{"id":7222,"date":"2026-04-02T13:56:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/04\/what-happens-when-you-mix-buddhism-with-hip-hop-born-i-tells-us-audio-only-the-almanac-of-rap\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:56:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:56:56","slug":"what-happens-when-you-mix-buddhism-with-hip-hop-born-i-tells-us-audio-only-the-almanac-of-rap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/2026\/04\/what-happens-when-you-mix-buddhism-with-hip-hop-born-i-tells-us-audio-only-the-almanac-of-rap\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happens When You Mix Buddhism with Hip-Hop? Born I Tells Us (Audio Only) | The Almanac of Rap"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\" dir=\"auto\">Buddhism in Hip-Hop: Born I on Lyrical Dharma, Mindfulness &#038; Rap Culture Religion has always had a place in hip-hop, from \u2018god-body\u2019 flows to references of the \u201cthird eye\u201d and quoting Surahs; but what happens when you sit down with an actual Buddhist rapper? This week on The Almanac of Rap, Donwill is joined by rapper, author, and practitioner Born I to explore the long-standing (and often misunderstood) relationship between Buddhism and hip-hop culture. From references to \u201cBuddha\u201d in rap lyrics to deeper conversations around mindfulness, suffering, and self-compassion, this episode separates fact from folklore. Born I will break down: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"yt-core-attributed-string__list-group\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<li><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\" dir=\"auto\">Key Buddhist concepts like the Four Noble Truths, Dharma, and mantras <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\" dir=\"auto\">His own journey navigating hip-hop, electronic music, and spiritual practice <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\" dir=\"auto\">How artists use music as testimony, how hooks can function like mantras, and why hip-hop\u2019s connection to Buddhism runs deeper than weed references and fashion logos. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"yt-core-attributed-string--link-inherit-color\" dir=\"auto\"> Plus, Jay-Z, Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller, and Childish Gambino lyrics get put under the microscope\u2026are they actually tapping into Buddhist philosophy, or just vibing? (You be the judge.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What Happens When You Mix Buddhism with Hip-Hop? Born I Tells Us (Audio Only) | The Almanac of Rap\" width=\"1104\" height=\"621\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/COoObUAbXwI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\/what-happens-when-you-mix-buddhism-with-hip-hop-born-i-tells-us-audio-only-the-almanac-of-rap\">What Happens When You Mix Buddhism with Hip-Hop? Born I Tells Us (Audio Only) | The Almanac of Rap<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siccness.net\/wp\">Siccness Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buddhism in Hip-Hop: Born I on Lyrical Dharma, Mindfulness &#038; Rap Culture Religion has always had a place in hip-hop,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14044,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,6],"tags":[10,9],"class_list":["post-7222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-rss","tag-culture","tag-hip-hop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14044"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/westcoastaftershock.com\/wca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}