LYRICAL CHRIS
Fast becoming known as Hip-Hop’s “Grandchild” as he ushers in a new generational Hip-Hop music genre called “5D Rap” to the masses, Lyrical Chris is a 5D Rap artist who is increasingly becoming hard to ignore. Hailing from Tifton, Georgia but now based in Jacksonville, Lyrical Chris’s music straddles the line between a multitude of Hip-Hop vibes that’s non-materialistic, high vibrational, clean, non-religious rap music for anyone to play. Expect the unexpected when playing his songs. He collides catchy hooks, affirmations, quotes and messages – all delivered via his brand of witty and articulate bars that get listeners thinking. An optimist at heart and an artist looking to empower listeners every chance he gets, Lyrical Chris’s music is crafted with a purpose – to nourish the mind, body, spirit, and soul which he has coined as “5D Rap,” the new era and genre of Hip-Hop. This new genre of high vibrational rap music was created for all ages, races, religions, non-religions, and sexual orientations that consists of ten rules that must be followed on each song. The rules are complex and challenging, but were made for good intentions.
Lyrical Chris was born and raised in Unionville, the urban area of Tifton. Growing up in an area rife with crime and violence forced Chris to sharpen his street smarts quickly.
He cites the area as having a pivotal influence on his direction and on himself as a person – stating that Unionville “influenced me to be the best version of myself.” The memories and observations of Unionville heavily play into many of the themes of his tracks, while also helping him solidify his path early.
Although a relative newcomer to the scene, Lyrical Chris certainly has a lot to say. For Chris, he makes music not just for the joy of creating – but because he feels Hip-Hop fans deserves a new chapter yet to be told. With his heart and mind focused on spearheading the next generation of Hip-Hop artists to rise to the top, Lyrical Chris is determined to secure himself a place among the greats of the Hip-Hop musical map. He dubs this movement “5D Rap” – a Hip-Hop genre that is defined as non-materialistic, high vibrational, clean, non-religious rap music incorporated with inspirational, motivational, educational, and uplifting messages wrapped up in love for anyone to enjoy no matter your age, race, religion, or sexual orientation.
While Chris is indeed well on his way to carving out a path that is uniquely his own, his music isn’t without a sliver of high-grade influence from many of the greats that came before him. These include the likes of Nas, Lupe Fiasco, Mystical, Common, Lil Wayne, and Ludacris, to name just a few. Above all, he cites his big brother Farinzio as the pivotal influence who changed everything for him. Chris started rapping for fun as a child and became more serious as a teenager. He credits Chamillionaire for influencing him to rap non-explicitly all the way back in the year 2007. Between 2007 to 2018, rap battling, freestyling, studying other rappers, and creating unrecorded and unwritten songs led Chris to eagerly create a new genre for Hip-Hop. Chris started constructing 5D Rap back in 2018 unconsciously: “I would create songs and lyrics in my head daily by listening to instrumentals similar to how my lyrics and songs are today. I didn’t understand what I was doing at that time, but I knew it was something special deep down inside of me. I initially did this egotistically due to my urge to be different and better than any rapper who has been on a microphone. As I matured, I pushed my ego aside and decided to make this style of rap for the people and not the GOAT status. I came up with the genre’s name in 2021, and decided to create ten rules for music artists to make it easier for them to understand the genre and make music that aligns with my goal to create non-materialistic, high vibrational, clean, non-religious rap music that’s for anyone to play.”
While he’s only been on the scene for over a short time, Lyrical Chris has been busy crafting a strong discography that has seen him land chart placements on Billboard and in the top 20 iTunes Hip-Hop Charts, and regular rotation across 4,000 gyms across the USA. He has five singles out on his imprint, iSoulated, plus a notable inclusion on a compilation release for Amada Records (Hip Hop Chronicles). His debut Album, ‘Prewrite’ is scheduled to be released on September 5, 2024, which will be the first 5D Rap album in Hip-Hop history. The songs on ‘Prewrite’ are considered a collection of ideas and thoughts and the starting process of Chris’s essay called ‘Hip Hop’s Grandchild’ that will consist of five albums. Each album is considered a paragraph, and the songs are sentences that make up the paragraphs to form the essay. The five paragraphs (albums) are expected to be called Introduction, 5D Rap, Grandchild’s Mind, Spiritual Travel, and Conclusion. Before the essay begins, Chris will first record his sophomore album titled ‘Rough Draft’ where each song will be titled as a sentence to form the five paragraphs that will be on the essay and give listeners a chance to understand this new and creative idea that is being brought to the music world. ‘Revision’ will be the next album, and the essay will start afterwords beginning with the ‘Introduction’ paragraph (album). Further details will be added along the way.