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Duckwrth Treats Hip-Hop As His Missionary Work

The South Central Los Angeles rapper grew up trying to navigate between gangsta rap and his family's Pentecostal beliefs. Duckwrth talks about these competing forces on his latest EP, The Falling Man.
Duckwrth performs at 2018 BET Experience in Los Angeles. The rapper's latest project, <em>The Falling Man</em>, is due out May 17.

Los Angeles rapper Duckwrth grew up with a foot in two worlds. One foot was firmly planted in his mother's Pentecostal household, while the other meandered around his neighborhood outside. The artist grew up trying to navigate between these two worlds and he uses his upcoming EP, , to look back and incorporate these competing forces.

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