Renowned French Romantic author Victor Hugo is credited with saying, “Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.” It makes us wonder about the unspoken and ...

Looking back at the painful and difficult history of being Black in America, religion has always been an important cultural and spiritual backbone — constantly sustaining and replenishing the ...

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 ...

Gospel music and faith have long been a part of Black culture in the U.S. From hymns that would be sung on slavery fields to anthems of the civil rights movement, gospel has been there. Adeerya ...

Kanye West is far from the first rapper to assert that Jesus is King. Hip-hop’s reverence for God has been proclaimed on records since the very beginning. Rappers have talked about how God has helped ...

Kanye West is the hot new thing in music, having won three Grammy awards, including for a song called "Jesus Walks" on an album called "College Dropout." Now gospel music, which came out of the blues ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Terverius Black believes in hip-hop gospel so much that he sold his first home to get the money needed to start his Christian-themed entertainment company. It was a risky move, but ...

At one time, preachers wanted nothing to do with hip-hop, a music genre often associated with drugs and violence. But religious leaders are now using hip-hop gospel music to reach out to local youth ...