TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - An East Texas hip-hop artist is producing beats inspired by his own journey of faith. Justin Oliver, who performs as ‘JOliver,’ made the switch to Christian rap earlier this ...

In 2013, an absurd video of a white man, purportedly an Iowa pastor, performing something he called “Rappin’ for Jesus” went viral on YouTube. “My crew is big and it keeps getting bigger, that’s cause ...

This photo provided by Kelvin Worthey Jr. shows Christian rapper Childlike CiCi performing on Oct. 12, 2025. (Credit: Kelvin Worthey Jr./Kashvision Multimedia & Broadcasting LLC via AP.) Listen A new ...

"Von Won is authentic," Stephanie Felan, a 45-year-old church member who’s belonged to the pastor's ministry for over a decade. "He doesn't chase commercialism—he's chasing God. It's not about sales.

The first female artist on Lecrae’s label, Wande, talks to CT about being a woman in Christian hip-hop and how the genre can be an entry point for learning gospel truths. Five years ago, when Yewande ...

“I knew then this wasn’t entertainment; it was ministry.” On a humid evening in June 2019, 18-year-old Joel Salvi stepped onto the stage inside a dimly lit Catholic church in Pune, a city in India’s ...

Anthony Nelson’s dreams were coming true. It was the early 1990s and the Oakland native, who had been rapping since elementary school, was making a name for himself. He’d recorded with Too Short, ...

A new wave of artists is transcending traditional notions of Christian music, drawing young global audiences to faith-based rap, Afrobeats and R&B. Often boosted by social media, many of them got ...