If you’ve been watching the news, then it’s no secret about the violence that has been plaguing the city of Chicago. Shedding some light on this and calling for change in his hometown, is Sir The Baptist in his new video for “Wake Up”. Catch Sir taking a walk through his old neighborhood with a gang of his supporters, marching in tow.

“Wake Up was written as a PSA to my community”, Sir says, expressing a strong desire to put an end to the senseless killings in his city.

Check out “Wake Up” above, and be on the lookout for Sir The Baptist’s upcoming debut album, PK: Preacher’s Kid.

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After giving us “Raise Hell”, which raised a few eyebrows in addition to be an awesome song, Chicago crooner Sir the Baptist is back with a new visual for “(Creflo) Almighty Dollar” named for and inspired by Pastor Creflo Dollar who notoriously fell from grace amid his efforts to raise $65 million for a private jet. The church community isn’t always as upstanding as it seems, and joining Sir to offer their two cents on the matter is Twista, Jack Red and Lili K. Peep the video above and stay tuned for Sir’s debut album, PK: Preacher’s Kid.

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In case you’ve been under a rock, there is currently a lot going on in our world, our country and even our own backyards. Due to racial tension and police brutality, among other things, America has become a nation on the brink.

Chicago singer Sir The Baptist, who you might’ve recently heard on Chance the Rapper and The Social Experiment’s recent SURF project, saw fit to touch on the social issues affecting us, in a way not seen since Kanye West dropped “Jesus Walks”, a song that raised many eyebrows, as it combined secular music with elements of Gospel.

Calling his style of music “contemporary ghetto gospel”, Sir The Baptist liberates an electrifying new clip for “Raise Hell”, from his debut album Preacher’s Son, due out August 14th.

“There’s something boiling in this generation of youth,” Sir says. “We’re breaking all the rules for mankind’s sake”.

It will be exciting to see what’s next from this guy, but in the meantime, check out what’s now.

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