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A category for representations of Christianity in mainstream popular culture. For subjects produced explicitly as Christian, see Category:Christian culture and Category:Christian media . See also: Category:Bible in popular culture
Christian hip hop music first emerged on record in 1982 with a track entitled "Jesus Christ (The Gospel Beat)" by Queens, New York artist McSweet. The first full-length Christian hip hop album, Bible Break , by Oklahoma artist Stephen Wiley , was released in 1985, with the title track becoming a hit on Christian radio in 1986.
Contemporary Christian music (CCM), also known as Christian pop, and occasionally inspirational music, is a genre of modern popular music, and an aspect of Christian media, which is lyrically focused on matters related to the Christian faith and stylistically rooted in Christian music.
Portrayals of God in popular media have varied from a white-haired old man in Oh, God! to a woman in Dogma, from an entirely off-screen character to a figure of fun. [1] According to trinitarian Christianity, Jesus Christ is God, so cultural depictions of Jesus in film and television also portray God.
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Christian punk originated in the 1980s punk rock scene. The genre has obscure origins. The rise of the Jesus Movement and its cultural institutions, such as Jesus People USA (JPUSA), served as an incubator for various Christian subcultures including punk, in part through JPUSA's label Grrr Records and their annual music festival Cornerstone also referred to as a type of "Christian Woodstock."
The multifaceted emcee performed hits like "NISSAN ALTIMA" and "Black Girl Memoir" during her highly-anticipated NPR set, solidifying her spot in pop culture history as one of the best Tiny Desks ...