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Emcee N.I.C.E. - Billboard #1 Christian Hip Hop Artist | 2Pac/Nas Collaborator | Stellar Award Winner
Emcee N.I.C.E. is a 6x Billboard chart-topper and Christian Hip Hop Trailblazer who reshaped gospel rap’s place in mainstream culture. With 20+ #1 hits and 15 million+ career sales, his journey spans:
🔥 Secular to Sacred:
Began as Novelist in Latin rap group Lighter Shade of Brown (first Latino act on Billboard’s Hip Hop/R&B charts)
Co-produced 2Pac’s Thugz Mansion (Acoustic) feat. Nas (#5 Billboard 200, 4M sales)
✝️ CHH Legacy:
One of seven CHH artist with a #1 album on Billboard Top Gospel Albums (Praise, 2017), Hits like "I Got Angels" and "Glory to God" (ft. Fred Hammond) dominated Billboard Gospel Charts, Billboard Digital Song Sales, Billboard Hot Single Sales & Christian Charts. Noted as #43 Billboard Emerging Artists.
Founded God’s House of Hip Hop Radio (1st Stellar Award-winning Gospel Hip Hop/CHH station)
🎬 Beyond Music:
Co-created the first groundbreaking African American and Latin 3D animated music series to appear on Netflix called Da Jammies (Now on the Kartoon Channel on Amazon Prime)
As a member of KansasCali and The Rocturnals he appear on six motion picture soundtracks, one for the Oscar-winning film Crash (10M DVD sales)
Authored #1 bestseller Music Release University
🏆 Accolades: Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award • Gospel Hip Hop Hall of Fame • 2 Honorary Doctorates
"I don’t make Christian music – I make music as a Christian."
Emcee N.I.C.E. is a 6x Billboard chart-topper and Christian Hip Hop Trailblazer who reshaped gospel rap’s place in mainstream culture. With 20+ #1 hits and 15 million+ career sales, his journey spans:
🔥 Secular to Sacred:
Began as Novelist in Latin rap group Lighter Shade of Brown (first Latino act on Billboard’s Hip Hop/R&B charts)
Co-produced 2Pac’s Thugz Mansion (Acoustic) feat. Nas (#5 Billboard 200, 4M sales)
✝️ CHH Legacy:
One of seven CHH artist with a #1 album on Billboard Top Gospel Albums (Praise, 2017), Hits like "I Got Angels" and "Glory to God" (ft. Fred Hammond) dominated Billboard Gospel Charts, Billboard Digital Song Sales, Billboard Hot Single Sales & Christian Charts. Noted as #43 Billboard Emerging Artists.
Founded God’s House of Hip Hop Radio (1st Stellar Award-winning Gospel Hip Hop/CHH station)
🎬 Beyond Music:
Co-created the first groundbreaking African American and Latin 3D animated music series to appear on Netflix called Da Jammies (Now on the Kartoon Channel on Amazon Prime)
As a member of KansasCali and The Rocturnals he appear on six motion picture soundtracks, one for the Oscar-winning film Crash (10M DVD sales)
Authored #1 bestseller Music Release University
🏆 Accolades: Presidential Lifetime Achievement Award • Gospel Hip Hop Hall of Fame • 2 Honorary Doctorates
"I don’t make Christian music – I make music as a Christian."
Genres
: christian hip hopMonthly listeners
1,009
Followers
13,118
Most popular tracks
Track | Plays | Duration | Release date | |
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131,260 | 3:32 | 2023-08-18 | |
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105,681 | 3:24 | 2023-03-17 | |
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86,457 | 4:20 | 2019-08-23 | |
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78,589 | 3:35 | 2017-07-20 | |
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45,464 | 4:37 | 2021-01-22 | |
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40,964 | 3:45 | 2020-07-25 | |
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40,154 | 4:36 | 2020-07-13 | |
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39,653 | 2:59 | 2020-06-13 | |
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35,778 | 4:44 | 2022-01-14 | |
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33,100 | 2:55 | 2023-01-27 |