Christian Hip Hop
Christian hip hop is hip hop with lyrics centered on Christian faith, made by rappers who present their beliefs openly in their music.
It sounds like the hip hop of its day, from boom bap to trap, with the same beats, flows and production, but the verses deal with belief, struggle, redemption and everyday life from a Christian point of view. The first records appeared in the United States in the 1980s, and the style reached the mainstream charts in the 2010s. It differs from gospel in being rapped and built on hip hop production.
Artists it is known for: Lecrae, Andy Mineo, KB, Trip Lee.
- Family
- Christian & Gospel
- On Spotify
- A current genre
- What it is
- A genre
- From
- United States, 1980s
- Also called
- christian rap, gospel rap, holy hip hop
- Trackify listeners who play it
- 3%
About 2,500 of 83,000 Trackify listeners with public profiles have christian hip hop among their top artists of the last four weeks. Rounded; updated 13 November 2026.
Christian Hip Hop artists
NF
DONDA
Forrest Frank
Hulvey
TobyMac
Lecrae
Caleb Gordon
Sondae
KB
Alex JeanThe christian hip hop artists most Trackify listeners have in their top fifty. Each opens on Spotify.
Sources
The definition is written for this site from open sources, and was checked against them on 13 November 2026.