I'm now blogging for the Houston Chronicle

Exciting news: I'm proud to announce I'll now be contributing regular blogs to the Houston Chronicle's Belief site.

The invitation came after months of corresponding with the site's editor and suggesting several stories (DaSouth.com stage at SXSW, the CHH Kite Program, and the LOST LP) they liked and ended up featuring on the front page of the main Houston Chronicle website.

My blog will be mostly about Christian hip hop, but I'm sure I'll work in posts about other topics that mix faith and pop culture. Look for them to appear once or twice a week. And if the stories have broad appeal, they might make the front page of the site or into the weekly Religion section of the print version of the paper.

Here's the first introductory piece titled: 5 Things You Didn't Know About Christian Hip Hop. Feel free to stop by and leave a comment.

I believe this is a great opportunity for me personally and the genre as a whole. We'll be educating a mainstream audience about what we do and why it's important.

I am both honored and extremely grateful for the chance to continue my role as a Christian hip hop journalist.

See ya on the blog.

Vid: Michelle Bonilla covers "Jesus Muzik"

Rocksoul is smart.

Michelle Bonilla's long awaited In Spite of Me album drops next week. They also have a new artist, Donielle Rodwell, to promote.

So how do they go about marketing this? Virally - with a clever and creative cover of Lecrae's genre making "Jesus Muzik" track.

Maybe Bonilla has been peeping Trevor Lee's acoustic remake video series for inspiration.

Nice work RS team.

Remix vid: Jesus Music/Godly Life - DJ Primo

The king of Christian rap's chopped and screwed game has always been good at blends and remixes. Now DJ Primo's steppin' into the video mash-up biz.

Peep the hotness when Lecrae's "Jesus Muizk" meets Jacob Izreal's "Godly Life."


Jesus Musik Feat. Trip Lee DJ Primo Godly Life Remix from DJ Primo on Vimeo.

Vidz: White boy pumps that "Jesus Muzik"

This is just awesome!

And at least it seems like the dude knows he's going for laughs. Credit thetruth178 from the HCR boards for this find.



BTW, Lecrae's (rebel) continues to climb the charts and sell well. Nearly 10,000 units in the first week according to Rapzilla.