I think, for a while, my music was exclusively for those who shared my beliefs. But I realized I was perpetuating the bubble that I was living in instead of inviting people into my world.
If someone announces me as a 'Christian rapper,' there's still an 'Eh, no thanks.' But perceptions are starting to change.
Going to church and stuff was just something I did with my mom.
You always hear people say, 'I just want to live comfortably.' And I'm like, 'What does that mean?'
Fellas, if you find a good woman, don't be scared of commitment. It is good for you. It causes you to grow up and deal with your selfishness like nothing else.
I'm my biggest problem; I'm the thing that stops me most from doing what I need to do to be successful or to achieve success in whatever area of life.
No matter how successful you become... there's always that sense that you could be better.
I think I beat myself up more than anyone else.
People think hip-hop is evil, but it's sometimes the people making hip-hop that are evil. The genre isn't wicked, but the people in it are.
'Hear My Heart' was constructed with the deaf in mind. I wanted a bass line that felt like a heartbeat. I wanted to be able to touch the speakers and feel a clear sense of rhythm.
Hopefully, at the end of all this, my music is going to be used as a tool to help people have meaningful conversations and meaningful relationships with themselves and with other people and with God.
A lot of people don't know how to navigate: they think, once you become a Christian, you essentially have to become Ned Flanders.
I'm not going to degrade women, and that's very anti-hip-hop.
There is very little room for humor and personality in hip-hop.
I want to bring meaningful conversations to the table, and I want to shake some things up.
I really think there are two genres of music: good music and bad music. And I'm just trying to be on the side of making good music.
I told my mom I went gold, and she didn't know what that meant, and I was immediately humbled.
I created 'You Can't Stop Me' without trying. There was nothing premeditated about that record.
I started to have almost a realization that a lot of the evangelical leaders I looked up to and found hope in - I started realizing a lot of them just weren't the people I thought they were.
I've never been about just trying to do what works. I've been about trying to authentically express how I feel.
