Fallen Out Of Love ?
by Non-Existent  (holiness@blackgospelradio.net)

I have been a fan of hip hop for a long time. I was born in 1977, three years after the birth of hip hop (1974). As hip hop progressed and expanded during my childhood, I progressed and expanded with it. The character that I obtained from hip hop was birthed out of a learned behavior as I submitted myself to this movement. I have been taught the language, the dress, the art, the dance and the mentality that comes along with the hip hop movement. I would have never grown dread locks or sagged my pants if hip hop didn't teach me to do so. I fell in love with hip hop around the time Y-Z, X-Clan, Kwame, and Special Ed were on the scene. I fell out of love with hip hop just this year when I found out hip hop was a spirit.

As I began to observe different cultures, blacks, whites, Hispanics, Asians, Haitians, and Indians, I began to realize the impact hip hop had on the minds of anyone who opens themselves to receive it. I noticed that no matter what the culture, the characteristics were the same. Same walk, same talk, same look, same characteristics. As with any other spirit that has government and is in control, manifestations of that spirit become evident no matter what race or cultural background. For example, it is fairly simple to identify an individual who is under the government of homosexuality. Same walk, same talk, same look, same characteristics.

So I did research on the origin of hip hop which lead me to DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambata, and the Universal Zulu Nation. I was grieved to find out that the originators of hip hop, now a very large organization, have their on belief system and believe in many gods. The more I researched the more I understood how hip hop is not only a form of music, but a spirit designed to create strongholds so powerful, that it would take a complete transformation of the heart and mind to totally be purged from it.

My concern for the body of Christ in regards to this holy hip hop movement, which is in direct connection with hip hop, is the aggressiveness to defend a way of life that was not birthed out of the spirit of Christ. Hip hop was birthed out of the spirit of man in a separated place from God. Therefore, the fruits of hip hop are ungodly. For most of us, hip hop (spirit) has infiltrated our mind, soul and spirit from birth and has compelled us to submit and surrender to it. Now that we have become believers in Christ Jesus, we have the need to utilize attributes obtained from hip hop (spirit) to infect a new generation of believers. By doing so, we participate with the progressive movement of hip hop, not God. In addition, we must be very mindful not to create a new religion, doctrine, or a system of beliefs in the name of holy hip hop.

I bare witness with those who have fallen in love with hip hop. There is a great compassion and intimacy that we have established by the consistent effort to submit ourselves and actively participate with this spirit. Until we truly fall in love with our Lord Jesus Christ, hip hop will become the governing factor over our lives especially when it comes to ministering to our youth. I am by no means trying to be controversial. However, I understand that controversy is the outcome when an individual stands in truth. The truth is we must divorce hip hop, be completely delivered from its stronghold, and become remarried to God. Ultimately, we must fall out of love with hip hop.

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