Kanye West tells televangelist Joel Osteen ‘the devil has been distracting me for a long time’ and says ‘the greatest artist God ever created is now working for Him’ in front of 45,000 people at his Sunday Service in Houston
- Kanye West made a highly anticipated appearance on televangelist Joel Osteen’s mega church in Houston, Texas on Sunday
- The 42-year-old rapper appeared at the Lakewood Church before crowd of 17,000 where he said: ‘I know God’s been calling me for a long time’
- He revealed God sent him visions during his lowest points in life
- He recalled having visions of a church after his mental break down and during his hospitalization at UCLA
- Those visions inspired his gospel album and the creation of Sunday Service
Kanye West made a highly anticipated appearance on televangelist Joel Osteen’s mega church in Texas on Sunday where he talked about his faith and his latest album.
The 42-year-old rapper appeared at the Lakewood Church in Houston on Sunday where he was slated to talk about his ‘journey to his faith’ for about 20 minutes before the crowd of 17,000.
‘I know God’s been calling me for a long time and the devil has been distracting me for a long time,’ West said when he took to the stage in a black suit.
The rapper opened up on his long journey coming to his spiritual awakening, saying God gave him visions which inspired his gospel album and the creation of Sunday Service.
‘When I was in my lowest points, God was there with me and sending me visions and inspiring me. I remember sitting in the hospital at UCLA after having a break down and there’s documentations of me drawing a church and talking about starting a church in the middle of Calabasas,’ he said.
Kanye West made a highly anticipated appearance on televangelist Joel Osteen’s mega church in Houston, Texas on Sunday
The 42-year-old rapper appeared at the Lakewood Church before crowd of 17,000 where he said: ‘I know God’s been calling me for a long time’
The rapper opened up on his long journey coming to his spiritual awakening, saying God gave him visions which inspired his gospel album and the creation of Sunday Service.
‘Now the greatest artist God ever created is now working for him,’ West said.
He also revealed his father is crating a water purification center int eh Dominican republic.
‘Closed on Sunday is the hardest record ever made because it’s talking about p protecting your kids from the indoctrination of the media,’ West said, speaking on his track Closed on Sunday.
‘When I was in my lowest points, God was there with me and sending me visions and inspiring me. I remember sitting in the hospital at UCLA after having a break down and there’s documentations of me drawing a church and talking about starting a church in the middle of Calabasas,’ he said.
West is expected to return to the church at 7pm for a performance with his gospel choir to perform songs from his latest album Jesus is King.
‘Kanye and Joel are friends. He’s been wanting to come out for some time and it just worked out for this weekend,’ Lakewood representative Donald Iloff said to the Houston Chronicle ahead of West’s appearance.