--- title: A3C Hip Hop Festival Blog | Lyric Batemon description: “It’s Bigger Than Religion;Hip-Hop.” --- [**](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/author/lyric-batemon#) - Oct 8-13, 2019 - [Home](https://www.a3cfestival.com) - [Schedule](https://a3cconference.com/shows/index.html) - [Lineup](https://a3cconference.com/lineup/index.html) - [Oct 8-13, 2019](https://www.a3cfestival.com) - [Blog](https://blog.a3cfestival.com) - [Buy Tickets](https://www.a3cfestival.com/tickets) ![](https://udxsva.com/tag?id=11009) - [Home](https://blog.a3cfestival.com) - [Artist Advice](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/topic/artist-advice) - [Music Industry](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/topic/music-industry) - [A3C Updates](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/topic/a3c) - [Events](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/topic/events) - [Atlanta](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/topic/atlanta) - [Opportunities](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/topic/opportunities) ## Lyric Batemon ![Lyric Batemon](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/hubfs/886069_10204057756364801_769523276182204774_o.jpg) “It’s Bigger Than Religion;Hip-Hop.” ### Recent Posts [![061016-music-moguls-Jermaine-Dupri.jpg](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/hubfs/061016-music-moguls-Jermaine-Dupri.jpg) ](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/five-lessons-weve-learned-from-bets-music-moguls) ## [Five lessons we've learned from BET's Music Moguls](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/five-lessons-weve-learned-from-bets-music-moguls) Posted by [Lyric Batemon](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/author/lyric-batemon) on Aug 12 [![Dr_sebis_big.jpg](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/hubfs/Dr_sebis_big.jpg) ](https://blog.a3cfestival.com/list/dr.-sebis-death-and-what-he-meant-to-the-hip-hop-community) ## [DR. 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