‘I’m Better Sober’: Lecrae Gets Raw About Healing, Faith and His Most Honest Album Yet (EXCLUSIVE)
With his most personal album, Lecrae hopes 'Reconstruction' empowers women to rediscover purpose
Since stepping onto the scene in the early 2000s, award-winning Christian rapper Lecrae has garnered Grammys, climbed the charts, and inspired countless fans. Known for his authenticity, faith, and willingness to tackle hard topics, Lecrae’s new album Reconstruction goes even deeper.
After two decades in music, the Grammy-winning artist has walked through grief, healing, and transformation, and now he’s using all of it to uplift others — especially women who are searching for a new purpose in life.
“This album was written on the other side of transformation,” Lecrae tells Woman’s World. “God is like, ‘You were wrong, and you’ve created brokenness. But I want to take those broken pieces and reconstruct it into something different and better.’”
Lecrae’s hope for ‘Reconstruction’
That idea — of rebuilding emotionally, spiritually, physically, and mentally — is at the heart of Reconstruction. “I realized there were just different buckets that needed to be reconstructed,” he explains in an exclusive interview with Woman’s World. “My physical self needed some reconstruction. My mental self needed reconstruction. My spiritual self needed reconstruction.”
While Lecrae pushed himself to grow through therapy and a spiritual fast, he also took on the intense “75 Hard” mental challenge while writing the album and traveling. “Try making an album and traveling and doing 75 Hard at the same time. It was crazy,” he laughs. “But it was really good for me. My mental clarity was so good. It leveled up my writing in ways I would have never even imagined.”
Inspiration for women in Lecrae’s new album
Still, Lecrae emphasizes that Reconstruction isn’t just for him. “This wasn’t like, I just got to get this off my chest,” he says. “It’s more like, I’ve been through this, and I wish I had this album when I was going through it. I want people to experience healing.”
That message especially resonates with women going through life transitions — like Lecrae’s own wife, Darragh, who he has been married to for 15 years. “She’s in that phase of her life where we’re about to send our oldest off to college,” he says. “I’m watching her reconstruct. She doesn’t have to work, but she just took on a job as a Pre-K bus assistant because she’s like, ‘I still want to invest in kids. I want to help and serve.’ Her life didn’t stop when our kids left the house. She’s figuring out what life looks like for her now.”
Lecrae’s most vulnerable moments
Lecrae poured that same honesty into vulnerable songs like Better Sober. “Sobriety is something that people are embarrassed to admit they struggled with,” he says. “But I just realized I can’t handle it. I’m not good at moderation. And I’m just better sober. That was tough to admit, but also freeing.”
Some songs, like Holidays with Jon Bellion, wrestle with the temptation to escape pain. “If you invest in the hard thing on the front end, it pays off better on the back end,” he says. “But if you do the easy thing on the front end, it actually takes away on the back end.”
Making waves with collabs and a podcast
The album also features powerful collaborations with voices like Jackie Hill Perry. “She’s like a sister,” he says. And Madison Ryann Ward, who he went straight into the studio with after recording a podcast episode together. Reconstruction also features Atlanta icons T.I. and Killer Mike. “To be a light and a friend and share conversations about grief — that was powerful.”
Lecrae is also sparking big conversations on his podcast, including with former witch Angela Scafidi and actor Will Smith. “It blew my mind,” he says. “Why did Will Smith choose me to have this conversation? I felt honored to sit in that space — like a bridge for faith and culture.”
In the end, Lecrae says Reconstruction is a tool. “Music is like a story, and stories change lives,” he says. “This isn’t just about music. It’s about giving people a resource for wholeness. And I hope they walk away with that.”
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