{"id":32388,"date":"2024-02-08T15:24:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T20:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=32388"},"modified":"2024-02-08T15:24:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T20:24:14","slug":"god-is-beyond-kind-christian-rapper-lecrae-celebrates-winning-two-grammys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2024\/02\/god-is-beyond-kind-christian-rapper-lecrae-celebrates-winning-two-grammys.html","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGod is beyond kind.\u201d Christian Rapper Lecrae Celebrates Winning Two Grammys"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_32394\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-32394\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/02\/lacrae-grammys_credit-@lacrae-Instagram.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32394\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/87\/2024\/02\/lacrae-grammys_credit-@lacrae-Instagram.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-32394\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">@lacrae \/ Instagram<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The 66<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Grammys concluded on Sunday and Christian rapper Lecrae won big, taking home two awards. Lecrae, 44, bagged the award for Best Contemporary Christian Album for his album, <em>Church Clothes 4<\/em>, and best Contemporary Christian Music Performance\/Song for his song \u201cYour Power\u201d featuring Tasha Cobb. Lecrae has two other Grammy wins under his belt from 2013 and 2015, but this is the first time he has taken home the award for best Contemporary Christian Album. Lecrae\u2019s <em>Church Clothes<\/em> beat out other albums by artists such as Phil Wickham and Lauren Daigle.<\/p>\n<p>Accepting his award with his daughter for \u201cYour Power,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=u1JdAXVCHOw\">admonished<\/a> the crowd to \u201cimpact the world.\u201d \u201cThe imprint of God is on each and every one of you all\u2019s lives,\u201d he said. \u201cWhether you take home an award or not, \u2018you are fearfully and wonderfully made.\u2019 And you made this music not to win an award, but to impact the world with the gift that God has put in you. Never forget that,\u201d he added. When Lecrae <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oRAvKscQBl0\">appeared on stage<\/a> to accept his award for <em>Church Clothes<\/em>, he gave credit to God. \u201cI don\u2019t even have words at this point and time. At the end of the day, so many people put so much hard work into this music, into this project,\u201d he said. He thanked \u201cevery single soul who touched this project, everybody who listened to it, enjoyed it.\u201d\u00a0 He then added that \u201clike I said before, I have to give credit to the Lord Jesus for just being my all in all in everything, to allow me to speak the words that I have in art.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C28uiu2rkRZ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(0px) translateY(7px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; height: 12.5px; transform: rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px); width: 12.5px; flex-grow: 0; margin-right: 14px; margin-left: 2px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; height: 12.5px; width: 12.5px; transform: translateX(9px) translateY(-18px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 20px; width: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 2px solid transparent; border-left: 6px solid #f4f4f4; border-bottom: 2px solid transparent; transform: translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-left: auto;\">\n<div style=\"width: 0px; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-right: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(16px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; flex-grow: 0; height: 12px; width: 16px; transform: translateY(-4px);\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 0; height: 0; border-top: 8px solid #F4F4F4; border-left: 8px solid transparent; transform: translateY(-4px) translateX(8px);\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 224px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 144px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C28uiu2rkRZ\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A post shared by Lecrae (@lecrae)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The rapper also took to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C28uiu2rkRZ\/?hl=en\">social media<\/a> after the win to acknowledge his excitement. \u201cI haven\u2019t fully processed it all yet. I\u2019m grateful but it\u2019s really something beyond my understanding,\u201d he wrote. \u201cI just wanted to be the father I never had and give my kids experiences. God is beyond kind. Once I have more words I\u2019ll share but for now&#8230; Thank you God for being gracious. Thank you Jesus for allowing me to be a part of your kingdom and using broken instruments to play healing music.\u201d Lecrae has been very open about his experiences being raised by a single mother after his mom escaped his abusive father. The lack of a father caused behavioral issues in the young Lecrae and an empty ache in his heart. \u201cUnderneath all of my pain and misbehavior was a sense of emptiness. After my mom and I escaped my dad\u2019s instability, he decided to stay gone and stay away. And the hole left by my father\u2019s absence throbbed constantly like an open wound that refused to scab over,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifeway.com\/en\/articles\/lecrae-unashamed-my-fathers-absence\">wrote<\/a> in 2016. Today, Lecrae has three children and resides in Atlanta with his wife, <a href=\"https:\/\/jukebugs.com\/darragh-moore-every-interesting-things-you-didnt-know-about-lecraes-wife\/#google_vignette\">Darragh Moore<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 66th Annual Grammys concluded on Sunday and Christian rapper Lecrae won big, taking home two awards. Lecrae, 44, bagged the award for Best Contemporary Christian Album for his album, Church Clothes 4, and best Contemporary Christian Music Performance\/Song for his song \u201cYour Power\u201d featuring Tasha Cobb. 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