Esteban Shedd on Missional Hip-Hop

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Religion & Spirituality, Arts

4.7 • 657 Ratings

🗓️ 17 July 2018

⏱️ 46 minutes

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This week, Esteban Shedd stopped by to talk to Mike about the music he makes with Alert312 and how hip-hop culture shaped faith and led him to launch Streetlights Bible, an audio version infused with hip-hop rhythms to engage folks who might otherwise not read the Bible. Cultivated is a production of Harbor Media and Narrativo Group. This episode was produced and edited by Mike Cosper and mixed by Mark Owens. Our theme music is by Roman Candle, with additional music by Alert312. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you in part by The Apologetics Guy Show, the podcast that helps you find clear answers to tough questions about Christianity.
0:11.1	Learn to explain your faith with courage and compassion. Join Moody Bible Institute professor Dr. Mikhail del Rosario at apologeticsky.com.
0:22.1	This episode of Cultivated is brought to you by the Christian Standard Bible.
0:25.9	The CSB blends accuracy and readability, giving pastors a translation they can trust,
0:30.9	and lay people a Bible they can enjoy.
0:33.3	Find out more at CSbibble.com.
0:38.8	Esteban Shed is one of three members of Alert 312,
0:41.3	a hip-hop group that blends street funk, progressive hip-hop,
0:44.7	golden age, and ethnic sounds.
0:47.1	Their tracks are percussive and everything's cut live,
0:49.6	so it has an intense energy.
0:51.3	They call Chicago home.
0:52.4	We're Chicago, Illinois, born and raised, and, uh, proud of being in Chicago in, man.
0:58.0	Gold stacks off slave backs, slave trade, cut kings' checks.
1:03.0	Muscle wars make kings flex, kill other kings with no regret.
1:06.0	Enemy and little men make gold plaques and the kings who killed for mow cash To make artifacts for the poor class
1:12.6	Put a self-made religion where idols cast
1:14.6	Every single ms with the face of man, man motherboards,
1:17.6	Pershings, heroin or effetamines
1:19.6	Don't matter the material when we built our dreams
1:21.6	We all kings in our own schemes
1:23.6	Scheming for high-rise flying things
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