Lecrae Exposes the Truth in ‘Welcome to America’ Video

Lecrae holds nothing back in the powerful video for "Welcome to America," his cut from last year's Anomaly album. In the song, Lecrae raps from the perspective of a drug dealer, a war veteran and an immigrant while images of seemingly everyday scenes from across the country play out. Though Lecrae is showing scenes that pop up on the evening news everyday, they are even more gripping with his music providing the soundtrack. Hip-hop and music in general needs more visuals like this to keep the non-news watching public aware of what is going on in the world today--especially on our own turf. Kudos to Lecrae for taking a stand. Check out the vid above.

Lecrae has been one of the more vocal artists when it comes to speaking out on Civil Rights issues and other problems in America. In November, the rapper wrote an op-ed piece about Ferguson for Billboard that spoke to the lack of leadership for the youth. “[T]he system we have in place has biases because well…it’s kept by people with biases,” Lecrae wrote. “People like you and me....Disenfranchised, marginalized, and systemically oppressed people were looking for a different outcome with the grand jury,” he wrote. “When that didn’t happen, they acted. There were reckless opportunists sure, but there were also plenty of young, hurt, and angry people who wanted to be heard.”

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