Grammy award winning Christian rapper Lecrae is gearing up for a historic 2016, a year that will include the release of a new book and a new album.
Unashamed the book is set to hit shelves this May 2016, and can now be ordered on Amazon. If you live for people’s acceptance, you’ll die from their rejection. Two-time Grammy winning rap artist, Lecrae, learned this lesson through more than his share of adversity—childhood abuse, drugs and alcoholism, a stint in rehab, an abortion, and an unsuccessful suicide attempt.
Along the way, Lecrae attained an unwavering faith in Jesus and began looking to God for affirmation. Now as a chart-topping industry anomaly, he has learned to ignore the haters and make peace with his craft. The rap artist holds nothing back as he divulges the most sensitive details of his life, answers his critics, shares intimate handwritten journal entries, and powerfully models how to be Christian in a secular age. This is the story of one man’s journey to faith and freedom.
“I am writing Unashamed for all those who don’t know who they are, who feel confined by the labels given to them,” Lecrae shares. “This is for the outsiders looking for peace within.”
In the past, Lecrae, who’s also a father and husband, has said he knows who he’s trying to reach with the Gospel so he avoids the title “Christian rapper,” even though he’s not ashamed of his faith.
He and his fellow Reach Record rappers often proclaim the number 116, which hints at the biblical verse Roman 1:16: “For I am unashamed of the Gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.”
The verse is also the inspiration behind Lecrae’s book, which he says is for all who want to break the mold and live outside of the box, as he strives to do.
“I am writing Unashamed for all those who don’t know who they are, who feel confined by the labels given to them,” Lecrae said in a statement shared with The Christian Post. “This is for the outsiders looking for peace within.”
In a previous interview with Rapzilla, Lecrae revealed that the book will explain why he has stormed the gates of the secular hip-hop community with his music.
