Lesynem Junior [Photo: Courtesy]“It’s time for war,” warns Lesynem Junior, a gospel rapper behind Kenya’s new-school gospel genre Christian Geng. The group that was nominated for Pulse Music Video Awards (PMVA) last year promises to revolutionise the gospel industry. This is a bold move in an environment where gospel hip-hop has for long been stereotyped as a genre for western world gangs and gangsters. Only a few Kenyans have embraced gospel hip-hop. Gospel Fathers [Photo: Courtesy]Christian hip-hop (CHH) which borrows from the secular hip-hop was designed to attract masses to Christianity.

Source: Standard Digital January 10, 2021 06:41 UTC