Stylistic
Diversity
a biography of Lacrae Moore
Celebrity.
And record producer.
ENTREPRENEUR. Lacrae
American Christian hip hop.
ARTIST. Lecrae Moore. Born
October 9.
1979. Lecrae.
Preservation
of responsibility and fatherhood,
As a value
among men.
ADVOCATE. Lacrae.
ADVOCATE. Lacrae.
Into mainstream hip-hop
The
mixtape downloaded over 100,000 times…
Less than
48 hours.
BREAKTHROUGH. Lacrae.
Early in
life.
Christian
grandmother going to church.
Never met
his father.
Abuse,
Neglect…
His
ability to
RAP
A source
of
SIGNIFICANCE
Lacrae.
A drug dealer used…
The Bible
that his
grandmother gave him
A good luck charm.
POSSESSION. Lacrae.
The
officer saw the bible…
Let Moore
go.
He would agree to live by it…on a PROMISE. Lacrae.
Thrill-seeker.
Ripping pages
out of the Bible, “dead end”…
“Crazy ‘Crae”
Invited to
a Bible study
Surprised…
“People
like me”
LOVING
“really
what drew me in”
CHARACTER. Lacrae.
Conference.
Awed by the performance…
Christian
hip-hop group The Cross Movement.
Embodied
who they were…
CULTURALLY
But they
were all in
LOVE
with…
JESUS.
Driving.
His
glasses.
Molded
into the frame of the car.
Completely
uninjured.
Convinced…to…
Commit.
Printed
version of his testimony.
Volunteering…
HOPE and
ENCOURAGEMENT through
MUSIC. Lacrae.
Real Talk.
After the
Music Stops.
Billboard
Christian Albums.
Rebel.
Billboard
Gospel Album.
“Joyful
Noise”
“Far
Away”…tribute to victims. Devastating. 2010 Haiti.
EARTHQUAKE. Lacrae.
Rehab.
Another
upcoming album,
Rehab: The
Overdose.
2012
Church Clothes.
next album
…
Gravity.
November
2013 the mixtape. iTunes.
ROSE TO THE NO. 1 RANKING. Lacrae.
Southern
hip hop.
Rock.
Reggae and
reggaeton influences.
Man Up,
intended to mentor male urban youths
Fatherhood.
Married.
Three
Children.
BIBLICAL MANHOOD. Lacrae.
Written
by: Caroline Doyle
Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecrae
Caroline, you've made a lot of interesting creative decisions with the poem. I like how you have altered the fonts of words and phrases to help draw connections between them or set them apart in significance, such as where you make the words "rap" and "significance" a similar size in the same stanza---but on different lines. The story you've shared and the parts that you stylistically draw our attention to remind us that spirituality can strengthen integrity in the face of adversity, as well as that those kinds of stories like Lacrae's have their own power.
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