Legendary hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg revealed this week that he will be releasing a gospel album entitled by his label Calling the Altar Honoring his late mother. “You heard that first. A gospel album,” he said. Release date: April 27th has been announced.
The rapper’s mother, Beverly Tate, passed away in October 2021 after a period of illness. Snoop Dogg frequently believes that he instilled a foundation of faith, strength and love in her, and often respected her influence in interviews and social media. The album’s release date is on her birthday and her photos will be displayed on the cover.
It will be his second gospel album after 2018 The Bible of Love.
“My mother’s spirit will live in me forever,” he said. I said OKEPLAYER for new records. “This album reflects what she taught me: using my voice and my platform to spread love and heal the world.”
Calling the altar, He said, “From another chapter The Bible of Love. ”
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21 tracks album Artists such as Jamie Foxx, Jazze Pha, Curt Chambers, Laura Wilson Johnson and Jane Handcock will be featured.
Snoop Dogg was a major gangster rapper in the 1990s, but in recent years he has expressed regret over some of his early music.
In 2018, he revealed his religious beliefs in an interview with gospel artist Kirk Franklin.
“God isn’t doing it with me,” Snoop said.
Franklin asks Snoop what he thought the church could “do better.”
“The first thing a church can do better is… non-judgmental,” Snoop said. “Open your arms. Open them for the worst sinners. I don’t care what he is doing. Put him in.
“Then when you lose it, it’s half the battle, because you are doing God’s work now. You are not judging anyone, you are allowing them to right their spirits, repent, testify, find their way and descend to the altar.”
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Michael Foot For 20 years, I have covered the intersection of faith and news. His stories appear in the Baptist Press, Christianity Today, Christian Post, Leaf Leaf, Toronto Star, Knoxville News Sentinel.
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It was originally published on April 17, 2025.
