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Lecrae
Thursday, November 13, 2014 | 8pm
Lecrae Moore, otherwise known as Lecrae, is an American Christian hip hop rapper and record producer. He is the president, co-owner and co-founder of the independent record label Reach Records, and the co-founder and president of the non-profit organization ReachLife Ministries. To date, he has released six studio albums and two mixtapes as a solo artist, and has released three studio albums, a remix album, and one studio album as the leader of the rap group 116 Clique.
In 2012, he released his first mixtape, Church Clothes, which was hosted by DJ Don Cannon. Considered his breakthrough into mainstream hip-hop, the mixtape was downloaded over 100,000 times in less than 48 hours. His sixth studio album, Gravity, came out in 2012. The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album at the 2013 Grammy Awards, marking the first time that a Christian hip hop artist received this award. On November 7, 2013, Lecrae released his second mixtape, Church Clothes 2.
Lecrae has received a nomination for Artist of the Year at the 43rd GMA Dove Awards, and Best Gospel Artist at the 2013 BET Awards. To date, his work has received a Grammy Award, four Dove Awards, one Stellar Award, and a Soul Train Music Award nomination.
An advocate for the preservation of responsibility and fatherhood as a value among men in the United States, in 2013 he partnered with Dwyane Wade and Joshua DuBois in the multimedia initiative This Is Fatherhood as part of the Obama administration's Fatherhood and Mentoring Initiative.