NPR\u2019s Tiny Desk featured Lecrae on their program today. It was awesome seeing Lecrae with a backing band with familiar faces as well.<\/p>\n
From the caption of the YouTube Video:<\/p>\n
\u201cLecrae is the first Christian rapper to perform at NPR headquarters. I felt guilty when I mentioned this to the Houston-born emcee, only because it\u2019s taken so long. If we\u2019re putting a spotlight on faith-based hip-hop, we had to start with Lecrae.<\/p>\n
Hip-hop originated in the streets; its growth has been slow and steady, with faith often appearing as a caveat in the music. It felt acceptable to mention God without getting too preachy, but if you went past that line, an obsession over authenticity stigmatized Christian rappers. And then Lecrae cracked the code: His devotion is unapologetic and consistent through the lyrics, but everything else, from the production to delivery, feels real and earned.\u201d<\/p>\n
For his set, Lecrae aptly kicked things off with \u201cComing in Hot,\u201d and breezed through seven more tracks from his catalog, including 2024\u2019s \u201cDie for the Party,\u201d a song inspired by Kendrick Lamar\u2019s \u201cWatch the Party Die,\u201d in which Lamar reflects, \u201cSometimes I wonder what Lecrae would do.\u201d<\/p>\n
Watch Lecrae:<\/p>\n
SET LIST<\/p>\n
\u201cComing in Hot\u201d
\u201cSpread the Opps\u201d
\u201cI\u2019m Turnt\u201d
\u201cH20\u201d
\u201cDie for the Party\u201d
\u201cBless You\u201d
\u201cTell the World\u201d
\u201cI\u2019ll Find You\u201d<\/p>\n
MUSICIANS<\/p>\n
Lecrae: vocals
Lawrence Swoope: keys
Reshard Baham: keys
Joshua Dunham: bass
Nate Robinson: drums
DJ Mykael V: DJ
Joe Williams: trumpet
Madicin: background vocals
Liz Vaughn: background vocals<\/p>\n
Tiny Desk Concerts are intimate, live music performances hosted by NPR Music in Washington, D.C. Artists across all genres perform stripped-down sets behind a small office desk, often viewed by millions on YouTube. Founded in 2008 as an \u201cinside joke\u201d following a loud concert, it has become a premier, intimate music series.<\/p>\n
Who else would you like to see on NPR\u2019s Tiny Desk?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NPR\u2019s Tiny Desk featured Lecrae on their program today. It was awesome seeing Lecrae with a backing band…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":371573,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[156,157,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-371572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=371572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/371572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/371573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=371572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=371572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=371572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}