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The rapper&#8211;his real name is Hakeem Seriki, but he\u2019s dubbed himself the \u201cMixtape Messiah\u201d&#8211;not only goes to church every Sunday back home in Houston, but tithes, according to an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.philadelphiaweekly.com\/view.php?id=11077\" target=\"_new\">interview<\/a> in Philadelphia Weekly.<\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both;padding-bottom: 0.25em\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Religious references are increasingly a mark of authenticity in rap. But Chamillionaire, whose new album, \u201cThe Sound of Revenge,\u201d is just out, raises the bar with \u201cVoid in My Life,\u201d a meditation on growing up with one Muslim parent and one Christian. Which faith won out? 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