- 1. His real name is Lecrae Devaughn Moore and he was born on October 9, 1979.
2. Lecrae is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record and film producer, record executive, actor, and entrepreneur. 3. He is married to Darragh Moore and has 3 kids. He is the president, co-owner and co-founder of the independent record label Reach Records. 4. He is an investor and co-owner of the audio production software MXD, and is a co-founder of the film production studio 3 Strand Films.
5. He has released ten studio albums and three mixtapes as a solo artist, three studio albums, a remix album, one EP, and numerous singles as the leader of the hip hop group 116 Clique.
6. In May 2016, Lecrae signed to Columbia Records in a joint deal between his label and Columbia. He left Columbia in May 2020.
7. Lecrae’s debut recording, Real Talk, was released in 2004 through Reach Records. His third solo album, Rebel, released in 2008, became the first Christian hip hop album to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Gospel chart.
8. Lecrae received nominations for Artist of the Year at the 43rd, 44th, 45th, and 46th GMA Dove Awards, the last of which he won, and for Best Gospel Artist at the 2013 and 2015 BET Awards, the latter of which he won, a first for a rap artist.
9. Lecrae’s filmography includes a role in the television film A Cross to Bear (2012) and brief roles in the comedy film Believe Me (2014), crime film Superfly (2018), and Christian drama film Breakthrough (2019).
