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Rap is part of an Afro-Diasporic musical tradition, responsible for organizing social struggles, cultural identities and diverse knowledge. Religion, as part of the everyday experience, of affirmation and (re)invention of peripheral communities, provides a set of elements, images and symbols that permeate different narratives of rhythm and black poetry. In this context, rap and religion are presented as complex discourses of the subjects' social, subjective and aesthetic life; through these elements the human being is thought of, his social condition problematized and his religiosity put in perspective. Through a group called Síntese, from São José dos Campos/SP, this article aims to reflect aspects of religion as a fundamental part of a complex philosophical knowledge articulated by rap. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]