Communion



Communion, real name &Aacute;lvaro Vega, is a Latino Christian rapper and former seminarian. He first gained viral notoriety in the mid-to-late 2000s under the stage name The Cacaman, where he made parodies of rap and R&B music with a rather irreverent and scatological slant, though one of his songs, "Ain't Got Much of a Smile", was a more serious glimpse on his troubled background and depression.

His stint as a parodist was short-lived, however: in a MySpace post he confessed that he had a revelation after a bad hangover, having stumbled upon a copy of the 15th-century devotional book The Imitation of Christ; through this he realised how shameful his former career was, expressing his disillusionment over secular pop music and labelled his former idol The Notorious B.I.G. as "besides glorifying sin, he actually raps verses that are satanic." Since then, he devoted his life to Catholic music and was at some point a seminarian, though he was unable to fulfil his vocation as a priest and is now serving God in a more devotional take on his once-obscene rap game.

He and his music can be found on YouTube and on Instagram.


 * As the Good Book Says...: Vega's songs now lean more towards this, starting from his conversion to Catholicism in 2008 (he was raised Catholic, but never paid much attention to his religion prior to devoting his life even more towards his faith).
 * God Is Good: The reworked version of "Ain't Got Much of a Smile", extolling the joys of being saved by Jesus.
 * Gospel Music: As Communion.
 * Genre Shift: Following his confession on MySpace, he took down all of his back catalogue under The Cacaman moniker and reinvented himself as a Catholic rapper.
 * Gross-Out Show: The video for "NastyCrap" where he is shown reeking in fecal matter as he tries to unclog a toilet.
 * Heel Faith Turn: Starting from his confession about his former musical career.
 * Hollywood Atheist: Vega has made songs lambasting irreligion through a conservative Catholic lens, such as in the song "I Believe".
 * Old Shame: He took down his back catalogue in 2008 and has occasionally filed DMCA requests on reuploads as he no longer found it comfortable to look back at his old career.
 * The Moral Substitute: Since shredding the gross-out humour out of his system, he turned his attention towards preaching the Gospel using the genre he knows best, citing Eminem as an influence.
 * Same Face, Different Name: Previously known as "The Cacaman", but later took on the moniker "Communion" as he went by a different subgenre.
 * Songs of Solace: "Ain't Got Much of a Smile", though this was eventually averted when he reworked the song as simply "Smile" to reflect his newfound faith.
 * Song Parody: As The Cacaman, albeit mostly leaning more on scatological topics such as diarrhea and indigestion. He did however make quite a few non-scat parodies such as "I Shop At Walmart". He hasn't completely given up on making parodies, however: one video was a send-up on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air detailing the life of Jesus.

As The Cacaman

 * 2007 - Shittin' on the Industry

As Communion

 * 2016 - Creo en Dios