You Can't Say That In Church (Say Dat Pod)

Churches used to introduce Derek as somebody's nephew doing a little Christian rap thing, and give him two songs to prove he wasn't the devil. Parris came back from an Atlanta showcase where 20 artists, half of them teenagers, were putting each other on instead of competing. Plus: why a label owner is telling artists to go get a job, the prophetess who walked away from $50, the seven sons of Sceva getting jumped, and why practice makes perfect is a lie.

A viral clip on the placebo effect of addiction turns into the realest talk on the show: the stress relief is really relief from the cravings the habit caused, plus Derek's testimony of two addict fathers and a food-addict mom who came back. Then the flip, the Bible was never a placebo, and a lawless world minus the flames is already hell. Derek Minor and Parris Chariz also run the letters (love vs lust, coaching the church instead of attacking it), the media rule that a show making you root for the villain is preaching to you (Breaking Bad, Ozark, Dexter, Death Note, The Rock's no-loss clause), and Jaylen Brown on black excellence vs predatory capitalism. Explicit feed.

A gang in Volusia County used a church as a laundering front, 50 arrests followed, and the news framed every church for it. Derek Minor and Parris Chariz run the raid, the Ozark money math, fact vs first, and why the sins of a few stick to the whole. Then the flip: God's law as the original game (thieves repay 120%, the edges of the field feed the poor, jubilee erases debts), why a Christian label contract should be the fairest in music, the seven deadly sins as a biology report, the comparison spiral six days after The World Is Watching dropped, and funnel church vs real community, anime night included. Explicit feed.

Derek turns his living room into a venue and Parris Chariz plays his new album 'The World Is Watching' (out Friday) song by song with the story behind each. Christ or Cash and the prosperity-gospel gut-check, the near-death meningitis testimony behind Christian Mingle, get off the Amish stuff / church legalism, why he can't stand how Christian rap talks about women, and hip hop in Nashville. Explicit: live-room language and album bars run raw on the audio feed.

The language backlash blew up. Proper XL clipped it, the comments split the camp, and Derek answered with a disclaimer. So Parris called in the one person who could really settle it: Derek's mother, Prophetess Joyce Hawkins. She doesn't curse and she disagrees with him, but she dismantles the legalism (a curse word is not a curse; pronouncing doom over a life is). Derek lays out his why and who he's actually talking to. Then Mama testifies: addiction, survival, divorced him twice and sang over his last breath, and why she never gives up on anybody. Derek Minor and Parris Chariz, Say Dat Pod.

Yung Miami's Spend Dat has the whole internet dancing, and the kids know every word of a scammer anthem. Derek Minor and Parris Chariz open Episode 20 plain: the years of being hard on Christian rap were never hate. The point is elevation, because when genius meets poverty you get Spend Dat, and the kids deserve a better anthem. Then the rest of the table: failure is not faith, stop being a failure. Solomon was lit and Jesus would not be riding a donkey today. The copy will never be greater than the original. You got a talent Jesus never had, and you still stealing from the world. Episode 20. The barbershop is open.

Gen Alpha isn't buying Christian rap. Derek Minor brought his sons Zane and Nolan to the Batcave — and they said what nobody in CHH will admit: Christian rappers just quote Bible verses without connecting it to real life.

Meanwhile, Usher cleared one of his biggest songs for Aaron Cole's gospel record. And Miles just became a potential first Christian rapper on XXL's Freshman List.

Plus: Parris Chariz tells Derek's son what nobody told him growing up in Detroit. And the most embarrassing story in Say Dat Pod history.

📺 Subscribe: youtube.com/@SayDatPod 📸 @saydatpod | @thederekminor | @parrischariz 0:00 Pistons Are Back + Welcome to the Batcave 5:19 Miles, XXL & Usher Co-Signs Gospel 14:23 Gen Alpha Calls Christian Rap Fake 19:56 What Does Being a Man Mean at 14? 27:37 Parris Told Gen Alpha What He Learned in Detroit 35:39 School, Tuskegee & the Lightning Round 41:32 Most Embarrassing Moments + Dad's Punishments

You Can't Say That In Church, Episode 1, Did Druski Expose the Church? Derek Minor and Parris Chariz are live in the Batcave, and they get straight to it. They react to Druski's "mega church pastors love money" skit, why it hit such a nerve, and what it reveals about church culture today. They break down why some people took it personally, why others laughed, and why the bigger issue is not one pastor, it's a system that rewards showmanship and turns faith into a brand. Then they switch gears to influencer culture and marriage online, why boundaries matter, and how money can quietly become the main goal if you're not careful.