It seems to happen at every award show – so much so that it’s now a frequent punch line. The rapper who rhymes about selling drugs, pulling guns, and sleeping around with your girl gets honored for his work and the first thing out of his mouth is “I want to thank God.”
Why would someone promote and sell a lifestyle that appears to be so sinful if they are really trying to follow the ways of Jesus? How do they think their God receives such words of gratitude? Is the “spiritual/Jesus track” at the end of the album a reflection of their true relationship with the Creator or something they tack onto the record to make their momma proud?
This year, we’ve already come through the Grammys, BET, and MTV Awards where such sentiments were no doubt proclaimed from the stage. And just a few weeks ago, the Dove Awards were held in Nashville where Christian music artists most certainly did the same thing.
CLICK HERE to watch a clip from the upcoming documentary that explores the above topics with interviews from Paul Wall, R-Swift, DeRay, Urban D and Madd Hatta.
Sketch tells me they have been shooting this off and on for the last two years. They are still editing but hope to have a first volume of interviews out by fourth quarter of 2009.
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