Religious Creativity: Tye Tribbet

     Historically,  when religious ideology grows and changes, the practices evolve with it. Many customs can remain throughout the years but shift to fit the time period. In Black American christianity, the practices or worship people follow stem from the historical influence that brought it to them. Religious Gospel Music, as a worship form, comes from the roots of the slave hyms they were born out of and has evolved to take a newer form today.  One of the most prominent gospel artists of our time is Tye Tribbet. Known for his remixes on classic songs and his reinvention of gospel choir in hip hop style worship songs, Tribbet has pushed the boundaries of religious gospel music and produced his fair share of songs considered to be classics in the new generation. His songs carry many pieces of modern day pop, hip hop, R&B, and even rap music; which is becoming more common in new age worship songs. 

    Tribbet has won several GRAMMY awards in the gospel category and has dedicated his life to producing worship songs about " Jesus-focused music to start conversations, not condemn." This is a different approach to the religious mindset many people are used to that will condemn those who don't follow or don't follow correctly. It is important to note that in Tribbet's creativity to combine the genres into his gospel music he makes messages more known and easier for people to digest because they sound like music that might be consumed outside of a religious context. 

   

    I found it interesting how many similarities can be drawn from Tye Tribbet to Jennifer Doudna from Code Breaker. She utilizes pieces of well known information in science to derive experiments that get her to the end result of CRISPR with the help of her collaborative lab. Similarly, Tribbet uses pieces of well known music styles to create more outlets to share his religious message with the collaboration of several different singers (gospel choirs) and songwriters. Here is a link to one of Tribbet's more popular songs if you're interested: