As a solo artist and member of the group 116, Christian rapper Trip Lee uses elements of Southern hip-hop to spread his message of faith. • Lee started rapping at age 12. He devoted his life to religion as a teenager and spread the gospel via his music and the sermons he began delivering at age 17. • He signed with Reach Records and released his debut album, If They Only Knew, in 2006, right after his high school graduation. • Three of his albums—2010’s Between Two Worlds, 2012’s The Good Life, and 2014’s Rise—have reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Gospel Albums chart and crossed over to the Billboard 200. • Lee also works as a pastor, and in 2015, he released the book Rise: Get Up and Live in God's Great Story.