Lecrae Talks His Album 'Restoration', His Top 5 influential Atlanta Athletes of All Time & More

On Monday January 20th, Award-winning inspirational hip-hop artist Lecrae performed at both halftime and postgame when the Atlanta Hawks took on the Toronto Raptors for their MLK Day Game.  Before Lecrae took center court and rocked the crowd at State Farm Arena, Terrell Thomas was able to catch up with the Reach Records star.  Shifting his focus to helping bring awareness to teenage suicides and the importance of mental health awareness, Lecrae is working on a new album and novel both entitled 'Restoration'. Lecrae explained why those issues are so important to him and what he plans to rollout with both the book and album releases late this year.  Lecrae isn't just a Grammy award winning music star, he is also a huge sports fan. Terrell Thomas spoke with Lecrae on the "Restoration" of the Atlanta Hawks franchise, Trae Young's All-Star season and Lecrae shared who he believes are the 5 most influential athletes to ever play professional sports in Atlanta.  The interview video was shot by Terrell Thomas. Subscribe to our youtube channel (Terrell Thomas/TheseUrbanTimes) for more sports, music and entertainment exclusives. Follow HipHopSince1987 on social media and log on to HHS1987.com for more entertainment news.  The photo used as the cover photo was shot by Terence Rushin courtesy of the Atlanta Hawks Follow On Twitter/ Instagram: @ATLHawks @Lecrae @eldorado2452 @TheseUrbanTimes @HipHopSince1987