Toward A Hip Hop Christology

When we see Jesus’ life in context, we can then begin to see some connections to Hip Hop culture. First, Jesus had baby-mamma. Jesus was born to a virgin—right? Well, in the Jewish context of His day and time, the word “virgin” could have meant either without having sex or a “a maiden; by implication an unmarried daughter”[1] This is a problem, not just for contemporary understandings of who Mary—the mother of Jesus—actually was, but also for Mary during that key moment in time.

 

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