On Valentine’s Day, when many unmarried couples will succumb to the lust of the flesh, a Christian rapper is giving his listeners strength to continue waiting. Reach Records recording artist Trip Lee has released “I Can Wait,” a timely song about purity. “It’s a love song. And it’s a song about fighting to honor God […]
Gearing up for the release of his highly anticipated mixtape, The Waiting Room, Trip Lee has released its second single “Billion Years” featuring Taylor Hill. The new music comes after Lee’s Rise project that debuted on Billboard rap charts at no. 2 in 2014. This next phase of speaking his truth includes stories of life […]
Trip Lee recently released a new video for his latest single “Manolo” off of his album Rise. The single features his label mate, Grammy Award winner and founder of Reach Records – Lecrae. Although many are praising the video’s creative liberties, many others are fueling the uproar over what they call “illuminati imagery.” Both rappers […]
Since 1970 the GMA Dove Awards has honored outstanding achievements and excellence in Christian Music. The Dove Awards serves as the Grammy Awards of Christian…
Rapper and pastor Trip Lee, who ministers under the name Trip Barefield at his Washington D.C. church, recently commented on pop culture and what role it plays in the perception of black men in America at the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission’s Leadership Summit that took place on Friday, March 27 in Nashville, Tennessee. Barefield, […]
BREATHEcast Rapper Trip Lee talked with BREATHEcast about what he thinks it means to live life, detailed his struggle with chronic fatigue syndrome, and shared the meaning behind his song about porn. Reach records rapper Trip Lee recently released his album Rise, and to go along with it wrote a book with the same name. […]
Trip Lee has made a career out of turning people’s expectations on their heads. The hip-hop artist loves to challenge stereotypes, both from inside and…
Rapper Trip Lee, born William Lee Barefield III, seems to have many things going on — a new book, a top-charting album, and a new church he’s helping to plant in Atlanta. Yet, the married father of two insists he’s a pretty boring guy. Lee’s also kicking of a tour at the end of January […]
Reach Records rapper Trip Lee appeared on social networking site ThisIs50.com which is owned by 50 Cent and discussed gospel music’s acceptance of hip hop and hip hop’s acceptance of Christians. When asked by host Young Jack Thriller if people in the gospel music world bought his albums, Lee explained just where his genre of music […]
A couple months ago I surprised everyone by announcing a brand new album, “Rise.” You don’t understand how hard it was to keep quiet about it before my label and I went public. The album had been in the works for over a year, and I couldn’t wait to tell everyone — especially those who […]
Trip Lee, an award-winning MC, author and speaker, embraces the uniqueness of being a “pastor-rapper,” but he has some frustrations with a hypocritical hip-hop industry as well as with Christians who kick against his particular brand of artistic and cultural expression. Lee’s dual career path is a contrast in many ways to that of another […]
Facebook: Trip Lee Trip Lee’s second single off of the forthcoming album Rise, “Sweet Victory,” has been released today, and it features the singing talents of Dimitri Mcdowell and Leah Smith. “Trip Lee’s fifth studio album, Rise, is now available for pre-order! Featuring production from Gawvi, with appearances from Lecrae, Andy Mineo, This’l and more. […]
