THE PURPORT, STYLISTIC AND LINGUOPRAGMATIC FEATURES OF RELIGIOUS RAP
This article discusses and analyzes the purport, stylistic and linguopragmatic features of religious rap, and compares Christian and ordinary hip-hop. Religious rap (gospel) can be considered a new form of preaching for the young generation, which has a special communicative potential, because it is useful to speak with youth in a modern language close to this social group.