The Ohio-based Artists Reveal Some Of The Advice Lecrae Has Given Them
Swoope and Christon Gray have both collaborated with Grammy award-winning emcee Lecrae.
Swoope has appeared on Lecrae’s Gravity, Church Clothes 1 & 2, and Rehab: The Overdose. Christon is featured on Lecrae’s Church Clothes 1 and 2.
“Yea, Crae is a solid guy,” Swoope told JTH.
“He is very personable. He is very welcoming, and he has been family for years. I think the best advice Lecrae has given me is to seek your own voice, be yourself. You get the Lupe comparisons, the Kanye comparisons, and even some Kendrick as far as theoretical I guess. He is like ‘Hey man, do your best to be authentic every time you step to the platform.’ That’s been very challenging and very encouraging advice that Crae has given me.”
“Lecrae has given me a lot of encouragement,” Christon Gray said.
“The only advice I remember him giving me was to turn up more during my performances and to use the mic stand like a guitar and like kneel down with it on the stage like I’m singing to it [Interviewer laughed at this joke]. For the most part, a lot of it has been encouragement, and I’ve really needed it. A lot of the stuff I won’t share because it felt very personal. He is a solid dude. Honestly, watching since the beginning of his career, seeing what the Lord has done with him, and how he is processing it has been a lot of advice in and of itself.”
