Sho Baraka

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4.7 • 657 Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2017

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Sho Baraka is a rapper and an activist. Over the last decade, he’s released several records and mixtapes, launched the “And” campaign – an effort to bring together people who care about social justice, urban poverty, the unborn, and family values – spoken out about Donald Trump, and had albums banned from at least two Christian bookstore chains. On today’s show, we hear his story, how he’s navigated the controversies, and how he came back to music when he almost left it for good. Check out Sho’s music at: https://humblebeast.com/artists/sho-baraka/ Check out the And Campaign at: http://theandcampaign.com/ Check out the Terminus Collective at: http://terminuscollective.org/ Follow Sho on twitter at: https://twitter.com/AmIshoBaraka Cultivated is a production of Harbor Media and the Narrativo Group This episode was produced by Mike Cosper It was edited by TJ Hester It was mixed by Mark Owens The music on this episode is by Sho Baraka Our theme song is by Roman Candle Learn more at: https://www.cultivatedpodcast.com/ 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.
0:14.5	Join Moody Bible Institute professor Dr. Mikhail del Rosario at apologeticsky.com.
0:22.4	Hey, just a quick heads up before we start the show today. My guest is show Baraka,
0:26.5	a brilliant rapper and activist who's made the news a few times in the last year for being
0:30.7	outspoken about politics in general, Donald Trump in particular, and he made the news because
0:35.7	of a controversy around a word on one of his records.
0:38.9	Now, it's a PG word. It's one you'd hear in your seventh grade health class, but since it
0:43.1	caused a stir, I thought I'd warn you up front in case you're listening with your kids. So,
0:47.4	you've been warned. Don't at me. Don't at show either. Okay, here we go.
0:52.7	Fellas, I'm ready to get up and do my thing.
0:54.7	Go ahead.
0:55.6	I want to get into it, man, you know.
0:57.8	Go ahead.
0:58.3	Like, you know, I'm the man, don't you?
1:00.1	Can I count it off?
1:02.1	A ahead.
1:02.4	One, two, three, four.
1:05.8	I'm grooving for the activists and graduates.
1:08.5	I'm an advocate for those feeling abandonment. In the favelas and slums and ghetto inhabitants,
1:12.6	it's like, can anything good come out of Nazareth?
1:15.6	The only thing good came out of Nazareth.
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