From The Mic To the Pulpit: Rappers Turned Preachers

MC Hammer

MC Hammer has always been a churchgoer. He initially became his music career in a gospel rap group in 1984, but eventually strayed to pursue an ungodly hip-hop career. In 1997, MC Hammer recommitted himself to Christ and became an ordained minster.

Loon

Bad Boy rapper Loon converted to Islam in 2008. Loon changed his birth name, Chauncey Lamont Hawkins, to Amir Junaid Muhadith to become an Islamic ambassador and give the Dawah (preaching of Islam).

Mase

Bad Boy rapper Loon converted to Islam in 2008. Loon changed his birth name, Chauncey Lamont Hawkins, to Amir Junaid Muhadith to become an Islamic ambassador and give the Dawah (preaching of Islam).

Kurtis Blow

Kurtis Blow was one of hip-hop’s pioneers, but even the accolades of being a hip-hop legend couldn’t keep him from serving a higher power. In 2004, Kurtis founded his own church and eventually became an ordained minister in 2009.

Rev Run

Rev Run became a Penecostal minister when he realized that undeniable success in the music business didn’t always equate happiness. After receiving some spiritual advice from Bishop E. Bernard Jordan, Rev Run decided to dedicate his life to the Lord and become a minister.