10 Facts about Lecrae

Post On: December 17, 2016
By: Agustina
In: Music

Facts about Lecrae tell the readers about the hip-hop artist. He was born on 9th October 1979. His full name is Lecrae Devaughn Moore. He is also known as an actor, record producer and songwriter. Reach Records is the independent record label co-founded and co-owned by the Lecrae. He serves the president of the record label. ReachLife Ministries is the non-profit organization that he co-founded. He also serves as the president there. Let us get other interesting facts about Lecrae below:

Facts about Lecrae 1: the studio albums

Seven studios had been released in the market by Lecrae. The 116 Clique is a Hip Hop group where Lecrae is the leader. He also had released on EP, a remix album, and three mixtapes.

Facts about Lecrae

Facts about Lecrae

Facts about Lecrae 2: Christian rapper

Lecrae earns the status as Christian rapper even though the Christian faith is reflected in his music. However, he said that his music was just hip-hop.

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Facts about Lecrae 3: a joint label

Lecrae had a joint label with Columbia Records after he was signed by the label in May 2016.



Facts about Lecrae 4: the debut of Lecrae

In 2004, Real Talk was released through Reach Records as his debut album. In 2008, he released Rebel. It was the third solo album of Lecrae.  On the Billboard Gospel chart, it earned No.1. It is considered as his first Christian hip-hop album.

Lecrae Facts

Lecrae Facts

Facts about Lecrae 5: Rehab album

In 2010, Lecrae released another album entitled Rehab. This album was well praised by the people during his performance at 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher.

Facts about Lecrae 6: the first mixtape

The first mixtape of Lecrae was released on 10 May 2012. It was entitled Church Clothes. DJ Don Cannon hosted his mixtape.

Lecrae Pic

Lecrae Pic

Facts about Lecrae 7: the download

Due to its popularity among the mainstream hip-hop, it gained at least 100,000 downloads within 48 hours.

Facts about Lecrae 8: the sixth studio album

On 4 September 2012, Gravity was released as his sixth studio album. Rapzilla and Atlanta Daily World called the album as the most important one in the Christian hip-hop history.

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Facts about Lecrae 9: Gravity and awards

During the 2013 Grammy Awards, the album Gravity earned the Best Gospel Album. It earned him record as the first hip-hop artist who received the award in the category.

Lecrae

Lecrae

Facts about Lecrae 10: the seventh album

On 9 September 2014, Lecrae had his seven album released on the market. It has the title Anomaly.

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