St. Louis, Missouri, rapper Thi’sl.
(PHOTO: THI’SL)

Christian rapper Thi’sl, a St. Louis, Missouri, native, knows firsthand about the racial tensions that have plagued his city for decades. It is that same dark cloud of racial unrest that overshadows the recent police killing of an 18-year-old black man in nearby Ferguson. Calling for justice while trumpeting a peaceful response, Thi’sl also says it is time for the church to step up and face the fact that U.S. Christianity has its own fester