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Pastor faces multi-million pound fraud conviction…for funding wife’s rap career

Published 11:54 23 Oct 2015 BST

Updated 13:50 23 Oct 2015 BST

Tom Victor
Pastor faces multi-million pound fraud conviction…for funding wife’s rap career

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Music and religion have gone hand in hand together for centuries.

From Gregorian chanting in the mediaeval era all the way through to P.O.D in the late-90s, religion has been used as an excuse for some of the world's most objectively terrible sounds. But now, perhaps taking a leaf out of the Rapping Rabbis' book, a Singaporean pastor has got himself in trouble as a result of efforts to spread the word of God through song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8QTDkP-HWk Kong Hee, the founder of a mega-church in the Asian country, is one of six individuals convicted of a £23m fraud operation used to fund his wife's rap career. While Hee's wife Sun Ho has a name befitting some of the genre's oft-criticised lyrics, it didn't make for a successful foray into hip-hop. According to the Daily Telegraph, Ho - who has not been charged with any wrongdoing - appeared in music videos with model Tyson Beckford and former Fugees member Wyclef Jean. But hey, just cause she dances go-go, that don't make her a...oh, right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDwraXBUHgs

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Pastor faces multi-million pound fraud conviction...for funding wife's rap career