I want them to look back and be able to see what they did to help the world and not destroy it. I want people to be able to look back and see the positive things they have done. If we’re blessed to be old, we get to think about all the things that we have done. We all have an appointment at the end of our life. What advice would you give to the younger generation who struggle with letting certain people go when they are trying to better themselves? Handling rejection when they are trying to change as a person. Zenger: Absolutely! A lot of our youth struggle with what you just said. You feel me? Razzie grew up in a Christian home but wandered from the church as a young man before returning. People who aren’t meant to be there aren’t meant to be there. They stuck with me, but a lot of people I used to be with… I’m a different person now, I’m all Christian, I’m all churchy, so they pretty much backed away. I have a few close brothers that’s always been like family to me, by blood or not. Zenger: Were you judged when you made the switch and perhaps even lost some friends along the way to your spiritual journey? I can do it easily and stay relevant to whatever music is out at the moment. You can convey something, and even if you don’t use profanity, just the context of it can be misinterpreted. Razzie: It was difficult in a way of me trying to convey what I’m trying to say without cursing. Zenger: Was it a difficult transition to go from being a regular rapper to becoming a Christian rapper? After I decided to do that, I had to contract the distributors and everybody that was a part of making it and reach out to those channels and get them to take down those catalogs. But I felt like I had to let go of those things to really go for the kingdom, instead of me just being in the middle. It was hard for me to let go of those things. Personally, because I’ve been chasing this music dream for a long time, I took a lot of pride in the things I had out at the time. Zenger: You started out as a rapper and eventually got rid of your entire catalog as a rapper. You can just be you and who you are in your own skin and still give God glory. Since then, I have been wanting to show, not only my peers and the younger audience, that you don’t have to be in that world to be cool, to be passionate, to be articulate. I had a crazy experience, and I ran to the church, and I have been saved since. It’s crazy how God always brings his children back. I’m over here in the streets, I’m out here clubbing, tatted up, running away from the church. She had good intentions, but it drove me, my brothers and sisters further from church instead of to church.Īfter that, I was pretty much trying to get away from it as much as I can. It’s easy to have all of those influences and still not really know God. I actually grew up in a very Christian home. What was your life like before you found your calling? Percy Crawford interviewed Razzie for Zenger. Zenger: On the song, “Only In Church,” you allude to the fact that you probably wouldn’t be here if you hadn’t found Jesus. I’m working with some other Christian artists. Other than that, I have some new releases coming. The video is already shot, and I will be dropping that soon. Razzie: I got a lot of things in the works. Will there be a follow-up to that single? Zenger: You recently released the “Only In Church” single. Percy Crawford interviewed Razzie for Zenger. Zenger News caught up with Razzie to discuss his transition, why losing some friends along the way was a blessing, and about some upcoming projects. Now the urgency to flood his supporters with positive and uplifting music is his primary goal. Wanting to rid himself completely of his past ways of thinking, he chose to have his entire catalog from his rap past erased forever. His life and his music changed, and he became a Christian rapper, spreading his message in a different tone and context.Ĭhristian rap is genre that has been picking up steam lately, and Razzie hopes the movement continues to spread, especially in his backyard of Broward County, Florida. If you don’t use your power for positive change, you are indeed part of the problem.” Those sentiments are now shared by rapper Razzie, who at one-point defied positivity in his lyrics.Įventually, Razzie found himself in a bind that led him to the church to be saved, and he hasn’t looked back since. Coretta Scott King once said, “It doesn’t matter how strong your opinions are.
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