Dr. Eric Mason on Race Relations + the Divide Between CHH and the Black Church and More

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The Just Gospel Conference had a plethora of men and women from around the country as guests to speak on panels, and lead sessions on a wide variety of topics when it comes to social injustice and racial reconciliation. Dr. Eric Mason, pastor of Epiphany Fellowship, in Philadelphia sat down with DJ Wade-O and got into:
2:15 - What he sees in the culture of America and the Western Church
4:45 - Race issues over social media and pulpits
6:45 - The ethnic, and racial, and cultural divides in the American church
7:24 - What role CHH can play to help in the current climate
8:15 - The impact of past CHH artists & groups on the culture
10:08 - The mistake CHH made when establishing itself
13:29 - How CHH currently could impact the culture
14:20 - His influences in pastoring and preaching
16:48 - Why the traditional black church has has yet to fully embrace CHH
19:55 - What CHH should've done from jump, when dealing with the black church
20:49 - The generational gap between the black church concerning CHH
21:56 - Praise for Sho Baraka and similar content
23:45 - Crazy story from the earlier days of CHH
24:41 - Things he and his partners are working on
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Timestamps: 2:15 - What he sees in the culture of America and the Western Church 4:45 - Race issues over social media and pulpits 6:45 - The ethnic, and racial, and cultural divides in the American church 7:24 - What role CHH can play to help in the current climate 8:15 - The impact of past CHH artists & groups on the culture 10:08 - The mistake CHH made when establishing itself 13:29 - How CHH currently could impact the culture 14:20 - His influences in pastoring and preaching 16:48 - Why the traditional black church has has yet to fully embrace CHH 19:55 - What CHH should've done from jump, when dealing with the black church 20:49 - The generational gap between the black church concerning CHH 21:56 - Praise for Sho Baraka and similar content 23:45 - Crazy story from the earlier days of CHH 24:41 - Things he and his partners are working on

[@chendricks850]

Bro... thank you... we got to continue to do segments like this! Like this should be a new segment of the show.

[@indymodestudios2188]

How'd I miss this one!

[@jermaineblalock5553]

If you want racial unity in the church. All people in the church every race must know and acknowledge the Christ is black and black people are the Hebrews, real Jews and everybody else are the gentiles but we are all brothers and sisters in the faith if we accept Christ and follow him. Then they’re will be unity.

[@renaissanceman4301]

Yo, DJ Wade-o first off thank you for sharing this interview. Dr. Eric Mason don't let man discourage you. What you shared about ethnic/racial division is confirmation on what God gave me to write a script about. The play I wrote is called Deep Cover. This play talks about the hard facts. As one body of Christ we can get through this with God's help. I'll say no more check the link out. Wade-O bring me on the show let's talk about the true meaning behind Deep Cover. Dr. Mason you already know. Be blessed men of God!! kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHfVg3hvh9h-h7c

[@johntobey1558]

Will gospel radio embrace Blue grass and flat note hymnody?

[@jermaineblalock5553]

All you lames in the church. Hip hop is a style of music. Gospel music is the message. Which can come in the form of rnb, Jazz, rock, county, rap etc. rap is the most influential as of right now and couple that with the gospel makes dispersing the message very effective. Okay I’m done. People who hate on Christian rap are lames... go away!!!

[@Adam1Malachi]

The phrase "Christian Hip hop" is an oxymoron due to Hip Hop being it's own separate entity. In fact Hip hop itself is a culture/religion.

[@iamkelseyog]

Chill, Hip-Hop is both a past and present-day cultural artifact of Black culture but it sho' aint a religion

[@Adam1Malachi]

Kelsey Ogbewe You're indeed ignorant, naive, and uninformed to the truth about hip hop and what it really represents.

[@iamkelseyog]

1stMANoldtestLastPROPHEToldtest what does Hip-Hop truly represent?

[@Adam1Malachi]

Kelsey Ogbewe Hip-hop is not music! It is not a genre; it is not a specific sound or art form. Hip-hop is not rap either, but it is a religion/culture or a belief system that was birthed out of a desire to manifest one’s self in a society that was deemed unfair to African-American’s in the early 1970’s. Because of the negative environments and social situations that plagued the black race at the time, Afrika Bambataa and others created a way of temporarily overcoming these social obstacles by partying, making music, and believing in one’s self and one’s own power. These parties were called Hip-Hop parties and they were viewed at the time as opportunity to preach a newfound doctrine of self-worship and hate for the establishment (the white race). Hip-Hop targeted rap music and used music to preach a message that empowered the black race as “true god’s” and made Jesus Christ the “white man’s religion”. Hip-Hop taught the youth at the time, and still teaches indirectly, that you can be who you want to be in the sense of not being what people want you to be. That has a certain truth to it, but if taken the wrong way, it turns into rebellion against basic laws and truths that govern our society as a whole. Hip-Hop began to change the very appearance of its followers by creating a look, a way of governing yourself, and a language that should be spoken. What this created was a subculture of our American culture, and it caused our youth to go against the basic pattern of society and manifest their own will regardless of what it cost them socially and spiritually. I guess you can say that if all you see is what you see, then you will believe that’s all there is to be. By growing up in impoverished neighborhoods and ghettos, many of our black youth began to believe that their role models needed to be found among their peers. They would see pimps making all kinds of money, so they would emulate the pimp by dressing like him, talking like him, and pretending to be him. They would see thugs and gangsters going in and out of prison, so they would begin to walk like them, dress like them, and emulate them. Well, Hip-Hop was birthed out of poverty and in the streets of NY where the in thing was selling drugs, pimping, and going in and out of prison. So our young boys began to emulate the look of thugs and gangsters because there were no real positive role models among them to emulate. Our young girls would begin dressing like the whores or the loose women they would see on a day-to-day basis. What Bambataa and his entourage did was glorify the street life and make being in the streets and of the streets acceptable. Instead of pointing the youth to the work force, the business world, higher education, or entrepreneurship, they would make the thug, the gangster, or the pimp the one that should be representing our people. Sure they taught self-respect and self worth, but they did if from the wrong level. Instead of pulling the youth of this nation up, they just made those that were down the mark to reach for. In other words, they made society seem unfair to the black man, and in many cases it still is. But instead of being able to succeed through normal avenues, the black man would have to turn to other means of success like entertainment, Hip-Hop was the way to get the black man notoriety and show that the lower income black people of America had a voice. Hip-Hop was then used to describe a way of living, not just music. There are television commercials that run today on BET and MTV that state, “Hip-Hop is not music, it’s a way of life,” and “you don’t do Hip-hop, you are Hip-hop!” This clearly tells us what the agenda of true Hip-Hoppers is. It’s a manifestation of a belief system that governs the behavior of its followers.

[@olandomuzic]

1stMANoldtestLastPROPHEToldtest bro hip hop is a culture. I don't pray to Afrika Bambatta. I don't look at Jay Z or Nas as a God.. Hip hop is a art form to express feelings or get a message out. If hip hop was a religion then why was there Muslim rappers, 5 percenters, Christians, even Aetheists..Hip Hop culture is just that. Culture. Country Music has a certain culture. Is the genre Country a religion as well? No. It's culture. And Hip Hop isn't just about black people. There is literally white rappers, Jewish rappers, Asian rappers, etc. Hip hop is music, art (painters and street artists), movies, dance, dress, talk. This is culture not religion. For as long as I've been born I've identified with Hip hop as my culture. Christianity has always been my "religion". I put religion in quotes because by world definition thats what it is, but the real definition of Christianity is follower of Christ or Lover of Christ; Relationship with Jesus, believing he lived, died, and Rose from the dead with all power in his hands.