Oh My God: Rappers Finding Religion
These MCs went from rhymes to religion.
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Webbie Gets Saved - Webbie gave up that Savage Life and is seemingly on a new path. This past Easter Sunday the Louisiana MC was baptized at a local church. According to TMZ, who obtained the footage of the "Give Me That" rapper being dunked, Webbie said God talked to him personally and told him to wash away his sins.No word yet on if this religious transformation will have an influence on his music but as the Trill MC catches the Holy Ghost, check out a few more of your favorite rappers who've had religious conversions. (Photo: John Ricard / BET)
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No Malice - Malice of the Clipse released a book in 2011, Wretched, Pitiful, Poor, Blind & Naked, detailing his transformation from trap rapper to born-again Christian. He also changed his name to No Malice during the transition.
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Rev Run - After rocking for years as one third of one of rap's most legendary groups, Run became an ordained minister with Bishop E. Bernard Jordan's Zoe Ministries in Manhattan. Luckily, his church gear goes perfectly with his signature black-and-white Adidas.
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Loon - Former Bad Boy rapper Loon took to Middle Eastern news channel Al-Jazeera a few years ago to announce that he had become a devout Muslim. (Photo: Courtesy The Deen Show)
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Kurtis Blow - Harlem pioneer Kurtis Blow, the first rapper to ever sign a major label deal, became a licensed minister in 2009 and founded The Hip-Hop Church. (Photo: Scott Gries/Getty Images)
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Shyne - While serving time for the notorious 1999 club shooting involving Diddy and J. Lo, Shyne discovered his bloodline could be traced to the original 12 tribes of Judah. He converted to Juidasim, changed his name to Moses Michael Levy and currently resides in Jerusalem, where he's studying the Talmud and recording new music. (Photo: UPI/Debbie Hill /Landov)
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Gangsta Boo - Back in 2001, 3-6 Mafia's First Lady Gangsta Boo, known for spitting raw rhymes about crimes and sex, turned to God, split from the crew and changed her name to Lady Boo. In 2008, she was arrested for a corner-store robbery. She claimed innocence, but how'd that eighth commandment go again? (Photo: Courtesy Hypnotize Minds Records)
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Ma$e - Once known as Murda Mase, this former Bad Boy shiny-suit rapper had a vision while high on weed and abandoned platinum hits for his own ministry down in Atlanta. (Photo: Frank Micelotta/Getty Images)
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Doug E. Fresh - Legendary MC-beatboxer Doug E. Fresh started touting his Judaism early on, but in recent years switched to Scientology. (Photo: Brad Barket/PictureGroup)
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MCA of the Beastie Boys - After a snowboarding trip to the Himalayas in 1993, MCA of the Beastie Boys became a practicing Buddhist. He continued on his spiritual path until his death in May 2012 at the age of 47 from cancer. (Photo: Frank Micelotta/ImageDirect)
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