as he balanced his roles as a family man and pastor. Two years have passed since then and Lee says in an exclusive phone inte

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Trip Lee releases a new project, a 10 song mixtape called The Waiting Room.  This is the first taste of new music from Trip Lee since his fifth LP Rise (2014), which debuted at #2 on the Billboard Rap chart and #16 on the Billboard 200.

  1. Clouds
  2. Too Cold
  3. Lord Have Mercy
  4. IDK
  5. Ready ft. Dimitri McDowell
  6. Still Unashamed f. Tedashii
  7. Money Up
  8. Out My Way
  9. Longer f. India Shawn
  10. Billion Years f. Taylor Hill

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It’s true that life can often feel like a balancing act, a constant juggling of family

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 Derek Minor releases the video for “Look at Me Now” with a digital premiere on BET.com. “Look at Me Now” is the latest video from his hit album, Reflection, which debuted at #5 on Billboard’s Top Rap Albums chart. His current hit single “Change the World (feat. Hollyn)," also continues to impact radio, rising up the Christian Hot AC/CHR chart to #18. 

In the new Will Thomas-directed video for “Look at Me Now,” Minor recalls his days as a teenager, aspiring rapper and producer. “I remember bein

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