According to B&H Publishing Group, Lecrae's upcoming book title is named after a word he and his famous 116 Clique are always proclaiming. This is a word found in the Bible that encapsulates everything the Reach Records rapper stands for.

 'Unashamed', is the title and in it Lecrae divulges details of his difficult past, including childhood abuse, struggles with drugs and alcoholism, bouts of depression, and a close call suicide attempt.

"I am writing 'Unashamed' for all those who don't know who they are, who feel confined by the labels given to them," Lecrae shared in a press release, "This is for the outsiders looking for peace within."

As made evident by his mainstream success the Texas native believes it is indeed possible to remain faithfully Christian while being fully immersed in the world.

"As an artist, my ambition is to make honest music, and I feel the same way about writing this book," Lecrae continued, "I want to be honest about where I've come from and what I've learned along the way. I want to influence culture, to help catalyze and inspire, and help other people find understanding. If they find some inspiration and some clarity for their own lives, as they follow my journey, then I will have succeeded."

As part of the book launch by B&H and Lecrae, a multi-city media and promotional tour is planned to accompany it.

In a past interview the rapper told Rapzilla in detail that his upcoming book will explain why he has stormed the gates of the secular hip-hop community with his music.

"I think a book will help people understand not only the method to my madness, but my heart," he said in the video interview, "I also want the book to reveal kind of the faith that I hold and why I believe what I believe."

Lecrae is well known for being accepted by the secular community and noted that he is writing with the mindset that the audience will be reading as well. "People outside of the faith will be able to say, 'okay, I think I get it a little bit more,'" he continued.

He went on to explain in detail his reasoning behind becoming a crossover rapper with the message of Jesus Christ, "The whole concept is when Jesus took the disciples to what was called the gates of Hell... at this particular place there's a lot of idolatry, a lot of sexual idolatry, and sin and all types of demonic worship happening and Jesus tells them, 'Upon this rock I build my church and even the gates of Hell will not prevail against it,'" he expounded.

"Gates are meant to keep people out so when Jesus says the gates of Hell will not prevail, he means Hell's gates will not keep us from storming through and establishing His kingdom in every area," he continued, "That how I approach music and Hip-Hop. Those gates are meant to be crashed. We're not supposed to build our own little gates and stay behind our little gates and do our own little thing. We're suppose to crash their gates and go in there and say 'Hey the Earth is the Lord's and everything there of.'"

Lecare ended the interview by saying he was not knocking people who just do music for the church, but maintained that he was not created to do that. "There's nothing wrong in creating music inside of our world, but I feel like I've been created to kick down those gates and that's what God allowed me to do... and that's the kind of stuff I want to talk about in the book," he concluded.

Watch full interview below and get your copy of Anomaly on iTunes now.