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Da T.R.U.T.H. About Love
Emmanuel Lee Lambert Jr. on loving God, his wife, and his ministry
Interview and Article by Dianna Hobbs, Founder and Editor-In-Chief of EEW Magazine
Emmanuel Lee Lambert Jr. on loving God, his wife, and his ministry
Interview and Article by Dianna Hobbs, Founder and Editor-In-Chief of EEW Magazine
Watching Da T.R.U.T.H. spew out
sermonic rap lyrics on stage is
mesmerizing. The beat pulsates, a
fleet of arms wave in the air in unison,
he closes his eyes and gestures with
his hands almost as if in a trance. But
there’s something about this man—
EEW Magazine's "Do Right Man
2008" that’s different from other
artists in the Christian rap genre. For
him, rapping is what he does. A
follower of Christ is who he is.
So, when I sat down to talk to
Emmanuel Lee Lambert Jr. (His real
name)--the young lyrical genius that
grew up in the tough streets of West
Philly, I wondered who he would be.
I can't say I expected what I got, but
sermonic rap lyrics on stage is
mesmerizing. The beat pulsates, a
fleet of arms wave in the air in unison,
he closes his eyes and gestures with
his hands almost as if in a trance. But
there’s something about this man—
EEW Magazine's "Do Right Man
2008" that’s different from other
artists in the Christian rap genre. For
him, rapping is what he does. A
follower of Christ is who he is.
So, when I sat down to talk to
Emmanuel Lee Lambert Jr. (His real
name)--the young lyrical genius that
grew up in the tough streets of West
Philly, I wondered who he would be.
I can't say I expected what I got, but
I will say, I was pleasantly surprised
by what I took away from the
interview.
Emmanuel is focused, intense,
passionate, funny, intelligent, but
most importantly, a committed and
unashamed disciple of Jesus Christ.
by what I took away from the
interview.
Emmanuel is focused, intense,
passionate, funny, intelligent, but
most importantly, a committed and
unashamed disciple of Jesus Christ.
Over the course of our hour-long
interview, we talked about love:
Emmanuel's love for God, his wife and his
ministry.
As you read the interview, his passion will
leap off the page and you'll understand
exactly why he takes home the "Do-
Right" prize.
On Hip-Hop
DH: Although you’re a Christian rapper,
you stand apart from many of your
contemporaries, so how do you
personally combat the negative stigma
that’s attached to the Hip-Hop genre?
T: Um, well, whenever I’m speaking you’
re probably gonna hear me use [the word]
we a lot because there is a contingent of
us out here that are actually cut from the
same cloth that a lot of people don’t know
about necessarily on the mainstream side.
interview, we talked about love:
Emmanuel's love for God, his wife and his
ministry.
As you read the interview, his passion will
leap off the page and you'll understand
exactly why he takes home the "Do-
Right" prize.
On Hip-Hop
DH: Although you’re a Christian rapper,
you stand apart from many of your
contemporaries, so how do you
personally combat the negative stigma
that’s attached to the Hip-Hop genre?
T: Um, well, whenever I’m speaking you’
re probably gonna hear me use [the word]
we a lot because there is a contingent of
us out here that are actually cut from the
same cloth that a lot of people don’t know
about necessarily on the mainstream side.
For others it’s just a cultural disconnect,
let’s say like for our white brothers and
sisters, you understand, our peers in
church—you know, just a cultural
disconnect. There’s just a disconnect for
even some of our black leaders as well.
And I think that just over the years we’ve
paid close attention to what those issues
are and we’ve tried to maintain a high
level of sensitivity to those things. So,
whereas, some people, some Christian
Hip-Hop artists, they see the older
generation sort of shun Hip-Hop, which is
more of a dying breed I might add—but
they see the older generation shun the
Hip-Hop culture and they immediately
become defensive. Whereas, we
understand that it’s probably important
for us to educate them. We really try to
educate the generation that is detached.
So we sort of see ourselves as cultural,
inter-generational bridge-builders as
opposed to this “outcast generation.”
Next
let’s say like for our white brothers and
sisters, you understand, our peers in
church—you know, just a cultural
disconnect. There’s just a disconnect for
even some of our black leaders as well.
And I think that just over the years we’ve
paid close attention to what those issues
are and we’ve tried to maintain a high
level of sensitivity to those things. So,
whereas, some people, some Christian
Hip-Hop artists, they see the older
generation sort of shun Hip-Hop, which is
more of a dying breed I might add—but
they see the older generation shun the
Hip-Hop culture and they immediately
become defensive. Whereas, we
understand that it’s probably important
for us to educate them. We really try to
educate the generation that is detached.
So we sort of see ourselves as cultural,
inter-generational bridge-builders as
opposed to this “outcast generation.”
Next
Basically, I think that one of the things
we try to do is, uh, I think we
understand what the issues are, uh,
what the challenges are for many
people with regards to Christianity and
Hip-Hop, and it’s a wide range of
challenges. For some people the
challenge is, you know, just the cultural
aspects of it. From their vantage point
it seems to be worldly, you know,
quote on quote. For other people the
style of dress… but the genre itself [in
their opinion] is worldly.
we try to do is, uh, I think we
understand what the issues are, uh,
what the challenges are for many
people with regards to Christianity and
Hip-Hop, and it’s a wide range of
challenges. For some people the
challenge is, you know, just the cultural
aspects of it. From their vantage point
it seems to be worldly, you know,
quote on quote. For other people the
style of dress… but the genre itself [in
their opinion] is worldly.
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