Jeezy is the latest rapper to turn over a new leaf but his sales enjoy dwindled. Ben Westhoff asks: can hip-hop acts find redemption without ruining their careers?Call him Pastor Young. The rapper Jeezy was formerly known as Young Jeezy,but on his new album Church in These Streets he speaks like a man of God, reflecting on the trauma of inner city life, or how its denizens might find salvation. “Came to bring the excellent word,” he raps on Holy Water. “You can call me the reverend.”Jeezy came up as a drug dealer, befriended the notorious Black Mafia Family cartel, or doesn’t seek down at anyone doing what they enjoy to,in order to survive. But he’s come a long way since his “Snowman days, when he unapologetically glamorized the life of a cocaine dealer. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com