
In his own way, he has joined a movement that includes 13th director Ava Duvernay, Meek Mill, and his friend Pusha-T, who are fighting the unjust practices that lead to higher mass incarceration rates for black men and women.

The 13th amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for commiting a crime, and on the album he repeatedly makes it known that his issue is with that last part: “Went from one-in-four to one-in-three/13th amendment, gotta end it, that’s on me.” Kanye is taking aim at the for-profit prison industrial complex, which he sees as a loophole in the 13th amendment. After calling slavery “a choice” and pushing for the abolishment of the 13th Amendment, prompting confusion and outrage, he continues to try to clarify himself here. Holy WarĮven amid his turn toward being saved-or perhaps because of it-there are still a few things in the secular world Kanye has beef with. Here are six things to expect from the Jesus Is King experience.

Across 11 songs, in just over 27 minutes, Kanye seeks to use rap as a vessel for worship.
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“I didn’t know how to rap for God,” he admitted to Zane Lowe in a Beats 1 interview this week, but with some assistance from his team of collaborators, he was able to realize his vision of a curse-free hymnal.
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At some point this year, Kanye was “ radically saved,” according to his pastor, and with his abandoned 2018 album Yandhi firmly in the rearview, he finished Jesus Is King on his Wyoming ranch.
