Just about a week ago I stumbled upon something that was without a doubt, media worthy. Creeping just under 1.9 million views "Rappin for Jesus" has become another Youtube sensation. This video involves an elderly couple preaching about Jesus, in a very unusual way. Everyone has heard of christian rock, but is there any other way Christians can reach younger audiences, and keep them interested? Well simple, by creating a clever, but catchy Christian rap song. Besides being utterly hilarious, the monotone of these two "MC's" make it very easy to understand what they are saying. For the most part, this video gives an extremely rough idea of Jesus through rap, but wihtout tarnishing Christian ideals.
Churches thrive on the donations from their attendee's, so it makes sense to try and get the attention of millions of people through different mediums. Futhermore, this video helps promote christianity in a positive way. For the most part, this video is able to target younger audiences much better through Youtube and the Internet. Thus, getting their message across of anti-drugs and non-violence. The amount of attention surrounding this video is enourmous, but most likely because of whats said, and repeated several times.. It seems like fun and games, but of course, Youtube has hundreds of videos re-capping about the video (with the an occasional remix). Some of the "Youtuber's" talk about how funny the video is, and some explain it's inappropriate, but the controversy makes it all the more interesting. I can't imagine where these two received their inspiration for the song, but I think they got their message across.
