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In a real life story that is almost too bizarre to be believed, multi-platinum selling artist YoungBoy will be converting to Mormonism and might be baptizing his 10 children. That's a possible 11 converts. In today's shrinking Church, that's a huge win.

The prolific and highly successful rapper — Billboard reports that only Taylor Swift and Drake had more streams in 2022 despite having basically zero radio airplay — is currently living in Salt Lake City under house arrest. YoungBoy was allegedly involved in a shooting in Miami in 2019 that has him tied to an ankle monitor. He’s also previously faced arrest and charges for attempted murder, drugs, guns, assault, and kidnapping...

YoungBoy said he’s saving his baptism into the church until after his ankle monitor is removed. A father of 10 children, he did not say whether or not he’d be baptizing his children into the faith.

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2023/02/r ... lake-city/

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/yo ... r-AA170Tyx

https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/th ... r-AA16ZAEJ

ETA: He's only 23 years old and has 10 kids? Those are numbers that would impress even Joseph Smith or Brigham Young or Nick Cannon.

YoungBoy was allegedly involved in a shooting in Miami in 2019 that has him tied to an ankle monitor. He’s also previously faced arrest and charges for attempted murder, drugs, guns, assault, and kidnapping.

https://www.eastidahonews.com/2023/02/r ... lake-city/

Sounds golden

I wish them all the best. I hope it works out for them. I am skeptical. Do they know about church history regarding race?

Kishkumen wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 06, 2023 11:50 am

I wish them all the best. I hope it works out for them. I am skeptical. Do they know about church history regarding race?

The missionaries wouldn't mention it, but there is no way of hiding it from him after these stories.

A lot of these rappers are Christian without any sense of pain or concern for the influence it has had on race relations over the centuries. Sounds like a huge win for Mormonism.

Mormonism could use a little diversity. Kudos to him if he can make it through fast Sunday without running for the door.

Is fast Sunday still a thing or did Rusty have that aborted as well?

ChatGBT: In the style of musician Youngboy, write a rap song about the Priesthood Ban

Verse 1:
Listen up, I gotta tell a story
About a time when things weren't so hoary
When a ban was placed on the priesthood
Leaving brothers in faith feeling defeated

Chorus:
The Mormon priesthood ban, a wound that still hurts
A history that left a stain on the church
A time when brothers in faith felt like dirt
But now we rise, breaking the curse

Verse 2:
It all started with a prophecy foretold
That the priesthood would be given to all
But the color of skin made them feel so bold
And they imposed a ban, it was unjust and so cold

Chorus:
The Mormon priesthood ban, a wound that still hurts
A history that left a stain on the church
A time when brothers in faith felt like dirt
But now we rise, breaking the curse

Verse 3:
But the story don't end, with the ban in place
With faith and perseverance, they fought the race
And in 1978, the ban was erased
And the priesthood was given to all, with a smile on their face

Chorus:
The Mormon priesthood ban, a wound that still hurts
A history that left a stain on the church
A time when brothers in faith felt like dirt
But now we rise, breaking the curse

Outro:
Now we look back, with eyes open wide
And see the progress that has been made inside
With love and unity, we stand side by side
Breaking the curse, and spreading love far and wide.

dastardly stem wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:30 pm

A lot of these rappers are Christian without any sense of pain or concern for the influence it has had on race relations over the centuries. Sounds like a huge win for Mormonism.

Of course, there is another side to this: those people of African descent who made Christianity their own and for whom it served as a rallying point for liberation. I can't imagine Martin Luther King without the minister in the man. His oratory and his genius were very much wrapped up in his Christian devotion and perspective. African Americans have a powerful and distinctive Christian tradition, which they are rightly proud of.

Kishkumen wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 07, 2023 1:19 am

dastardly stem wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 06, 2023 3:30 pm

A lot of these rappers are Christian without any sense of pain or concern for the influence it has had on race relations over the centuries. Sounds like a huge win for Mormonism.

Of course, there is another side to this: those people of African descent who made Christianity their own and for whom it served as a rallying point for liberation. I can't imagine Martin Luther King without the minister in the man. His oratory and his genius were very much wrapped up in his Christian devotion and perspective. African Americans have a powerful and distinctive Christian tradition, which they are rightly proud of.

Let's see what YoungBoy can do with Mormonism.