Teenage rap sensation DC3: ‘My music is a way to share God’

The biggest Christian rapper in the country right now, is a teenage boy called DC3. Here, he opens up about his journey to viral success, balancing music and education and his primary priority to “share God” through music 

DC3 might be the most notable name in Christian rap. Having recently celebrated his first million-streamed song (‘I Know’), the viral powerhouse spoke to me about his meteoric rise and keeping God at the heart of it all. 

We have to talk about your explosion on social media. Your first viral moment was in 2020 — tell us a bit about it.

Yeah, 2020 was a very pivotal year for me. When lockdown hit, it affected all of us. We had to change the way we lived, and it forced us to stay inside. I found a lot of boredom during that time because I was so used to hanging out with friends and doing different things. Being stuck in the house with nothing to do made me feel a bit useless. So I just started doing a lot of freestyles. We had a community in the rap scene for upcoming artists, and we used to support each other. I kept going from there, and it just didn’t stop.

When lockdown eased and we were able to go outside again, that’s when I started going to the studio and really writing songs. 2020 was important for me because I was able to build quite a few supporters who were rocking with my music at that time.

To really put things in perspective — you were 14. Most 14-year-olds during lockdown were…