Response - KRS-ONE, the lead prophet of HIp Hop, the originator of Holy Hip Hop and the one that the Cross Movement holds in high regards even though he denounces the Christ of the bible states that Hip Hop and rap are 2 totally separate things that exist independently of each-other.  The founders of Hip Hop and pioneers of the street culture known as Hip Hop all state this and make a distinct difference between the two.  Sure the Cross Movement and others that sell music for a living would say this because this attaches Hip Hop to them and causes their audience to be linked to the culture regardless of their own preference to validate and bring Hip Hop into the lives of their fan base and into the churches.  Hip Hop legitimizes them and other Holy Hip Hoppers and gives them street credibility so they can perform and act like their secular counterparts.  Understand this, the real Hip Hoppers don't need validation because they are originators, but carbon copies and those that duplicate others need something to validate them and make them legitimate and the most effective way is to merge Hip Hop and rap so that one can use the phrase "Hip Hop" in their music as a form of validation. 

Notice, before EX Ministries exposed the truth behind Hip Hop, did you ever hear the Cross Movement and others use the term Hip Hop to describe what they were doing?  NO!  They were not advocates of Hip Hop then because the truth behind it had not been exposed.  The world has always giving props to Hip Hop and made a distinct difference between rap and Hip Hop, but now since that difference has been exposed, the Holy Hip Hoppers must use all their energies and exhaust all their resources to prove that they are legitimate, especially since there is no biblical example of what they are doing.  They follow EX Ministries around, showing up at our meetings, threatening us, harassing us and our engagement hosts, just to get their voice heard.  This proves one thing.  That Hip Hop is something much more important to them than rap.  It's even more important to many of them than actually winning souls.  It's their focus, it's their motivation, and it's to them exactly what KRS-ONE and the pioneers of HIp Hop state:  It's their life!  And the act of defending it is their main focus in most cases.

Proof - If you want to know what the Constitution of the United States was meant for, you could ask a Supreme Court justice or a circuit court judge and they would give an educated interpretation right?  But if you really wanna know the truth about the constitution, the best source of this answer would be one of the original drafters of this document.  If you could bring Ben Franklin back from the dead, he could explain the constitution, it's intent, it's meaning, and what every article was written for without any debate because he was an original creator of this document!  Well, if you wanna know the difference between rap and Hip Hop, why would you listen to a person or group of people with a biased interpretation of it?  The founders of Hip Hop and those that have documented it's beliefs, use, and interpretation are still alive!!  You don't have to raise them from the dead, they are preaching it right now.  If they say that Hip Hop and rap are 2 separate things, then that's who I will believe, not a group of people that want to profit off this culture, but those that are true Hip Hoppers!  You know, the ones that don't serve God or Christ, but they serve their master Hip Hop!

Scripture - 1John 2:15 Do not love or cherish the world or the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, love for the Father is not in him.