It all started in Syria, at Antioch, the point of origin, where the Jesus wannabes got christened. Later on it was the site of the original “civil standoff,” the reason to “call out,” “rebuke,” or “correct in love” a fellow wannabe was premised on the Peter vs Paul bout which has been interpreted in more ways than the word “legal” has. In essence, Peter capitulated and Paul corrected. Peter was “fronting,” shifting from one cool group to another all in a bid to save face and appear in the right when he was just being his old self-politically correct which isn’t really why Jesus saved him was it? So Paul set him straight gave him a dressing down our mothers would have been proud of. That’s that then, or is it?
Twenty centuries later hip hop was discovered by modern wannabes as a tool to get this Jesus message out to all and sundry. Cross Movement became a benchmark for how “it should be done” despite groups like Tunnel Rats doing their thing underground (forgive the pun) and in a slightly different way. Thus, non-conformist Christian hip hop was created in what was already meant to be a non conformist genre/sub-culture. Do I hear somebody saying non-conformist Inception? No? Okay. Inevitably fan bases were grown, lines were drawn and unhealthy exchanges followed. The hatchet was tossed around from street to street, message board to message board and even in some churches. Some claim said hatchet has finally been buried but that report remains unconfirmed. The genre however raised several poster boys depending on what part of the hatchet you held.
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