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J1: We appreciate New H2O and Nick for having us man it’s all love.

Goddi: That’s no problem we appreciate everything NewH2O does.

N: I understand you guys have been around for about 5 years, when did you all exactly come together?

G: Well, J1 has been doing music for well over 10 years. We grew up together and he was always the music head amongst all of us. We came together and became L.O.S in spring of 2006.

J: And the rest is history In the making…

N: What were the goals of the group when you first formed? What were the main you reasons for forming the group?

J: When We first started We wanted to reach as many people as possible for God. That was the ultimate goal. We know how much influence music and entertainment has on our youth, so we were gonna use the talent God gave us to do so. It’s still our main goal today. Me and Goddi literally are in the same spirit when it comes to this.

N: Would you guys say that you make “Christian Hip Hop”? I know a lot of artists don’t like that term because they feel that it puts them in a box. What type of music would you describe that L.O.S. puts out?

G: Honestly, I think we just make good music.

J: We can both answer this in saying we are Christians who make hip hop music. Or just plain good music.

G: Music that inspires people to become great, to never settle, to never listen to the critics but to follow their heart and their calling.

J: I could say the reason artists don’t like the term “Christian Music” is because it does put them nn a box. Look I remember one day me and Goddi met fat Joe and we let him hear our music and some of our people’s music and he literally put Christian music in a box. He listened and said “egh yeah that’s that God music…”

N: With that being said, would you say that you want to cater to Christians but also reach the people who do not yet know who Christ is?

G: That is safe to say.

J: Definitely. When you make good music, you will be played where good music is played. Regardless if it’s Christian or not. Why not have the best music out there be made by ones following the Most High?

N: How would you describe your lyrics?

G: Daring. (laughs)

J: (laughs) I agree with Goddi, adventurous.

G: Overall, we speak the truth. We do not sugar coat the real issues that are going on around us. And we bring the good news, that no matter what the rest of the world has to say Jesus died for their sins and has set them free.

N: It seems like you guys make clean music but also try to push the envelope quite a bit. Do you think being adventurous pushes Christians away or does it make the lyrics more interesting to listen to?

J: We see a lot and hear a lot and it touches home. We write about that. Out music hits home honestly. I am again going to be squashed for this but it does both. We have to speak that the truth and the Word says clearly the truth sets you free. Some people don’t want to hear the truth so they close and kick rocks. God will deal with your truth one or two ways. Either you come to Him in peace or in pieces the choice is ultimately your. We paint a vivid reality picture of what is already in front of you. How you look at it is up to you.

G: I agree with J1 on this one. People are going to try and make an issue out of things one way or another.

J: We just wanna bring Christ into someone’s life. Some don’t wanna hear “Christian music” because of the term. We are here to just bring Christ and the relationship with it.

N: The track that you guys did with Royal.T called Hustle Hard, there seems to be some apparent backlash toward the lyrics in the song. They were saying you guys were too cocky, had big egos, and weren’t repping Christ. What would you like people to know on why you wrote those lyrics and made that song?

G: We are very far from cocky, but I can see why they assume we are. I would say we are very confident in who we are in Christ and we make it very clear. I’ll let J explain that verse to you though, because he definitely got the most heat on that. (laughs)

J: It’s apparent that people will always assume negativity when you are trying to spark positivist. My lyrics for one were taken way out of context
I had people calling me out. Calling me names and saying negative things about me and I was almost disturbed because in the verse I said to not think of me that way. People need to realize that I have come from the streets. I grew up on the streets. I have listened to the streets music and outcry.

N: What was the exact message you were trying to get across in that song?

J: That I am here fulfilling my calling from God and there isn’t anything gonna stop me. Lyrics say “now u looking at a rockstar…. and we hustle hard that’s the reason we got life for”. Those say I’m a star. I’m making it. My calling is coming to a success and I’ve been hustling hard. I’m in this for life. It’s an analogy letting people know I’m here for the long run. Til’ my last breathe. People should really go back and listen to lyrics and not swag cuz they are misunderstanding the difference.

G: I went into this track trying to make a point. Basically stating we are pushing the critics aside and hustling hard pushing the Word of God with them or without. They don’t need to understand why we do what we do and how we do it.

J: Shout out to heavyweight who fought me teeth and nail on the site then hit me up personally. Needless to say me and him are on same page now. He asked, he listened, and now he understands.

N: I think a lot of people are so used to listening to mainstream rap that their knee-jerk reaction is that you guys are glorifying yourself. Would you say that some of your tracks fall victim to that scenario?

J: Not really. You see we glorify God in all We do. We are second. We know and accept that. All the ones who bashed were Christians. When non-Christians heard it they understood and accepted it. It touched home. That’s progress.

G: I don’t think so. Never in any of our tracks have we ever said we are where we are at because of ourselves. We are nothing without Christ and we would be nowhere without Him. We are super proud of our accomplishments and boast about our blessings simply because we live in a world that thinks they can only be blessed by doing the things of the world.

N: Legion of Souls definitely gets more comments on their tracks than anyone else on New H2O. Why do you think that is?

G: (laughs) ‘Cause we hustle hard! (laughs)

J: (laughs) ‘Nuff said. (laughs) Naw but definitely.

G: Naw… honestly, I feel most people can read between the lines and understand the parables.

J: Because I think we relate with a lot of them.

G: Some don’t and that’s okay. I really wish they would inquire more before they go bashing but it’s cool. Men see appearance, God sees our heart.

J: A lot of people just like the fact that we are on there hustling.

N: Recently you guys dropped a couple tracks, what are you currently working on and what can people look forward to?

J: We drop nearly every week. Pushing the Word of God and we are doing it all for God but more related to our youth today.

G: We definitely have a few projects under our sleeves. I can’t really go into details but definitely have a few things coming soon.

J: We are grinding hard. Dropping tracks here and there. I mean just months ago we released the critically acclaimed Sample of Life 2 cd so we are still pushing that too through our label OG Muzik.

N: Sample of Life 2, you guys brought in quite a bit of talent. How’d all that come together?

J: This year expect more songs, freestyles, and mixtapes galore. We grinding, we all family. We are blessed to know a lot of good people. We just had a idea to have a cd where may talented artists came together for one cause and they all loved and wanted to be a part of it. It’s definitely my favorite cd of 2011. And I mean that.

N: I really enjoyed Sample of Life 2. The quality of the project was above the norm. For the people who don’t have it yet, where can that get a copy?

G: They can still go to ogmuzik.com and go to the OG Muzik Store.

J: Oh yeah Nick? What was your favorite songs?

N: Opening track Killing Me goes hard, Monsta Pt 2 is a personal favorite and I know it’s a lot of other peoples, and When It Rains. I like When It Rains because it has a different sound. It’s chill and very personal.

G: Nice!

J: When it rains is my favorite.

N: I have other favorites but we could talk about it for another hour. (laughs)

J: (laughs) Well, if you liked SOL2, you are definitely going to like what we got coming up!

N: Besides music, what other forms of ministry are you guys in?

G: We are both active youth ministers at our church Segadores de Vida (Harvesters of Life). We host bible study groups on a weekly basis and we work closely with charity organizations in our community.

J: Yes, we are very involved with the community.

G: One of the main reasons why when people say “we are not real Christians” I just smile and go on to the next thing.

N: How would you say that being involved in ministry impacts the music you guys put out?

J: Again. We see the pain. Hear the cries. We are involved so we know what is out there and we place that in our music to reflect and let people know there is hope.

G: J1 hit it on the nail. Since we deal closely with the streets on a weekly basis, we know what gets their attention. So we gear our music towards those things, so once we have their attention, they are open to receiving the good news.

N: That’s great guys. It’s always awesome to hear that artists are not just using music as a ministry and are actually in the streets ministering. That speaks volumes to the realness and the approach that you guys take.

G: We encourage people to ask. If you dont know, just ask.

J: Definitely.

N: Were there any last things you want people to know?

G: Yes, #1 that we love and pray for everyone out there whether they bash us or not. (laughs) #2 Keep your ears out for new things coming from the entire label. #3 We want to send a quick shout to the entire South Florida Movement including A.D, Rey King and the YG Label, Cheno, LOJIK, LEX, and everyone else involved in bringing the Word to the streets via music. Last but not least, feel free to follow us on twitter @legionofsouls or facebook.

J: Definitely know that we as ministers are here to bring Christ to the front. That’s what we do day in and day out. We live, breathe, and sleep God. We are just a different breed. Music is evolving before our eyes. There is a new generation. We are part of that generation. Pray for us. Please do. We are going in the darkest places to bring light. And you may not understand but know We have a calling to reach lost. so follow us. It’s a heck of a ride I promise we have fun doing what we do. ‘Cuz we #winning all day. So thank you in advance to all who are following the new wave. Shout out to OG LEX and LOJIK to all others supporting us. Rey king and J Blaze and who wave of awesome hip hop in Florida. We in here. We doing it….it’s done!!!!! God bless. J1 says you love me or hate me, I’m still praying for u. The LEGION!!

N: Well I want to thank you guys for taking the time to do this interview and for support New H2O. You definitely make the site a better place for people to come to.

G: Thank you or having us. May God keep blessing your ministry Nick!

J: Definitely mad love.

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We talked with Rhema Soul about their upcoming studio album RED which is set to release on March 27,2012. We also discussed different aspects of their ministry. Check out the interview below.

Nick (New H2O): You have a new album slated to release in early 2012, what can you tell us about the new album coming out?

K-Nuff: The new album coming out is definitely going to be a step musically that we haven’t taken thus far which is like most of the projects that we’ve put out, has been a gradual growth musically. For this album I guess you can expect more eccentric music, we’re definitely going to stay true to what we normally did which was good feeling, good atmospheric type of music but what we wanted to do was step it up to broaden the listeners. So we added some elements that wouldn’t normally go with the things that we normally do which was like dubstep, alternative music, and even pop. So we added that element and we took on a theme this time which is more of a theme from a human standpoint, a human condition, looking for answers, having passion, feeling the times that we live in as a state of emergency, and addressing what the answer is. So all of those things. We obviously believe in Jesus Christ. We just took that approach where anybody from any walk of life can listen to the album and the common ground there is that there is a hope outside of what is is that you’re living in, outside of your four walls that you see every day, and that hope that we ultimately believe is Jesus.

N: Do you have an official name yet for the album?

Butta P: The name of the album is RED.

N: You mentioned that there were elements of dubstep, pop, and some alternative that is typically different than what your normal approach is from your last releases. What can the fans look forward to most with the album RED coming out?

B: I would definitely say growth. We definitely went into this album and wanted to challenge ourselves. We do that every album, but this time we really wanted to challenge ourselves as artists and take ourselves out of the typical hip hop box. I think we’ve grown a lot from the first album. Our first album was very hip hop with a little bit of melodies and that type of thing. The second album was a lot more fun, having a good time, light-hearted music even though if you really listen to the lyrical content it’s still kind of deep but we did it in a more light-hearted fashion. The third album, we blended the two sounds together but we definitely went more melodically, made it sound a lot more commercial, and a lot of people probably had us labeled. So with this one we went with a brand new producer, we just went in a whole different direction, and we just wanted to challenge ourselves musically. I think they will definitely be surprised at what we did but at the same time we definitely stayed true to our hip hop roots. It’s not that it’s not a hip hop album, it’s definitely a hip hop album. We just definitely gone to a whole new level with it.

N: Comparing to Fingerprints, would you say that you’re blending a new style, trying to aim more towards that commercial approach, or are you trying to reinvent your style?

K: I don’t think we are reinventing because that can sound weird and it usually doesn’t work when people reinvent themselves. But what we tried to do is just mesh whatever it is that we’re doing. When you go from Dope Beats to Fingerprints you can hear that the Dope Beats elements are in Fingerprints with songs like Jammin With The Boom Box and My Beat Go and songs that are real bass heavy. Then we introduced newer sounds like Save Me which is a totally new sound for our audience when we first did it. And then the meshing of the two would be a song like Fly Away. Fly away has a very fun type of vibe but the message in it is pretty serious and when you add the video that we put out as well then you can see the whole thing come together. That’s what we’re trying to do with this next one. To add elements that we’ve already used and then add this other type of musical element while combining the inspirational sound that gets everyone motivated to do something or to move to action while keeping that whole party vibe, feeling good, which is very home to us coming from Miami, south Florida area. Most of that type of music comes from the area that we’re from.

N: In a couple sentences, is there a core message or core theme you are trying to get across?

B: With this album I would say a sense of urgency, being passionate about what you’re doing with your life, be passionate about your calling. It really touches on like K said, it’s touching on different emotions that we deal with as humans. It’s really just having a sense of urgency, dealing with passion, following your dreams, not letting go, and not giving up even when it seems like you can’t see the promises and the dreams and still fighting through it and holding onto the promises that God has given you.

N: Are there any guest features that the fans should anticipate?

B: Yeah we got a whole bunch (laughs). This album was fun becuase we don’t ever really get to feature a lot of people because of the group so it’s usually a hard task to accomplish. We were able to pull it off nicely this time. I think there are five features this time. It’s a great eclectic bunch too which is awesome. We got This’l who’s featuring, we’ve got Ryan Stevenson who is more of a CCM artist, we’ve got Benjah, we’ve got Jai.

K: And we’ve got Shonlock.

N: I don’t really hear too many features from you guys so it’s probably exciting for your listeners and fans that you’re going to have some additional elements to the tracks.

B: It was cool the way they came about. It was very organic. Our manager asked us at the beginning of the process who we wanted to work with and again like I said it’s always been kind of a hard task for us to do. But the way the features came about was very organic, it wasn’t so much about who it was. It was like who was going to sound good on this record.

N: Being from south Florida, how does that influence this album?

K: In south Florida hangin’ out, if you go to Miami for a night out and you want to take your wife or your significant other out or just hang out with your boys, during that timespan if you’re anywhere where there’s music playing, you’re gonna hear all types of music. South Florida is quickly becoming the mecca of all kinds of things. From fashion to like I said music, as far I said being in a melting pot. There’s cultures there, there’s all kinds of foods. Because that’s the area that we come from, we definitely think it comes across in the music and that’s why we believe that we’ve had the growth that we’ve had. We haven’t been confined to just east coast music, just west coast, or just dance, or just pop. We’ve been blessed to get it all with salsa, merengue, reggae, and all kinds of stuff intertwined, and then the new movement with electronica, dubstep, and the European sound is real heavy in Florida with huge concerts. With all that going on, it just becomes the people are you trying to reach. For us musically it’s just a challenge and we love taking the challenge on of trying to do something different, add different elements to what it is we do. We just took it on as a challenge and we really believe it will be communicated in the music. I’d say south Florida always influences us even with the last song we put out Shine In The Night, it was just a total respect and love that we have for our hometown and going from there and spreading it out.

N: For the people who don’t yet know who you are, what would you like them to know?

B: That we’re pretty awesome people. (laughs) Pretty cool people to hang out with. We’re kind of funny. We like to punch people in their arm. K-Nuff likes to eat. A Lot. If you hang out with us, you have to buy him dinner. We just love what we do. We love what we do for a living. We love that we have the opportunity to share our faith with the music that we do. We’re plugged into our home churches which is something that we’re very passionate about. We’re involved with youth ministries and with young adult ministries. We’re not just talking it, we are actually living it. If you don’t see us on stage and that type of thing, you’ll catch us living it out. I think it’s very important that people see that beyond than just the music.

N: Before we go, is there anything else you guys want to talk about?

Lateshia: Did you guys want to talk about Hope In Motion?

B: Yeah, to piggyback talking about doing stuff beyond the stage. We just recently hooked up with this non-profit organization called Hope In Motion and it’s run by Pedro LaTorre. He’s KJ52′s drummer. We’ve been building a relationship with him for the past year or so, becoming great friends, he’s an awesome guy, and has a great heart for God. He has this non-profit organization where he goes into high schools to do these assemblies and presentations. We’ve just recently partnered with him doing that and it’s something that we love, love, love to do. The guys Juan and K were in a group prior to Rhema Soul and they did missions for about a year and a half. A lot of what they did was that in other countries. They were doing high schools assemblies and doing these concerts throughout the city and inviting the kids in the high schools, in the elementary, and middle schools. They would do a presentation at the high school and then invite them to these huge concerts at night. It’s kind of like the same thing that we do with Hope In Motion and we talk to the kids about teenage suicides and different types of issues that these kids are dealing with. We come to the schools and present them a message of hope, and love, and freedom. We allow them to come talk to us afterwards and if they’re open and willing they allow us to pray with them. Then we invite them to one of the local churches that partners with us and just hang out with them afterwards. It’s something that we’ve been doing for a while. We’ve been working on some stuff for 2o12 and there’s just a bunch of stuff in the works that we’re excited about. So that’s something that we do beyond the stage and it’s something that we’re very passionate about.

N: So is that something that you do more local or is that something you do across the country?

B: Well it’s local in the sense that it’s in the state of Florida but in 2012 we are actually going beyond the state of Florida.

N: Do you have a list of cities that you have lined up already?

B: As of right now they are working on the bookings. There is something that we are working on now that they are going to announce soon but it’s more of tour that we are going to be working on for next year for other cities and doing the high schools so we are excited about that.

N: I haven’t heard of something like that before so I find that interesting.

K: Just to piggyback, with some of the statistics from the time a child is in adolescence to 18 years old that demographic makes up a certain percentage of our population. It’s like 40% and that’s 100% of our future. Then at the same time the devastating statistic is that out of teenage or youth related deaths, suicide is the third leading cause. Then when you get to college, it’s the second leading cause of why our students are dying. It’s a very big issue. When you go into those schools you need to approach it a certain way because you can’t say Jesus in public schools. You have to talk about hope and hope is essentially what Jesus is. He is our hope. So we allude to it like that and you’d be surprised. This opens up the doors and then afterwards the kids are allowed to stay after because the principals want this in their schools. They see the violence, they see the things that are going on, they see the separation, the bullying, and all that kind of stuff is all the stuff that we touch on. So they are anxious when they see their toughest kids at a breaking point and wanting to stay back to chat with one of us. That’s when we’re able to really tell them that the reason why we have this hope is because of our Lord and Saviour. Then we can fully disclose it because it’s not like we’re preaching to them, we’re just telling them our testimony, what actually happened, and how we found the hope that we found. It’s just really awesome and like you said before, there’s something to be said about an artist that raps about the right things and in their social life which is their private life but they make it so social they’re doing the opposite of that by communicating different things that contradict what they’re talking about. It’s very important to us not so much for people to see but it’s important to us that we believe in things like integrity, that we’ve been called to a very high point where we are responsible and going to be held accountable for the things that we do. We just take it real seriously man, and it’s something we would like everyone to take seriously. We’re doing it here in Florida, Ft. Myers, and we plan to stretch out to Georgia, North Carolina, and only time will tell how far it goes. It’s just something that is needed, everyone should have something like that going on in their city. I think there would be a huge change. The best part about it is we couple it with a church and invite all those students to some event that the church is having and when we did it in Ft. Myers it was very successful. A lot of the kids came and some of them were Christians who went to other churches, some of them were not and haven’t ever been inside a church but the result was the same. They got to see Jesus and hear about his love and make a decision for their lives. It’s just been a real awesome thing. Even more-so than music. It’s really cool.

N: I know definitely in this Chicago area we have so many students getting murdered all the time and just a heavy burden that something like that could be used to break through those barriers to reach the youth today. Every day on the news here is gang violence everywhere. Chicago is probably one of the worst for gang violence right now. When you’re talking about doing stuff like that, I think there’s definitely a need to bring church and Christ down to the youth. Going to them instead of having them come to you.

K: Absolutely. You couldn’t have said it better.

N: Is there any else you want to talk about?

L: I have one more thing. Good City Music.

K: That’s all Butta!

B: We’ve been releasing everything under Good City but this time we are going through Universal. We’re excited this year because we are looking to sign. We have an artist that is going to come out under Good City this year as well after Rhema Soul. We’re looking hopefully to sign someone else by the end of 2012 to start building that roster. Good City was started to put a group of artists together that are wanting to fulfill the same mission even though our tool or technique is different if that makes sense. We really wanted to just put a whole bunch of creative people together to build this team. That’s our whole concept beyond Good City. We really wanted to have artists who have the same vision, the same mission, and who wanted to accomplish the same thing but just possibly do it in different ways. We’re excited about that.

N: So Good City Music is releasing the album Universal for distribution or as a label?

B: As a label.

N: Where can your album be found once it’s released?

B: It’s going to be definitely on iTunes, all the digital avenues, it’s going to be in the Christian bookstores, and I believe it’s going to be in Wal-Mart and Best Buy. I think they are still working on Target if I’m not mistaken. So all your major retailers.

I will go on record by saying that Tha Mic will have one of the most meaningful Kingdom Projects of 2011. My time talking to him was such a blessing. I talked to him for a little bit over an hour and what I will say is it was one of the hardest and most difficult interviews I’ve had to conduct to date. Why you may ask! Well because Tha Mic’s passion and love for God and this ministry flows through him like crazy. So with that being said he talked so much that we didn’t get to tackle everything I wanted to! But no worries because this will be Part I of a 2 Part interview with him. I hope you all enjoy as you take a look and see what’s “Behind Tha Mic”!

Preacher Boy: You have a mixtape “Fire Season The Remnant” dropping on the 31st of December can you tell us about the project.

Tha Mic: The project is something that’s been long awaited. It’s not what I thought it would be though. It’s what God wanted it to be. It’s basically a series of songs of events that has taken place in the last year. Whether I’ve stood tall for the Kingdom or if I’ve tripped up it’s all on this project. God just told me to put everything that has happened in this season of my life to song. My homeboy Crush told me the best way to get over sin is to expose that sin. That’s the only way I can get over the sin is to speak on it and share my experiences. So God told me to let people know what I’ve been through and I’m trusting that this is a part of the process of healing!

PB: You’re a part of a movement L3/Level 3. What exactly is it?

Tha Mic: Well Level 3 started off with 4 of my brothers. We wanted to do some type of movement. We were seeing so much chaos in society and in the secular music world. We wanted to start this movement for God that would overpower that all. We got together and prayed on it and we were given L3. Pretty much it’s about having a mindset for the Kingdom of God, using your talents and walking in it for the glory of God. For me it’s rap. We have to show the people that we can go just as hard as Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Kanye and all these dudes but do it for God. It’s a mindset of a generation. Now the number 3 biblically represents the resurrection. When we were putting this together God gave us this. At our church we have 3 different levels. At the ground floor you just see what’s in front of you. You know the people’s faces and everything else that’s easy to see that’s around you. The 2nd level you see a little bit more. When you reach that 3rd level you see everything. Being at the 3rd level is being in a position that you can see everything. Being at that Holiness standard that God wants you at. You see a lot of broken standards nowadays. We been going around doing music about the last 2 years and God has been speaking to us and telling us to restore the standards. One of the standards God told us is to bring back the unity. There’s so much division within Kingdom artist that it should be a math problem.

PB: I’m glad you mentioned that. The Kingdom Music movement is on the rise as of late. But with this, I’ve seen a lot of things that should be of concern. One is the lack of unity within the community of artists. How can we fix that and why do you think it’s an issue?

Tha Mic: Okay. First I think it’s an issue because there’s the ministry side and there’s a business side. A lot of times a lot of Christian artists see just the business side of things. Being an artist is a lot of work. So at times people focus on self and when doing this your mindset can easily become isolated. There are a lot of rappers who are just doing it to do it and not truly understanding the purpose. To fix it we have to learn how to go beyond the music. I love music but I know it’s just a tool. It helps us reach out to the lost, heal the sick, and minister to the body. It’s also meant to entertain because believe it or not it’s okay for Christians to have a form of entertainment. But at the end of the day it’s just a tool and we have to focus on the unity aspect. There’s far too much division. It’s all about kingdom building and the only way we can build is if we build together. It’s starting to look at the churches with the different denominations. That can’t be. We just gotta all get on one accord.

PB: Your single, Lose My Mind is doing pretty well on New H2O and people are enjoying it. You are also nominated for Best New Artist for the 2010 New H2O Awards. But amazingly you are under the radar? Where has Tha Mic been and why are people outside of Cali just now hearing about him?

Tha Mic: Man. I’ve just been writing for the last year. Trying to get everything together as an artist you know. Being an artist was something that wasn’t in my mindset. This upcoming mixtape will be the first time I’ve put something out on the web. Me and my boys did a demo back in August and that’s the first time we ever gave out any of our music you know? I think that I had to go through this fire season first so I could be refined. On the mixtape I talk about my failures in the past. I’m just a man of God who is trying to live this thing out. Show the people who listen to my music that I’m not perfect. So pretty much I’ve just been working on me first.

PB: Okay I respect that. Well my next question is what is your stance on secular music?

Tha Mic: As far as the hip hop scene it’s getting crazy. Before my stance was “it’s not that bad if it’s not saying anything wrong.” When I went through this fire season I realized that the music we listen to greatly influences us. The people around me were being affected more than they know. If you’re trying to live your life for God secular music shouldn’t be something that you listen to. Secular music is getting out of control. Kingdom Music can go just as hard as what the secular cats are doing. A lot of new rappers today are lost. It’s not so much, “I’m gonna kill you” anymore, but it’s still off because these dudes are really lost. It’s the lost leading the lost. I’m not bashing them I’m just trying to show them they’re lost. What they’re doing is killing themselves. And in turn it’s killing the people who listen to it!

PB: Okay I had this conversation with a few other Kingdom Artists in the past. What is your stance on Christians recording remixes to secular songs?

Tha Mic: Okay. Well I’ve seen cats that do it just to make a Christian version of the song. That’s not what I do though. I sit and listen to beats that I feel that I can write with a purpose to. There are two reasons I do it. One, I have no original production so I’m doing the best with what I got. Some of the beats I don’t feel there’s anything wrong with. My thing is as long as you are doing it with a pure heart its straight. And you just gotta make sure you’re not trying to lead people to you. Some rappers will do a Jeezy or Drake song just to let people see who they are and to see how many hits they get on YouTube. Every beat on my mixtape was chosen for a purpose. I chose these beats to go with the topic I was writing to. The Lose My Mind remix I wrote that in like 10-15 minutes. God really moved while I was working on that one. So that’s my view/stance on it.

PB: I know it’s a business but should Christian producers support the Christian artists more when it comes to beats and production?

Tha Mic: I think they should. If people are going to get mad at us for using secular beats then they need to put something on the table for us. You have to balance it. There are some cats out here that need production. Point and blank! I think the labels should focus on getting to know an artist and just embrace them. It goes beyond the music. I got a lot of people who have blessed me with beats. I really think that shows my purpose and that God is really blessing me in doing this. So all in all I personally will keep doing it.

PB: There’s a lot of negativity and judgment within the Christian Community on artists like Rey King, Kambino & Young Chozen. People question their delivery. Why do you think there is so much negativity within the Christian Community in concern to Kingdom Artist?

Tha Mic: It’s because artists like those guys, well they kind of break the mold of “what it means to be a “Christian Artist”. There’s such a model in Christian Rap. The 116 Clique, Cross Movement and Reach Records that has taken over and they kind of set the stage/standard. So to many if you don’t have doctrine to back up the lyrics like they do, people tend to question whether or not you are truly saved. They question whether or not you are a Christian artist. My boy was on the scene awhile ago and was getting stones thrown at him for the same reasons. In Corinthians they were tripping over the leaders and I can compare it to what’s going on in Kingdom Music today. I think the Lecrae’s are the ones who water the plants. The Rey King’s and Young Chozen’s are ones who plant the seeds. I feel they are walking in their purpose. I think when people don’t understand that they start saying ridiculous things! It’s that religion aspect again. That comfortable faith. I think if we continue to break that mold and support brothers like that I know that mold will slowly break. We will see a generation who has different standards and principals.

PB: You said song content on this mixtape is very personal and heavy. Is there any song that really sticks out to you that you know will touch people’s hearts?

Tha Mic: One I can think of is one that I love. It’s called, Carry Mine. It’s basically a song that is a reflection of a person who continues to go through trials and tribulations. And it’s just a song to encourage me to continue to carry my cross. To keep my eyes on the cross. To never stop. A lot of people stop. And when you stop in a fire you get more burned.

PB: What’s the concept behind your name and how did you come to it?

Tha Mic: I had a few names. My first was The Street Preacher, and then I used my middle name, Clay. It would be weird because people would ask “Is your name really Clay?” One day God dropped the name on me when I was walking to school. He told me my name was Tha Mic. When you think of a microphone it’s a tool used to project someone’s voice. So I’m a tool to project God’s voice to a generation who needs to hear him! I’m a simple cat and God shows me the deeper things in life. So it’s crazy how God gave me that name. It’s simple but deep at the same time!

PB: Where do you want to go in your walk with the Lord and in Kingdom music?

Tha Mic: Good question. Man. I wanna go as far as anything I’ve ever seen. I wanna go deeper than I’ve ever been. With this Kingdom Music I just want to do something that’s never been done before. I just want to do something epic. Not for my namesake. I was always trying to figure out how to be big. God flipped the script on me and now when people see Tha Mic I want them to see greatness. Not my greatness but the greatness of God. I just want people to see how amazing He truly is.

PB: Today young men are struggling with abandonment, peer pressure, gang activity and the pressure of sex? What advice can you give our young men on this?

Tha Mic: Man. I know at times it seems like our circumstances is all we can see. But don’t let your circumstances define who you are. For awhile I let circumstances make me. But then I began to understand what God made me. So this is what I have to say to them. Know that you are a King. You are a son of God and remember what he did for you. The price he paid and the blood he shed for you impacts your eternity. That’s what I’d like to tell them though. Understand who you are and not what the world says you to be.

Once again I want to say it was a blessing be able to talk with this brother and just see the fire burn with passion for the Lord! I’m so excited for New Year’s Eve because Tha Mic will be releasing his debut mixtape, Fire Season The Remnant. This is set to be a very personal project that will without a doubt touch the hearts of anyone who listens. I look forward to sitting down with Tha Mic this January as we conduct Part II of this interview! Well that’s all I have for now family! Be blessed!

Love God, Love Music, Love Life,

Micah “Preacher Boy” Butler

Preacher Boy: Thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule to talk to us brother!

Young Chozen: No problem man. It’s an honor

PB: How did you get saved?

YC: I was kind of one of those kids that almost grew up in church and lived their whole life in the front pew with the itchy wool suits, and penny loafers. I was 18 when I really started living for God!

PB: What events led you to getting saved?

YC: Okay, well um, I grew up in a divorced home. My parents had joint custody. My real father was in the world and wasn’t really what you would call a Godly example. My mom’s ended up getting remarried. Her and my step-dad were my Godly examples. Because of partial custody I was living a double life. When I was with my dad I acted one way and when I was with my moms and acted another way. So I graduated from high school. I did good and could have gone to a bunch of different schools but my parents wanted me to go to bible school. At the time I was still living this double life. I was trying to be in a little gang even though I looked like a nerd. But I was perpetrating!

Anyways. So I ended up going to bible college. But I got involved with the wrong crowd. I was hanging out with the basketball team who was recruited just to play ball. So these dudes really weren’t concerned about God and knowing more about him! We was wilding out like it was a frat house. In that season of life I remember going to sleep so scared. Knowing that if I died I wouldn’t go to heaven. That’s not a good feeling. I ended up being asked to leave the school by the administration.
I left bible college and went back to L.A and the same day I got there I enrolled in the Dream Center Discipleship Program. I worked along side cats who were homeless and addicted to drugs. I was in the Dream Center Discipleship and I was working hard. Washing dishes, scrubbing floors and getting in the word also. It was almost a boot camp way of studying the word of God and taking yourself away from all distractions. I really needed that discipline It was hardcore, intense and humbling humbling. It’s a free program that anyone can come and get fed with the word. It was 14 months, and I was the youngest person ever to graduate from it. A lot of people are surprised that I was in a program like that but it’s where I needed to be for that season of my life! My job for 8 hours a day for four months was watching dishes. I like to pull from those moments when I see cats who are struggling. So that’s what led me back to the Lord.

PB: When do you start rapping?

YC: I was 6. My moms says, I was writing poems. At 10 I got a Yamaha Keyboard and did my own lil thing. 16 is when the high school freestyle battles started taking off. That’s when I got my own style and swag.

PB: When do you start rapping for God?

YC: Ummmm. While I was in the discipleship program, is when I really started doing it for God. I was about 18.

PB: There’s been a lot of criticism about your music from these so called “bloggers/pundits”. They say you don’t talk about Jesus enough in your music. What do you have to say about those claims?

YC: The best rappers that you see are the ones that say things without saying it. I’m not saying I’m a fan of Lil Wayne but he’s one of those rappers. He said and I quote, “I’ll write your name on a bullet and make you feel special.” Do you know what that means?

PB: Yeah. He’s going to kill ol’ boy!

YC: Exactly! To bring scriptural backing into the picture. I look at Matthew 13. Jesus was speaking to the people in parables. I look at those people he was talking to as world. His disciples said “Why are you speaking to the people in parables” And to paraphrase Jesus said, “You have the ears to hear and the eyes to see. I speak to them in parables so they can keep the little bit they have lest they lose it” Today, church folks know the word of God. But people in the world may not have the ears to hear. When Jesus was in the towns with the people he was rarely quoting scriptures. It was when he was in the synagogues with the pharisees is where he quoted scriptures. When he was in the towns, in the villages, or our streets he spoke in parables. So Jesus was able to switch things up depending on where he was. He could switch up the method but keep the same message. He never changed who he was. He was always Jesus Christ. He would change his delivery so the people could receive what he was speaking.

Now as Christians yes we want to encourage the saints. But if I’m only ministering to youth groups then what am I doing? How am I fulfilling the Great Commission? You know we have to go out into the world! Some people hone their craft in front of their youth groups and churches. A lot of my immediate audience wasn’t young people in Christ. So I had to figure out a way to transfer biblical principles into song to a kid who is at a house party with a blunt in his mouth. If I’m screaming JESUS JESUS JESUS then he’s not going to be receptiveve to that. It’s going to turn him off immediately. Don’t get me wrong. I have so much respect for guys like Lecrae and Trip Lee. I’m bumping Rehab all day. But there’s different methods of drawing the people in!

One other thing. You know we have the milk and the meat right? We have grown up hearing preachers say “Do you want the milk or the meat?” And of course the whole church shouts out, “We want the MEAT!!!!” right? Well here is my question. What’s wrong with milk? Think about how many miles you have walked in your life. Thousands right? But no matter how many miles you have walked it does not take away from the excitement when you see a baby take its first steps. When people are new to Christianity and new to the faith the MEATY topics and music can be intimidating. That’s why some kids say its wack if its oversaturated with JESUS, JESUS, GOD, GOD, CHRIST, CHRIST, GET YO HANDS UP!!!!! Now we who are mature in God, can appreciate this but that’s cuz we can handle meatier stuff. I am confident and secure in myself saying that my music may be on the milky side, but I feel you need it so that you can graduate into a Lecrae or something like that. If I’m the Milkman (laughter) then so be it. But don’t get it twisted I have something in my music for everyone. My next mixtape will be my deepest ever. One last thing. At many times we don’t appreciate the first steps. As Christians we tend to overlook those first steps. It’s like us laughing at a baby stumbling and falling when they are learning to walk. Not cool. And many times we as Christians do that. We aren’t supportive of those first steps!

PB: Speaking of your next mixtape, is there a release date?

YC: Yea. It should honestly come out before the end of this year. I just spoke to my manager earlier today and they’re still mixing the last couple of songs. It’s called Play Time Is Over. It’s supposed to come out this month. I definitely promise you it’s the deepest mixtape I’ve ever done. It’s going to have a lot of heavier topics. But I’m gonna try and sent you guys at New H2O an exclusive!

PB: Young Chozen. How’d you get the name?

YC: Ok (laughter) so here goes I used to have a SUPERSPIRITUAL corny name. It was DUNAMI. Now that I look back its embarrassing. It comes from the Greek word Dunamis meaning, warrior power of God. I was and am still heavy into Kung Fu and all that. And yes i still watch cartoons. But anyways I was 18 and about to do a show with some friends and they were all like my big bros in the faith and I had just moved to their town. It’s literally two hours before showtime and they told me , “Nah bro, you cant get on stage with that name!” (shout out to D.E.S. Star, Jay Breeze, and Miles Reach). So for those two hours I’m pacing backstage trying to come up with a new name. This is not the real convo so I hope I don’t offend anyone if these are your real names, but it went something like,” Big Soulja?”, “JesusBoy”. No and No! Ok how about Christswagg? NO! Ummmmmm. Gods Child? No! Hmmmm what about Young Chozen? Hmmmm that will work its five minutes till showtime so just stick with that! That’s how it really was and it just stuck with me. The first part of my rap for the night said, many are called but few are chosen. So really that’s how the name came about!

PB:Y You recently got married and had a very different wedding theme/concept. Tell us the idea behind that.

YC: I mean I’ll make this simple. We just wanted to have fun. I didn’t want to do anything traditional. I mean our marriage speaks so many volumes. It’s a dying breed. Almost an extinct breed. Young people married and on fire for God. So that kind of heart translated to the wedding. Our wedding was open to the public. Anyone who wanted to could’ve came. We wanted to put our own swag to it. We both styled the groomsmen and bridesmaids. When I first shared the ideas with my wife she liked the ideas and was cool with it. We ran off of it and bounced ideas off of each other. A couple of people actually gave their lives to Christ at our wedding so that was kinda cool!

PB: Really? How did that happen?

YC: The wedding opened up with a hip hop concert. Du2ce performed at my wedding. Then I came on and did a few songs, then the bridesmaids and groomsmen danced to the stage. Dougied to the stage and everything. When everyone was on stage we put a worship song on to be played and we just started worshiping. My step-dad who’s a minster did a quick word. From the atmosphere my step-dad gave an altar call. My wife Lizzie said there were 6 salvation’s that day. Then after that is when we did our vows to each other. It was str8 holy spirit freestyle to each other. We had Elijah Kelley from the movie Hairspray there and he sang one of the songs on my mixtape which is a remix of Alicia Keys Unthinkable.

PB: Remixes of secular music is a big topic today in the Christian Rap world. What’s your stance on it and how do you feel about the “transferring of spirits” when it comes to the songs we remix.

YC: That’s definitely a dicey issue. So funny somebody messaged me on Facebook with a 4 page lecture on why I shouldn’t do them. So funny! This is what I think. There’s no general across the board rule. There’s even been secular songs that I have said, “Hmmmm I shouldn’t do that one” It’s one of those things that is based on your own personal convictions. You have to be led by God. I personally feel where the presence of God is, evil can’t exist. I’m all about reclaiming stuff. I remixed the New Boyz Tie Me Down remix and a lot of people found out about my music because of that. You can’t tell me what I’m doing is wrong because lives are being changed because of it. All music came from God in the firstr place. Everything in the world is just a distorted picture of what God created. Without God there would be no Lucifer. God gave Lucifer that gift of music. What we have to do is reclaim what God created and what Satan stole. I have a peace about what and why I do it. It’s all about being in the word and having a level of discernment. I hate to be cliché, but we have to take back what the devil stole. When we use to listen to secular music we used to say, I liked the beat but the garbage message is what pulled us down. If God can cast demons out of people, I believe that God can erase the negative connotation and spirits that may be associated with that song. Why? Because the words that you have given that song are inspired by God. When people are talking about these spirits it at many times tells me that they are listening to that garbage too much. If they think of the bad in that songs that shows me that they’ve allowed those songs to get into their spirits! There have been songs that I did feel I shouldn’t do this one. But as long as you are following God and having discernments there should be no apologies or explanations.

PB: Young Chozen the artist! People know you as the rapper. But what can you tell them about you ministry wise that they may not know?

YC: Point blank period my heart and passion is seeing young people learning that they can live for God without changing and no compromise. Omega Fresh is not just a dance crew. It’s a dance crew/bible study/mentoring group/boy scouts group. Every member of Omega Fresh are from broken homes. They are all at risk young people. What we did was to their love for dance and music. It’s an incentiveve. You get to be a part of this crew but you gotta get in the word. You’re going to be getting disciple. Doing community work. Then and only then you can get on stage and performing. One of the kids you will see in my videos has a flat top. His mother was selling crack. His dads not in the picture. This kid was raising himself and his siblings and I had to privilege to meet this young man. Over the years Ive gotten to see some awesome change in him. He’s the most amazing dancer you will ever see. By himself he teached a bible study in change for dance lessons. The proudest moment of my life was when he called me for help so he could lead someone through the prayer of salvation. Seeing young people become world changers is my passion.

Talking with Young Chozen was truly a blessed experiencece. His spirit and heart for God is undeniable. He is one of the artist who is nominated for the Ground Breaker of the Year Award. Why? Because he is doing this thing but from a different angle! A lot of people don’t understand but this doesn’t deter him! He is still dedicated to bringing forth the Gospel in his own way. Many are called but for a chosen and we are very glad that God felt that Young Chozen was the right man for the job! Until next time y’all!

Loving God, Loving Music, Loving Life,
Micah “Preacher Boy” Butler

Check out his mixtapes!
Extra Credit Mixtape Vol. 1 & 100% Jerkin’

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Download the entire mixtape here

Preacher Boy: First question. Where did you come up with the name Aim?

A.I.M.: Really it was just an idea that came to me. I still remember I was playing Midnight Club 3. And the car I had on there I put Aim on there. At the time I really didn’t know why. That name just stuck with me. Later down the line God spoke to me and gave me this crazy acronym. Anoint Intercede and Meditate. It was like a 3 step process. God had me really seeking him more. I needed that anointing. I needed to pray for other people and I needed to stay in the word. Need to really think about what it meant to me. And that’s how the name came

Preacher Boy: Did you start of as a Christian artist?

A.I.M.: I used to do battle raps in High School. It was nothing serious but that’s what I started with. You know how that goes. Going back and forth in the cafeteria and what not! So yea I would say no, I didn’t start off as a Christian artist.

Preacher Boy: When do you become saved and can you tell us about what led up to it?

A.I.M.: Okay. Well my dad was in the military so we moved around everywhere. And we moved around a lot. When I was with my dad and my mom we used to go to church all the time. But to be honest, I was never really serious about it. My parents ended up getting a divorce. When that happened I wanted to stay with my mom. After that church was cut out. It wasn’t a part of my life at all. I was out wilding out with everyone else. In 2005 fresh out of high school I met Jasmine, who is my wife now. Her family is really dedicated in the church and really on fire for God. I met her on a dance team we were both on. I ended up going to church with her. Then one day I was working and I called her up and asked her out. Her mom said if I wanted to continue that relationship I’d have to get into church. So I began going to church more. And the more I went the more God poured upon me. God really started dealing with me and convicting me of the things I was doing. Then Easter of 2006 I rededicated my life to Christ. And I’ve just been enjoying the ride since!

Preacher Boy: How long have you been married?

A.I.M.: Next week is going to be three years! And it’s amazing. I love it man! God’s really blessed me!

Preacher Boy: What type of advice can you give to singles on sexual purity, dating and marriage?

A.I.M.: Establish boundaries from the beginning. Know from the beginning what you will and won’t do! Make sure it lines up with the word and make sure you watched the situations you put yourself into. Without a boundary you’re gonna find yourself in trouble. I believe in 1 Cor. It talks about if you’re loose don’t seek to be bound. If you’re bound don’t seek to be loose. Your main goal shouldn’t be to find a wife or a husband. We should seek Christ first. A lot of people’s whole pursuit of a wife or husband is so they can have sex. I’ve seen this firsthand and when you do that you’re marrying for the wrong reason. So I would just tell just make sure you’re being led by spirit and not flesh. Everything else will line up after that.

Preacher Boy: How long have you been rapping as a Christian rapper?

A.I.M.: About 4 years now.

Preacher Boy: Canton Jones has a song out now, “In Da Club”.  It’s raised a lot of controversy. A lot of controversy also is circulated around Holy Hip-Hop and some artist not talking about Jesus enough. What’s your perspective on all of this?

A.I.M.: Like ahh man. Honestly me, I feel there’s a certain point when you draw a line. Christian music needs to be the core of the main theme. If Christ isn’t being exalted then it’s not Christian music. If someone who isn’t a Christian listens to your music and doesn’t see Christ then it’s not building up the Kingdom!

Preacher Boy: G Craige Lewis has a pretty popular series The Truth Behind Hip-Hop. In the series he speaks out against Hip-Hop in its entirety. To include Christian Hip-Hop/Christian Rap. He’s got a lot of followers. As a Kingdom Artist what do you say to people who think this is not a ministry?

A.I.M: They’ve been deceived. That’s foolishness. The one thing I know is that God ministered to me through music. The songs on my album I got coming out next year is based on Matthew 10:39. “Whoever finds his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life for my sake will find it” Really all the songs on there, God used them to tell me about myself. While they were coming to me I was like “I know people need to hear this”. But God told me it was really for me. It really hit me. The one song that hit me hardest is called Focused. Every verse was a blow. To say that God can’t use this, well I can’t get in line with that. I think they really don’t understand it. I’m talking about people who have these thoughts. They already have their preconceived ideas about the music. Or they heard people who aren’t really doing it for God so they choose not to embrace the whole in genre. That’s dangerous though. We’re not in any position to say what God can and can’t use. That’s not a call for us to make. If we do this we’ll end up being like the Pharisees.

Preacher Boy: Okay there’s a lot of artist out here today who I call, giving “Cain Praise”. Anybody who knows the story of Cain and Abel knows Abel gave God his best when Cain gave God his seconds. There’s a lot of artist out here whose quality of music and content is off. It’s not very good and they say it’s all good because, “It’s for God”. I personally don’t believe in this. I believe things done for God should be right. And to be honest a lot of times we see a lot of people operating outside of their gifts. What is your stance on this?

A.I.M.: I feel honestly it may not be their calling. There’s nothing wrong with doing it if you’re expressing yourself to God. To take it and put it out there, and say, “I wanna reach people with it” you just gotta check the motives on that. We’re called to be fishers of men. It’s like going out to the lake with a stick, some string and a clump of mud and expect to reach people. God will equip you with what he needs you to do. If you don’t have the gift then you need to really pray and seek God. One big thing you can tell about the people with those types of hearts is they reject criticism. God edifies us through other people. If you reject multiple sources that obviously God trying to tell you something!

Preacher Boy: What advice would you give young Kingdom Artist trying to get into the ministry of Kingdom Music?

A.I.M.: First thing they need to understand is they are rapping about God. First thing you need to do is get in your word! Don’t focus on the music first. First you gotta get a deeper relationship with God. Music started coming to me after I started coming to him. If you have a desire for this you need to draw closer to him. He will give you the desires of your heart. He will develop your gift. He’ll sharpen your tools. We have a whole book that gives us everything we need to talk about. That’s the bible. So you need to draw closer to him. So that way you can reach other people. The majority of the time we rap about where we’re at. It’s gonna be real difficult if you try and put on a fake and a front. So the number one thing is to know the word and know what it says and doesn’t say. Something else is it is all centered around the motive. You gotta ask yourself would you be satisfied if you put your music out there and nobody cared about it. Nobody listened to it? Is it about building self up or the kingdom? In Galatians Paul says, he was unknown to the churches of Judea, and they only heard of him and they praised God because of how he was used by God. They need to praise God because of the gift that is flowing through us. The motive has to be right. The Gospel is not a self promotion.

Preacher Boy: Your new project drops this Friday here on New H2O.  What’s the title and idea behind it?

A.I.M.: It’s called, “The Preview Theater Mixtape”. The main theme is based on 1 Peter 2:21. To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you leaving you an example that you should follow in his steps! To sum it all up, Jesus is the feature presentation. He’s coming soon. And until he comes we’re the previews of Him. We’re the advertisements and previews that point to him. That’s the theme of the mixtape. It’s def. nothing to take lightly. He’s coming and it’s serious. John MacArthur spoke a message and was talking about how mockers will come and question about the Lords coming. He was talking about how we can’t hold God to our clock. 1000 years to us is but a day for the Lord. His time isn’t our time. The Preview Theater is letting people know that he’s coming soon. So until he comes back we are to be previews of him.

Preacher Boy: Any collabs on this mixtape?

A.I.M.: Yes sir! Nine Up, Du2ce, CHC (Christ His Chosen), Tridot & Ashes. That’s it. It’s real good though! Production is from Tony Stone. Most of the production is all original!

Preacher Boy: So what’s next after this mixtape?

A.I.M.: The album is coming next year. It’s called Lose It based on Matthew 10:39. I’m hoping to release it at the latest May. That’s the very latest!

Preacher Boy: Any last words?

A.I.M.: I’d just like to tell them if anyway shape or form, if they like any of the songs, just know that it’s God working through me to get to them. It’s to reach the hearts and peoples. If the music touches you it’s not me, it’s just that God wants to get a message out to them. Other than that make sure they seek God in everything that they do. We have never arrived at the greatest place we’re going to be at. That won’t happen till we get to heaven and reach perfection. So there’s always room to get closer to God and see what areas you need to improve at.

Make sure you guys download A.I.M.’s mixtape, “The Preview Theater Mixtape” this Friday! I’m looking forward to this! Until next time family!

Love God, Love Life, Love Music,

Preacher Boy

Preacher Boy: Okay first off Rey thanks for taking the time out to talk to us here at newH2O. You are the first artist to officially step Behind The Mic.

Rey King: No problem!

PB: Tell us when were you reborn? When did you become saved?

RK: Summer of 2007.

PB: Were you into music prior to you being saved?

RK: Yeah. I been rapping and producing for ten years. Been doing this since 2001.

PB: Was there any event that really pushed you to give your life to Christ?

RK:I would say yeah, just because of the things I was going through in my personal life at the time. It felt like all of 2006 and the beginning of 2007 was a terrible time for me. The beginning of 2007 things were really, really bad. That year was when I was the furthest away from God. I felt like I was physically killing myself. Like it was crazy and hard to explain but that’s what it felt like. Like I was really killing myself. My parents are pastors and have been for 5 years so I was exposed to church. I had left the church for awhile though. I left home. Everything. But I came back and went to this one service. God used this man who is a family friend and his message just hit me. He gave this analogy. He said, “When a grown person says big and a little kid says big it means 2 different things. To a little kid a refrigerator is big. But to a grown person it’s not. It’s the same with God. His idea of big and our idea of big are on two different scales. When we say we’re doing it big it’s different from how God is saying big! I always have had this love and passion for music. That’s one of the reasons I left the church initially. I felt that I couldn’t really do it “big” when it came to music and still be in the church. But God knew I loved music but He also had His own plan for me when it came to music. So the man giving the sermon spoke that God wants to do it big the way God wants to do it big. And there’s no human who can do it bigger than God. That really hit me. Because of everything I was chasing you know. I was like hmmm. So after hearing that it just came full circle you feel me. God gave me an offer I couldn’t refuse.

PB: What do you define yourself as? A Christian Rapper? A Holy-Hip Hop Artist? A Kingdom Artist?

RK: If I had to choose out of those three, I would have to say Kingdom Artist. The reason is because people are negative many times when they use the terms Holy Hip Hop and Christian Rapper. I really don’t want to be defined by the world’s of the “Christian” communities definition of those words. So Kingdom Artist. I’m all about building the Kingdom!

Kingdom Artist Rey King

PB: Your last mixtape Black Friday, to me was an amazing project. I loved it. And I believe I understand what approach you took with it. But most people don’t understand some aspects of the project. Can you tell us what your approach was?

RK: Black Friday originally came about when I was in Rhode Island. I was promoting the “Young God” project. Which was the CD that was released prior to Black Friday. I’m originally from Rhode Island. I was doing a tour up there at my uncle’s churches. Like all my uncles are ministers. I ran into my cousins and they’re saved but not what we called saved. They’re not intimate with God. But you know I was working with my cousins in the lab. They was rapping about what they rap about and I was rapping what I was rapping about.

The concepts of the mixtape God twisted around me was to break the market. If anybody knows me they know that I don’t say I’m a Christian rapper. And I also don’t say I’m a secular artist. Whatever box it is I don’t want to be in it. Whether it’s big or small. The point of the mixtape was to break those barriers. The mixtape has done that. It’s been played in the club. It’s been played in the church. It’s been played in the streets and virtually everywhere else you can think of. It really did it’s job. The content of the music is always going to be testimonial. People are so used to hearing the testimony of Jesus, Paul but they never hear the testimony of the artist. So to me it doesn’t make sense for me to talk about what Jesus did if I don’t tell people what Jesus is doing through me and what he has done for me. A lot of people think I brag a lot on my songs but that’s just me telling them what God has brought me.

PB: I’m glad you brought up bragging Rey. A lot of people have a problem with you because they say you “brag” too much. You have a video in which we see you on a plane and in cars and what not. People interpret that as you glorifying earthly possessions. What do you think of that?

RK: (laughs) If you, read the bible, and you’re well aware of the bible, you know about Jesus saying, “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done.” He’s talking about a lifestyle, values a culture, and a way of life. A lifestyle, a culture and a way of life that mirrors God’s Kingdom. When I did that video, I was trying to prove something to the people. It’s not that we’re all born to be rich, and it’s not to promote vanity. It’s to show people, if we work for God, who is the owner of everything, He could give us the desires of our heart. The word says seek first the Kingdom of Heaven and all else shall be added unto you. God walks on gold. He walks on something we put on are wrist, necks and in our teeth. I worship the Lord of excess, the Lord who is more than enough. By this video I’m showing people that I don’t have to sell drugs to have this lifestyle. I don’t have to promote sex on street corners to have this lifestyle. People see the plane and think I’m worshipping the plane. (laughs) I’m not worshipping the plane. When I do music I cater to everyone. I am about reaching the saved and the non-saved. Why do you think when Jesus used to speak He spoke in parables? Because they worked. They worked with everyone. He would talk about earthly things that everyone could understand and relate to. When it comes to church I can speak scriptures all day, but when it comes to everyone I try to keep it general. Because I’m trying to make sure they understand.

PB: A lot of people don’t know but u teach a weekly bible study at your home. Can you tell us a little about that?

RK: Yuupp! I’ve been teaching for about 2 years now. Ever since I graduated the leadership course at my home church. I used to have about 30 youth in my crib on a weekly basis. Then we split it up between the girls and the guys. The girls are now with my sister and I’m the one who heads the bible study with the young men. So we got a good 17-18 guys. We’re just trying to teach these young men. It’s about becoming the word. Not just rapping about it. Not just talking about it. Like in John where it says the word became flesh. That’s our main objective. So it becomes more than just words but a way of life. We’re just trying to build a good solid foundation.

PB: Okay back to The Black Friday Mixtape. Track 13. The infamous track 13. You used the words, “Damn” & “Cocky as Hell”. Can you explain why you chose to include that in your lyrics?

RK: Yeah. (laughs) Yeah. Well the word Damn, where I come from is not a profane word. I know when people heard that they immediately were shut off. But like I said where I’m from V culturally it’s not a bad word. It means what it means condemning. So when I say y’all do the “damned thing” I literally meant, they are doing things that are condemning them. I don’t say the F word or anything else like that. But damn is used as a word to express emotions. I apologized to a lot of people that did get offended. I never meant to offend anyone. It’s crazy because I performed it at 2 churches and got two different reactions. I’m speaking of The Geezy song which is track 13 on the mixtape. I performed at a church and they wanted nothing to do with it. But when I performed it at a church that was more kingdom minded, the response was way better. They encouraged me to continue to perform that song because it was something that needed to be addressed. Especially with our young people! But like I said, I apologize to all who were offended.

PB: From what I took from the second half of the song is that you have struggled with the same thing that most people struggle with, but refuse to admit. The battle with flesh. But I wanna hear it from you because you get pretty descriptive on this track.

RK: We’ve seen in the past year a lot of our great leaders have fallen to this battle. But they never shared their struggle. You never once heard them say, “I’m human and I’ve been struggling with this”. In music I really feel you should be sincere. And if you’re not sincere you’re being fake and you’re lying to the public. That’s not me. I’m not a liar. Geezy is a true story. I really met a girl at church and the next week things really did get hot. I almost fell. I fell enough from just kissing and other stuff, but I almost allowed myself to go there. So like I said I just like to be an open book. Our young people are struggling with this. Sex is everywhere. If we don’t stop it and address it then our youth are going to continue to struggle with it. This song was just a way of me saying, it’s not only you!

PB: You know what I find real funny? Throughout the Black Friday mixtape you talk about your haters. And people criticize you for that but when you look at the discussion boards, and the blogs that’s what people do. They hate on you. So what I want to know is how do you deal with that and was there ever a time that that bothered you?

RK: Ummm yeah man. I’ve learned a lot with Black Friday. Before it’s release, this is what people don’t understand. God told me that this was going to happen. I knew that was going to happen already. I had a song on the Young God CD, called Call Me Crazy. That was before anybody knew me. God told me this was coming. He’s the one who called me to do this and He is the one who sent me. So when it comes to haters, I don’t hear them. I don’t see them. I don’t read the blogs. When I was reading the blogs, I would laugh because it was confirmation of what God told me.

When Black Friday came out it really did effect me though. What got me was the people close to me never reached out and contacted me. They never spoke with me about it and that hurt. They was talking behind my back. Talking about how I was wrong. I wish they had come to me and express what they felt to me. You know I would’ve respected that. I would’ve had a chance to explain to them. For 1-2 days I was down but not enough to stop what I was doing. Because the haters aren’t the one who have called me. God called me so until he tells me to stop I’m not going to. I don’t go on the blogs because it’s discouraging. It’s sad to see people write a whole paragraph with scriptures, to prove me wrong rather than going out and trying to save someone.

PB: Cheno Lyfe held it down for you, on all those sites while you were under fire. What’s your relationship like with him?

RK: Man. Cheno Lyfe is my big brother. We’ve gone through a lot together. He’s helped me out more than anyone could imagine. He’s done stuff other people couldn’t comprehend. He taught me the rules as far as the business aspect is concerned. But more than that he’s been a big brother, a mentor, a best friend. We talk all the time. It’s weird if there’s a week we don’t speak. Whether it’s seeing each other, talking on the phone or texting, we keep that communication flowing. He’s definitely one of the biggest helps there is to me. He set up my website, my online store, my twitter. And it was all for free. I wasn’t even sure if I was going to make a cd. But he’s helped me out along the way.I had to tell Chenoto stop answering the blogs and the discussion boards. I know it affects him. He knows me so personally. He knows I’m not that arrogant kid that people think I am. He knows that I’m far from that. So for him to see people criticize my motive and character, it really hurts him, Dre Marshall and a few others down here in South Florida. But I told them to calm down. Why? Well we don’t have to justify ourselves, God does that. We just have to worry about doing what He tells us to do.

PB: Another thing people have said is that you don’t say “Jesus” or “God” enough in your lyrics and you don’t give out scriptures like other artist do. What do you have to say to that?

RK: I have to say, for one I strongly believe that Christ is in me. Galatians 2:20 says, ” “I have been crucified withChrist; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.” The reason why I don’t say Christ in my lyrics all the time is because Christ speaks through me. He even says it’s about his Father and not him. A lot of Christian rappers lead people to an empty cross. I want to lead them to the right hand of the Father. I’m not taking away from the sacrifice of the cross, but the destination is not the cross, the destination is the Father. The message is the Gospel. It’s the good news. For a sick person it’s “for His stripes we havebeen healed”. The world we live in these days, people hear Jesus all the time. His name is now called in vain and it’s not important to many people in the word. My approach with my music is different and unorthodox. I don’t have a problem coding my message. The enemy has been doing it in secular music for years and it’s been corrupting minds. It’s been destroying our young people’s minds. But the minute a Christian artist does it people have a problem. But I believethat the Holy Spirit will work if I continue to do things this way. I want to give people the result of what Jesus has done in my life.

What Does Young God Mean?

PB: Okay, one last thing before we change gears a little bit. Young God. This is probably your biggest criticism. What does it mean and are you saying that you are a God?

RK: Umm well, the phrase Young God is two separate words. It means Young. And it means God. As I read my scriptures I read that Jesus is not just my savior but my He is also my brother. Him being 100% God, and 100% Man, being the son of God makes Him my brother. It means I have God in me. God is my Father. The only true one that is. When I say Young God, it means more than those 2 words. I’m only 23. So I’m obviously I’m young. Young in the Hebrew and Greek also means son. Now I didn’t wanna walk around calling myself God’s Son like Nas does, and no one has an issue with. So I used Young. Jesus got a whole lot of criticism because He said He was Gods son. But He was just speaking truth. All I’m saying from Young God is that I’m a child of God. In Genesis the word tells us that we are made in His image. By no means am I saying that I am God. That’s the furthest from the truth I’m just representing Him and His lifestyle as His son. That is the meaning of Young God!

PB: Okay so we hear that you are working on a book. How did that come about and what has the process been getting that in order?

RK: There’s s a lot of aspects of me. There’s a lot of aspects of all of us that we don’t share. When it comes to Kingdom Artist a lot of us are preachers and teachers but people don’t see that because all they see is an album cover. The book came about as another aspect of me. Like we were talking about earlier. I do preach, I do teach, I do conferences. I knew I would do a book in the future, and go to seminars but just didn’t know when. There was a message I preached. It was about the power of deciding. My cousin told me I should write a book because there is a lot in me. It’s going to be a series named, “The Good Life”. Vol. 1 is titled, “Becoming Me”. It’s speaking about Identity. A lot of the questions people have for me and the misunderstandings they have about me me will be answered and addressed in the book. In my songs I don’t explain what I say. I say it and that’s it. In the book I explain how I found my identity in Christ. It’s going to be a really good book. And this one will be scripture packed. (laughs)

PB: When should we expect that?

RK: I believe next year, I’m planning for late spring or summer.

PB: You were featured on Jesus Music Vol. 1. How did that come about?

RK: Well ummm, you know you reached out to me and explained the project and the vision of the project. I felt that you know. I really love sharing music, besides the fact that it’s my purpose in life. It’s one of the tools God has given us. It really hit my heart man. Because you guys really want to reach the lost, not just the ones inside the church but the ones who are outside the four walls. So it was nothing for me to hop on the Jesus Music Vol. 1 mixtape.

PB: Okay man when I tell people of the vision that God has given me I simply tell them, “the work is not to done in the church!” We need to take Jesus and the Gospel to the streets. That’s what I live by. Do you agree?

RK: Most definitely! We can’t take it to an extreme and leave the church all together, but I believe we have to take ourselves out of our comfort zones. Most of the places Jesus and the Apostles went were outside. They preached to the “heathens” the “world” or whatever other words we like to use these days. Those are the most people they spoke to. When we keep our message, to ourselves it is wrong. Christians think I’m very boastful and that I’m arrogant. It’s very ironic, but they are the same way they claim I am. And I’m going to be honest that’s a demonic spirit. Like I’m really reaching souls with the way I’m doing this you know. And a lot of the people who have issues aren’t doing anything. They stay in the church and keep the Gospel to themselves. If you’re keeping this to yourself, then you’re doing the devil’s work. Because he wants to word to be stopped from going forth. We can say we wanna give God glory, but if you don’t manifest that, then you’re wrong. You don’t have to preach in the streets. If you just share love to people, Jesus will shine through you. Your motive should be to share God. People think that sharing God is just saying the word, ‘Jesus”. No. It’s how you live. What fruits you’re bearing. We gotta go to the schools, parties and clubs and get this music to them. Plant that seed in their heads.

PB: And new music? When will we hear new music from Rey King?

RK: Ummm…. Well right now I’m really focused on the book. I am doing music though. I never stop doing music. Either it’s for me or others. I do got about a good 15-20 songs in the pot. They’re ideas really, because I’m not trying to complete them. I’m just trying to allow God to use me and let him take me to the next dimension. I want to drop the cd and the book at the same time. Who knows I might add a DVD with videos or something. Might be something extra. Something special you know. But it’s going to be my first official album. Young God was a pre-album. This will be my first cd that I’m going to push in a main stream market. Black Friday got spread out there because the young people were touched by it and sent it out there. Look what my homeboy Trip did by bringing his video to 106th n Park. That’s just putting God in a bigger window. Giving Him another audience who otherwise would miss out on Him. We’re not changing our beliefs. We are just reaching more people. But the Love Hate Demo should be out next spring.

PB: You’re from Miami right? So does that make you a fan of the Big 3?

RK: Ummm, yeah man. I really don’t pay attention to sports. But as far as what’s going down now I’m happy to be down here in Miami. It’s crazy out here. People been going crazy. I was hoping Lebron came down. Maybe I’ll catch a few games.

PB: You’ve made a name for yourself thus far in your career and ministry. Is there anything you would like to say to artist trying to break into this?

RK: Definitely. Number 1 check in with the big boss to make sure that your passion is what He has for you. A lot of people mistake a love for something for a calling. Just because I like basketball doesn’t mean I should be a basketball player. Come on now. Secondly, we have to do this thing with excellence. You have to study your craft. Regardless if it’s rapping, producing or singing. When King Solomon asked for someone to play the harp, he just didn’t want someone to play for him who was good. He wanted someone who was the best. And that was David. And David played and the bible says that the spirits were cast out. We have to make sure we aren’t putting out trash. When I call rappers lame, people trip and say I’m wrong. But the reason I say that is because people put out anything and say well it’s for Jesus. They give God just anything, much like Cain did. No that’s crap. So the two biggest things is make sure God has called you and do this with excellence.

PB: From our conversations Rey I feel that you are probably one of the most misunderstood Kingdom Artist. I don’t see you as being arrogant, cocky or anything like that. Maybe I’m biased because we share a lot of the same views when it comes to music and ministry but if there is anything that you want people to take away from this interview and know about Rey King, what would it be?

RK: Umm definitely. If I could tell anybody anything I’d want to let them know that I really, really, really have a heart for God. I represent Him in everything that I do. That’s all that I’m about. I know that the methods are very different and it’s not traditional. I truly don’t try to offend people on purpose. I don’t try to be controversial. I don’t do things on purpose. I do it for a person. I only have loveas my motive. I hate no one. I still love the ones who persecute me. I’m gonna say keep praying for me because God is going to keep shaping me and molding me into who He wants me to be. I hope they can understand that I truly have a heart for God and I know what I’m being called to do.

PB: Rey it’s really been a pleasure Thanks for allowing us to talk to you and I look forward to talking with you in a near future.

RK: No problem. Thank you for the opportunity.

From my time talking with Rey I was truly blessed. This dude is real down to earth, laid back but most importantly he reps the KINGDOM to the fullest! Before you knock this brother and his ministry I urge you to take the time  out and truly understand him. You never know you may even be blessed by the same one you curse. If you haven’t gotten a chance make sure you check out his Black Friday mixtape. I love the mixtape but number 13 does have profanity on it and as you know, newH2O is a profane free site. But like I said check it out because after this I think you will understand him a little bit more. This is the first of many interviews so stay tuned with us and make sure you tell your friends and family about newH2O. We are the leading source for Kingdom Music. Much love to Rey King for giving us his time and more love to you all for reading this. Be Blessed!

Micah “Preacher Boy” Butler

Acts 20:24

Preacher Boy

Q. With as much as you can share. How do you connect with so many artists? (Stephania from Texas)

A. Good question. Well I’d like to say it’s me, but all credit goes to the Father. I love Romans 8:28 and I really think it fits perfectly! “And we know in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called according to His purpose!” That’s real right there. Believe me. For the longest time I didn’t think this thing was going to come together. I couldn’t find artists! But things just started pulling together. I contacted the artists and shared with them the vision that God gave me for Jesus Music and things just came together! All honor and glory goes to the Lord! Real talk!

Q. How long have you been walking with the Lord? (Kelia- California)

A. Faithfully since Feb. 7th, 2010. So that’s what? 9 months! That’s when I re-dedicated my life to God. My spiritual mentor prayed for me at church that day and said my life would never be the same again. And he was right. It hasn’t.

Q. Tell me about your stance against secular music. What really prompte your stance? Is it against all secular music?

A. YES, YES and YES. My beef is against all secular music. And I haven’t always been like this. This is actually new. This feeling against secular music world was really intensified after hearing Kanye West’s new song “Power” and after watching the music video it only became worse. At the 1:16 mark of the song, you can clearly hear, “Hail Satan” in the background! Where dey do dat at? It’s ridiculous. And we are pumping this music into our heads!

Music is extremely influential. Like you hear a certain song and it makes you happy. It makes you sad. It makes you angry. It makes you wanna dance. It makes you wanna have sex. You can’t deny the fact that music has Power. Satan used to be the lead musician in heaven. If you read Ezekiel 28 you will see that he was the “choir director” in heaven. So it doesn’t surprise me that he uses MUSIC to influence people. I have a lot more to say on this but I encourage you to follow me at www.preacherboy.us and check out a series we just started called, “Pop Culture Is Destroying Our Minds”. We tackle this topic there. Just remember every song, has a certain spirit behind it. We must keep Proverbs 4:23 at the forefront of our minds. “Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life!”

Q. Tell me about your past and how did you become saved? (AFC)

A. Man, I’ve been a church goer all my life. My moms and pops, both preachers! But I wasn’t where I needed to be. My testimony ain’t no different from anyone else’s really. I was doing all the right things on Sunday’s. Singing in the choir, playing with the musicians, and “ministering” to the youth. But throughout the week I was fornicating, submitting myself to pornography, clubbin’ and partying! I was trying to edify the spirit and the flesh at the same time. But I’m here to tell you that you can’t serve two Gods. You are either for HIM or against HIM. We can’t be see-saw Christians.

Young people, believe me I know you’re struggle. I’ve been forced to be in church. But I also felt like I needed to get things (which were really sinful desires) out of my system. I’ve drank, shacked up, done drugs. You name it I’ve done it. I was a slave to sin. And I didn’t care because I wanted to be cool. I’m here today to tell you serving God and bringing Jesus to the streets is COOL! Once I realized that I can follow Christ and still enjoy life, TRULY enjoy life, I didn’t want no part of the world anymore!

Q. What has been your biggest challenge putting this project together? (Mayra- California)

A. It would definitely be me being in Iraq. It was often times getting in contact with the DJ and the artist. Then my Internet connection out here is super slow. So it was frustrating. But things came together. I also had to deal with a lot of criticism, a lot of negative people and a lot of haters. This has been a process for me. Initially I let it get to me. People said things like, “The cover of the mixtape is racist because there’s no white people on it”, “You can’t rap for God. You’re mixing the world in God business” and I won’t even entertain some of the other things that were said. You see even Jesus had people who “hated” on him. They told him shouldn’t heal people on the Sabbath. But you know what? If God tells us to do something that’s all that matters. That’s the only one who we should worry ourselves with. So it’s been a process, a difficult one at times, trying to learn how to deal with the critics. But my boy Rey King told me, “Don’t read what they say. This is your mission. It’s between you and God! That’s it!”

Q. What made you take the blindfold off and make music for the Lord?

A. Oh wow! Well goes back to my favorite verse. Acts 20:24. “But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus. The work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God!” That sums it up. Before what, for like 5 years I was chasing a career in R&B and Rap. I had what I thought to be hits. You know I was there and wondering why my music isn’t hitting. And now I look back and I see that I was using my talents in the wrong way! Not using them for the ONE who gave them to me. God did give me amazing talents. I can sing, write, rap and act. I don’t say that with pride either. I say that to illustrate all the he has blessed me with. But when we don’t operate our gifts in the way we are supposed to we are living outside of His will. I never want to be at that point again. So I’ll be pushing Kingdom Music till Christ returns!

Q. How many people do you have on the mixtape? (Shane- North Carolina)

A. If you include me and DJ Tek, 25. God really showed up and showed out! Increase all over this thing!

Q. Where did you start? (Shaquille-Michigan)

A. Where did I start? Prayer and fasting! That’s essential. Man, it’s so easy to get lost in the music. I never want to be defined by my music. I always want to be defined by my ministry. You see we are ministers. We are preaching the word. Living Matthew 28: 16-20. We’re going out and making disciples of ALL NATIONS. Speaking languages. The language of our youth is Hip Hop Music. But we give them Kingdom Music. But like I said it’s easy to get lost in the music and you can lose sight of the purpose of this. And that’s to win souls for Christ. We can’t start becoming self promoters. We always have to be Christ Promoters. So yea I started off with fasting and prayer. Cuz I knew that I would have to be focused and grounded!

Q. What inspired you to reach out to the youth like you’re doing? (Jeff-Illinois)

A. You know, it’s a passion that has always been there but has gotten stronger over the last year. Our young people need someone to feed into them. They are so lost these days. And a a lot of these “seasoned Christians” do nothing to help them. They just beat them up and judge them. There is a difference between correction and damnation. And many time they receive judgement and that’s it. God has called our young people. He’s about to rise them up they just need that support. I feel like God is going to use me as a voice for our young people. We need to take the word to them. Take Jesus to the streets. That’s the purpose of Jesus Music Vol. 1. Our kids aren’t going to go to church. Why? Cuz they get told they are going to hell when they go there. But no one tells them why. No one tells them why the things they are doing is wrong. It’s just throw stones, throw stones, throw stones!

JMV1 is the bait. Jesus told us that we are fishermen. Does it matter what bait you use as long as it lines up with the word of God? No. You see we are going to catch a lot of fish with this. I love that God has given me a chance to change the lives of our young people. This is just the beginning!

Q. Preacher Boy is there a Preacher Girl? (Danielle- Arizona)

A. Lol. Naw not yet. But I believe that God is going to bless me with my Proverbs 31. I really do. But right now I’m getting myself together. As a former slave to sexual sin I believe that God is waiting so he can continue to refine me through the refiners fire. So he can make me pure gold. He’s doing the same thing with my wife. We shall cross paths soon!

Q. So how do you feel about being a front runner for the next wave of Gospel Hip-Hop Artist/Minister? (Church Boi)

A. Woooaaahhh! lol. Ummm, you know I really haven’t thought about that. Because it’s not about me. I’m just a vessel. God can have anyone doing what I’m doing. Look at the bible. One day it was Peter the next day it was Paul. Once again it goes back to Acts 20:24. I’m just trying to complete my mission. But I mean, I love how God grew this thing. And eyes have not seen nor have ears heard what God has in store. We have a lot more coming your way. Dec. 7th we will be re-releasing JMV1. Called Dance Like David and giving each song a Dance remix. Then next year you will be seeing  a group of young people, 19 and under present to you, Young S.W.A.G.G. (Serving With A Godly Gift). That’s gonna be crazy! Ummm, also sometime prior to summer, you will hear the first Preacher Boy mixtape, titled Fade Away. But that’s all the future. Right now it’s all about Jesus Music Vol. 1

Okay y’all thanks for the questions. Hopefully I helped you understand me and this movement a little bit more! Like I said this is just the begining. I truly hope you all enjoy the mixtape. Love y’all and stay tuned for MUCH MUCH MORE!

Preacher Boy