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Place of Birth
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Houston
(Texas, United States of America, Area codes 281, 346, 713, and 832, Area code 281, Area code 713, Area code 832)
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Lecrae Moore, mononymously known as Lecrae, is an American Christian hip hop artist, celebrity, entrepreneur, and record producer. He is the president, co-owner and co-founder of the independent record label Reach Records, and the co-founder and president of the non-profit organization ReachLife Ministries. To date, he has released seven studio albums and two mixtapes as a solo artist, and has released three studio albums, a remix album, and one studio album as the leader of the rap group 116 Clique. He produced much of his earlier material along with other early Reach Records releases.
Moore debuted with Real Talk in 2004 through Reach Records. His third solo album, Rebel, released in 2008, and became the first Christian hip-hop album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Gospel chart. Rehab followed in 2010 and garnered a nomination at the 53rd Grammy Awards. Moore began garnering mainstream attention when he performed at the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards Cypher and featured on the Statik Selektah song "Live and Let Live" from Population Control. On May 10, 2012, Moore released his first mixtape, Church Clothes, which was hosted by DJ Don Cannon. Considered his breakthrough into mainstream hip-hop, the mixtape was downloaded over 100,000 times in less than 48 hours. His sixth studio album, Gravity, came out on September 4, 2012, and it along with Church Clothes have been called the most important albums in Christian hip hop history. The album debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and won the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album at the 2013 Grammy Awards, marking the first time that a Christian hip hop artist received this award. On November 7, 2013, Moore released his second mixtape, Church Clothes 2.
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