{"id":2092,"date":"2012-05-30T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-30T14:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2012\/05\/lecraes-church-clothes.html"},"modified":"2012-05-30T14:31:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-30T14:31:00","slug":"lecraes-church-clothes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2012\/05\/lecraes-church-clothes.html","title":{"rendered":"Lecrae’s “Church Clothes”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
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by Ebony Utley<\/a>
Rhetoric Race and Religion Contributor
From: Rap and Religion<\/a><\/p>\n

I dig LeCrae. Tall, dark, handsome\u2026 but I digress. I mean, I like his flow, his southern accent, his swag. He has an uncanny ability to assume the personas of an array of protagonists. His videos take audiences back to the community. He\u2019s honest, clever, and consistent in his message without being preachy or too judgmental. I appreciate him calling out the church on its hypocrisy in \u201cChurch Clothes.\u201d Through his raps, LeCrae reminds audiences that religion should be more about relationships than rules.<\/p>\n

My only qualm is his sex talk. Even progressive Christians participate in sex shaming. At least the quip about gay sex and the female freak singing in the choir were accompanied by a condemnation of the heterosexual male pastor exploiting female congregants via sex (read the lyrics for yourself). As a person who advocates for healthy representations of sex, I can\u2019t get with the sex is always a sin argument, but as a person who advocates for healthy representations of sex, I also can\u2019t get with the ever-popular let\u2019s pimp some bitches argument either.<\/p>\n

In a interview promoting his \u201cChurch Clothes\u201d mixtape LeCrae shrugged off the labels. He says (at 1:00), \u201cI\u2019m a Christian but my music is not Christian. My music doesn\u2019t have a faith. I have a faith.\u201d I respect it. Rap music is a medium. How people use it is up to them. That\u2019s why there are so many manifestations of rap and religion.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your verdict?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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