Jonah Sorrentino is perhaps the only Christian hip-hop artist who proudly admit he's "stuck in the '80s."

How much so? He's actually recorded a rap song called Stuck in the '80s. Click here to download and listen to his song.

"The original inspiration came from a song I did where I said, 'I think I'm stuck in the '80s, shout-out to all the fellas and the ladies,' " Sorrentino says. "I had a friend and he was like 'Man you're stuck in the '80s man!' because all I would do is keep talking to him about the '80s movies, songs, etc."

Sorrentino, who performs under the stagename kj-52, grew up in the Tampa Bay area, attending schools in Palm Harbor and Tarpon Springs before moving to Fort Myers before high school graduation.

The new single Stuck in the '80s appears on his album The Yearbook, which was re-released this week. He's planning to film a video for it at a rollerskating rink in December (and he's asked Sean Daly and me to appear in it.)

"I think the appeal of '80s now comes with the fact that it is such  a definable decade," he says. "It has such a clear image in my opinion that is much more definable than many other decades, from the music, movies, clothing, politics. Eighties babies have been clearly influenced by all aspects of it that it's impossible to shake. Plus I think the music was the bomb-diggity."

Well said, sir. But Christian rapping?

"I didn't really aim to jump into Christian hip-hop," he explains. "It was just a kind of natural outgrowth of my decision to turn my life around. The music was an natural progression of what was going on in my life."

Click here to visit kj's official Web site. The album The Yearbook is available via iTunes and in Christian bookstores.

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