The two top hip hop songs today, actually the two top songs of any genre right now on the charts are:
“God’s Plan” - Drake
“Pray for Me” - the Weeknd ft. Kendrick Lamar
Drake’s “God’s Plan” in particular has broken several records relating to online play, and religious leaders have analyzed the video.
“Pray for Me” is from the Black Panther and involves a lot of allusions to Christ and the cross.
Go figure. :)
During a committee meeting that I serve on at the denominational level, I made the point that the future church is NOT going to be filled to the brim with people like me . . . or us. I am 61 years old, have been in church all my life.
I think gains to be made in Christian membership will come (will have to come) from people whose view of Christianity has been shaped by popular culture that is very wrong (likely intentionally so) about the nature of Christians and Christianity. They will be people that have experienced dead end after dead end in their search for meaning, fulfillment, acceptance and love. They will not look like me. They will not think like me. And I probably won’t like their music or lifestyle. But I have an obligation to reach out to them and offer them Christian love and brotherhood. It is certainly something Christians need to be thinking about.