Rapper RAW - B Gets Vulnerable And Real In This Christian Rap Journey
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RAW - B
In this episode I interview Rapper RAW-B who shares his touching Christian testimony growing up In a broken family which nearly hindered his music career and most importantly his faith in God.
He talks about what it was like to live with two addicts as parents at the young age of 5 and the struggles his mother put them through living in and out of homeless shelters.
His father takes him and his little brother in after the discovery of his mother’s meth addiction..
While living with his father he is exposed to domestic violence and later more addiction as his father spirals downhill into alcoholism.
At the age of 15 years old he was kicked out of his father’s place and ended up homeless again.
Through a high school friend he finds himself living with this Christian family, a pastor and his wife, a youth pastor in the church.
They helped him find faith in Christ and later an inappropriate relationship was pressed upon him by the pastor's wife.
Additionally, he breaks down the following songs: "Expectations”, "No Ceiling", "Like Tom”, and "Soda and Vodka" featuring 350 in the 4-song-breakdown..
Stay tuned as we delve deep into Raw-B’s own struggle with addiction, rocky relationships, Christian rap journey and personal relationship with God.
Key Points From The Interview
9:13 He speaks about how he always wanted a mother figure in his life
22:55 The spirit of suicide came over him once and he almost took his life one night. But God spoke to him and he began to surrender himself to God and to seek his guidance.
36:31 High School is where he finds music and developed his own following doing rap battles and free styling in groups
54:28 He shares how he had his own bit of addictions like both of his parents
57:33 “God gave me the name Raw B, it's because I'm supposed to be raw. I'm supposed to be real, authentic and just open no matter what's going on.”
58:33 “I believe that I'm supposed to make something that is palatable to bridge the gap between secular and sacred music.”
Suggested Artist Testimonies Mentioned by Raw-B:
Big Breeze
Xay Hill
350
Ray Knowledge