Who is religious in odd future

In one of his more controversial songs, of which there are many, "Look Like Jesus," Lil' B raps that he receives fellattio due to his resemblance to Jesus Christ. In the accompanying video, he performs these lyrics while in a church sanctuary.

Many of Odd Future's lyrics promote the rape of women and make light of school massacres. They also feature anti-Christ and anti-Christian lyrics. Now, the hip-hop of my youth was far from Sunday School material.

Some of it was replete with misogyny, violence and rampant drug use. Yet, despite these vices, there was still a certain reverence for the Divine. While there has long been a subgenre in hip-hop music known as Horrorcore, with its "horror-themed lyrical content and imagery," never before has Horrorcore been so readily accepted and embraced by the mainstream.

Even the most gangsta of rappers inevitably tipped their hat to God. In the classic song "It Was a Good Day" from his album Predator , Ice Cube gives reverence to the Divine with the lyric "Just waking up in the morning gotta thank God" prior to departing for his drunken, gun-toting, promiscuity-laden day. I won't deny the tremendous talent of Lil' B or Odd Future.

However, I find their lyrics and imagery to be destructive, sacrilegious, blasphemous and ultimately dangerous to the social, physical, intellectual and spiritual well-being of their most impressionable listeners. A closer listen to their music also reveals another disturbing element of our contemporary experience, one for which they are not at fault: paternal absenteeism and its impact upon emerging generations. But his rhymes also reveal a serious void left by the absence of his father with lyrics such as " Could it be that because the church has failed to reach them, and fathers have largely abandoned them, that we have produced a generation now coming of age to express their angst and pain in ways that are destructive to themselves, their communities and their spirituality?

We have been awakened to odd days in hip-hop. And if such blasphemous content continues, hip-hop shall have an odd future, indeed! Award-winning author, social commentator, professor, activist, and founding pastor of Joy Tabernacle A. Church in Dallas, Texas. News U. Politics Joe Biden Congress Extremism. Special Projects Highline. Some famous rappers who don't believe in God rap about religion while other famous rappers who aren't Christian share interesting quotes about atheism in interviews.

One famous atheist rapper often advocates for social change. Who will you find on this rappers who are atheist or agnostic list? Earl Sweatshirt talks about his atheism in his lyrics. Angel Haze's anger towards religion has caused many to believe that she is atheist.

Are you surprised that atheism is so prominent in hip-hop? Take a look at this list and find out which famous rappers lack religious faith. The Best Songs Feat. In a interview, she stated:. It's a mindset you can never get free from, it's always in the back of your head. Even mine! I think, am I going to hell for this?

Raised Jehovah's Witness , Donald Glover - who raps under the name Childish Gambino - seems to have strayed from his religious beliefs. He refers to himself as an "airport atheist" in the song "Won't Stop," noting, "Airport atheist, though may pray when there's turbulence. The idea of questioning without questioning—a kind of obedience without questioning comes from this idea of being a former slave.