Joe Pots was/is a Catholic rapper who’s just kept getting better with every album he released. He and his Wife had a cute YouTube channel, but after the release of his album Crossing The Rubicon, he disappeared. His YouTube Channel faded too.
I Pray that he and his family are doing well. Maybe he had big dreams and when they didn’t come to fruition, he gave up. Maybe it was too expensive. Maybe even worse things happened, I can only speculate.
Does anyone know what happened to Joe Pots?
Catholicism and rap don’t mix. Hip-Hop is a form of street-art, if one accepts music as a category of The Arts.
The genre consists of content detailing existence ‘on the streets’ and which is in complaint or anger, a challenging of the status-quo; whereas, Catholicism is from the vantage-point of inner peace and so instead of rebellion comes the perspective of life being ‘a work towards’.
Catholicism is concerned with spiritual growth, Hip-Hop is to do with hitting back.
In line with Catholicism is instrumental-based music, the sounds more in tune with nature and too a raising of the spirit / soul. Hip-Hop on the other hands, is aggressive and beat-driven. A healthy alternative to rap music, should an audible beat in rhythm be what you preference in some moments, would be African spiritual music.
With this understanding, no more dreadful ‘Christian’ rap songs, in case you find yourself in desperation slamming your discarded gangster-rap CD into the player and which you know doesn’t do anything for the wavelength you are on, along with Christian guitar music that unless is from hundreds of years ago is not what you want anywhere near your ears and definitely not anywhere near a Church.
This reminds me of what one of my daughters used to say when she was little and didn’t want to eat something: “It’s yucky and it’s not good for you.”
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Catholicism and rap don’t mix.
I one hundred percent disagree! Catholic and Hip-Hop do mix, just not in the Sacred Liturgy.
There are many types of Hip-Hop. Not all rap is as you describe.
And if someone wants to “hit back” at the devil, would that not also be acceptable?
Again, in the Context of the Sacred Liturgy, I agree with you, but outside of that context, I have no problem with rap or rock.
Peace to all,
Saint Jim Bo,
I found the lyrics and cant find the song
I’m spittin’ Your holy word like an AK
It’s amazin’
You showed me the light!
It’s a miracle, I didn’t know I could be this spiritual
While i’m ridin’ around on my skateboard
With my hat turned sideways lookin’ like a skate dork
Goin’ from door to door with my spiritual sword
Expressin’ Jesus to the world
Now here is the Disciple!
Peace always,
Stephen