Ep 815: Holy Girl In A Hot Girl World feat. Anike
Your Favorite Aunties
ShaMarian Nia
4.9 • 699 Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
What does it really look like to be a Christian rapper in today’s culture? This week, the Aunties sit down with gospel rap artist Anike for an honest conversation about faith, music, identity, purpose, and navigating the entertainment industry while staying grounded in God.
From her journey into Christian hip hop to the realities of being a “holy girl” in a culture obsessed with hot girl energy, Anike opens up about the ups and downs of her walk with Christ, creating music with intention, handling public perception, and how God continues to shape her sound and calling.
We also talk about:
- Christian rap and faith-based music
- Being a woman in gospel hip hop
- Purity, confidence, femininity & faith
- Finding purpose through God
- Creativity and songwriting
- Balancing ministry and music
- Social media pressure and authenticity
- What it means to represent Christ publicly
If you’ve ever struggled with standing firm in your beliefs while navigating culture, career, relationships, or creativity… this episode is for you.
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| 0:00.0 | What's up you guys and welcome back to another episode of your favorite aunties Podcast and y'all know what it means when we're sitting on the same side with each other It means we have a wonderful guest excited and it is none other than How are you so good? We're so excited to have you here. Yeah, I'm so glad to be here. You know up in each time real light |
| 0:27.3 | We've been following we've been watching you doing big things so we are so excited to introduce to some reintroduce to others Exactly who you are so if they don't know much about what you do who you are can give like a little intro about yourself Yeah, well, hey y'all my name's in eK I'm really though I get to be a Christian artist, but I rap I think a little you know do a little bit |
| 0:48.1 | So I was describing like kind of like rap and kind of like fluid-ish R&B fluid-ish pop. But it's really dope because yeah, I get to share my faith in music, but it's such a, I guess palatable type of music to where anybody can listen to it. But then also I'm just passionate about my faith in general. So on the internet, I just love speaking on just different topics from like just being |
| 1:09.7 | a black woman to my faith to just even laughing comedy And stuff like that you might catch that and so yeah, I just love being the child of God woman and artists What did that like start for you? Yeah, when did you start being an artist or knowing that this is something that you really wanted |
| 1:25.8 | to pursue? Yeah, so it wasn't on purpose. It was in high school. I had a teacher who had a biology project and she said, you can either rap or do a regular report. And I was like, you're rapping way easier. Why would you do a regular report? I did that. I showed my friends. They were like, wait a second. really good at this, like you could be a rapper for like maybe education or something. |
| 1:46.6 | And then I just realized I really loved it and I did that. I showed my friends. They're like, wait a second. You kind of really good at this like you could be a rapper for like maybe education |
| 1:45.8 | I'm sorry and then I just realized I really loved it and it started getting me a lot of attention at school I people will be like can you come raffer us can you come raffer us? So I started doing like freestyle circles and then since it got so like Intense at school. I was like okay, but I had to like learn how to do something with this So I went on YouTube and learned how to record. |
| 2:04.4 | So when people be like, hey, can you wrap for us? |
| 2:05.9 | I'd be like, hey, here's a YouTube video. |
| 2:07.1 | Here's some headphones. |
| 2:08.2 | And from there, I just... I was like, okay, but I had to learn how to do something with this. So I went on YouTube and learned how to record. So when people be like, hey, can you rap for us? |
| 2:06.0 | I'd be like, hey, here's a YouTube video. |
| 2:07.2 | Here's some headphones. |
| 2:08.2 | And from there, I just felt like God was telling me, |
| 2:11.6 | like, no, I really want you to use this because I was so passionate about my faith. So when I would rap, I would rap about God. And I'll be like this 30 seconds you listening to me you gonna learn about God real quick |
| 2:20.6 | Um, and it's really cool. It just it just showed like the testimony of how the Bible says be faithful with small |
| 2:26.7 | He'll give you more. I was just faithful what I had so if it was Oh God, real quick. Yeah, I know that. And it's really cool. It just showed like the testimony of how the Bible says, |
| 2:25.9 | be faithful with small and he'll give you more. |
| 2:28.2 | I was just faithful with what I had. |
| 2:29.3 | So if it was lunch free styles, is that, |
| 2:31.2 | then if it was a talent show, it was that. If my pastor said, hey, Christmas, you can do a little rap. It was that. And I just kept going and going. and that's how I got started. |
| 2:40.2 | I love that. |
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