摘要：The coexistence of the religious (or "holy") and the secular (the "profane") has been identified and celebrated in the context of hip hop and rap music; references to prayer and spirituality are present, whilethe "hustler"and "gangster"stereotype is simultaneously referenced and played outin this popular genre.This paper considers T.I. and Jay-Z as two different manifestations of the holy and profane in rap music.While both rappers identify with the concept of divinityin their work, their approach to the coexistence of theholy and profane is different.T.I. promotes worship of a Christian God, while Jay-Z wants to be worshipped as a human incarnation of the holy in rap.This analysis offers the first scholarly analysis of T.I.'s contribution to rap and religion, and suggests that Jay-Z's self-appointment asthe "God"of rapis an alternative construct of the traditional holy and profane identification in rap music
