Over his career, Kanye West has never been shy about his Christian beliefs, especially with his breakthrough 2004 single, “Jesus Walks.” However his new album, ‘Jesus Is King,’ is a whole new step toward sharing his personal beliefs with his fans and on-lookers as he pulled together the Sunday Service series over the last year, re-working gospel hymns and pop songs from himself and others like Ginuwine, The Clark Sisters and Mariah Carey into spiritual and secular hybrids.
So, Genius News took a look back at Kanye’s history of mixing his religion with his rhymes and found some interesting themes.
Read more on Genius: https://genius.com/a/looking-at-kanye-west-s-god-complex-through-his-lyrics
Read all the lyrics to Kanye’s discography on Genius: https://genius.com/artists/Kanye-west
CREDITS:
Russel Abad, Associate Producer
Jacques Morel, Senior Correspondent
Delisa Shannon, Associate Producer
Tia Hill, Producer
Hillary Crosley Coker, Senior Producer
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