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JGivens
Jeremiah Timothy Givens (born May 24, 1987), also known by the stage name JGivens, is an American former Christian hip hop musician. He has released four studio albums: ''Run'' in 2011, ''El v. Envy'' in 2013, '' Fly Exam'' in 2015, and ''Domino'' in 2019. Early life Jeremiah Timothy Givens Work ID No. 888894558 was born on May 24, 1987, in Los Angeles, California, to Brenda Banks. His mother moved to Las Vegas, Nevada when Givens was five years old, to remove the family from the presence of gang life. Givens obtained his bachelor's degree from the University of Southern California , mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it" , religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist , established = , accreditation = WSCUC , type = Private research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $8. ... in mechanical engineering at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, Viterbi School of Engineering. Music career JGivens' music career started in 2008 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fly Exam
''Fly Exam'' is the third studio album from JGivens. Humble Beast Records released the album on September 25, 2015. Critical reception Awarding the album four stars at Jesus Freak Hideout, Kevin Hoskins states, "J keeps it fully creative, but still manages to keep most tracks on point and they come out well." Randy "Mr. Hip Hop" Mason, giving the album an 88 percent for Jesus Wired, writes, "''Fly Exam'' brilliantly begins prior to pressing play, as the cover art possesses a substantial part of the whole experience...Overall, Fly Exam is a well told story about the flight, and plight of humanity. It’s equally entertaining, as it is convicting. JGivens and Humble Beast once again raise the bar with this creative effort delivered in excellence." Rating the album four stars from Reel Gospel, Carlin Doyle says, "Overall, ''Fly Exam'' is a work of art. It is an intricately crafted album from start to finish, in production and content." Track listing Chart performance References< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christon Gray
Christon Michael Gray (born July 18, 1986), is an American R&B singer and rapper born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. He calls his music "about being human". It is this approach that has allowed him a successful transition from Christian music to mainstream. Background Gray was born Christon Michael Gray on July 18, 1986, in Columbus, Ohio. His parents, Arthur Gray (a former choir leader), and his mother Leigh Ann (a trained soprano) have two other children; Christon's older brother, Taelor Gray, who is also a rapper and pastor, and his younger sister Aubrey, who is currently a college student. He resides in Cincinnati, Ohio with his wife, Shana Gray and has a daughter named Mya Blue. On February 22, 2020, they welcomed a baby girl, Story Monroe Gray. Music career 2006–2011: Elevationists and EWEWM In 2006, Gray was a part of The Elevationists with his brother, Taelor and childhood friend BJ (James Hazley). After a few years together, they disbanded the group. In 2011, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Givez
John Lawrence Givens (born August 29, 1992), known professionally as John Givez and sometimes Juan Dando, is an American musician, who plays hip hop music, hip hop, contemporary R&B, R&B, Soul music, soul, funk and neo soul music. He is cousins with fellow rapper JGivens. John has released two studio albums, ''Four Seasons'' in 2013, ''Soul Rebel (John Givez album), Soul Rebel'' in 2015, while both releases charted on the Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' magazine charts. Early life Givens was born, John Lawrence Givens, on August 29, 1992, in Oceanside, California, where he grew up, the son of John Sr., and Ann Givens, while his parents are originally from Columbia, South Carolina. Music career John Givez music career started in 2013, with the studio album, ''Four Seasons'', that was released on November 12, 2013, with Kings Dream Entertainment. The album was his breakthrough release upon the Billboard (magazine), ''Billboard'' magazine charts, where it placed at No. 46 on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Clothes 3
''Church Clothes 3'' is the third mixtape by Christian hip hop recording artist Lecrae. It was released on January 15, 2016, through his label Reach Records. The mixtape is the third in his ''Church Clothes'' series, and his first major release since his studio album ''Anomaly'' (2014). It features guest appearances from E-40, N'dambi, Propaganda, John Givez, JGivens, Jackie Hill-Perry, and then-label-mate KB. While the previous two mixtapes were hosted by DJ Don Cannon, on ''Church Clothes 3'' S1 served as executive producer on the tape. In addition to S1, Epikh Pro, Black Knight, GAWVI, and others contributed production to the mixtape. The mixtape was released without any prior announcement or marketing campaign. Available in digital form through iTunes and other online vendors, physical copies were made available exclusively through DTLR stores. ''Church Clothes 3'' sold well during its first charting week, reaching No. 12 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and No. 1 on the US Top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jackie Hill Perry
Jackie Hill Perry (née Jackie Hill, born June 21, 1989) is an American poet, writer, and hip hop artist who initially garnered popularity for her performances of spoken word pieces such as "My Life as a Stud", "A Poem About Weed", and "Jig-a-Boo" at the Passion 4 Christ Movement (P4CM). She has written for various Christian ministry organizations, such as The Resurgence and John Piper's Desiring God, on the topic of Christianity and homosexuality. She signed to the Portland, Oregon-based Christian hip hop label Humble Beast in January 2014, and released her debut album on November 4, 2014, available both commercially and for free. Hill married fellow spoken word artist Preston Perry in March 2014; the couple currently has four children. An encounter with sexual abuse as a child contributed to the confusion over her gender identity she faced while growing up, and Jackie Hill Perry at age seventeen discovered that she was a lesbian. She lived a life of sexual promiscuity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreknown (rapper)
Gary C. Bagby (born August 20, 1979), who goes by the stage name Foreknown and formerly Foreknown Apostolic, is an American Christian hip hop rapper. He started making hip hop music in 2009, with his first studio album, ''Ornithology'', releasing in 2014 from Humble Beast Records. Early life Gary C. Bagby was born on August 20, 1979, and raised in Alhambra, California by his parents, where he graduated from Alhambra High School in 1998. He is an avid ''Star Wars'' fanatic. Music career His hip hop music recording career began in 2009, while his first studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ..., ''Ornithology'', was released on August 12, 2014, by Humble Beast Records. Personal life He resides in Peoria, Arizona, with his wife and children. Discography ; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruyonga
Ruyonga is a Ugandan musical artist of the hip hop and spoken word genres. He was one of the pioneering hip hop acts in Uganda, with his first group winning a nationwide music competition in 2000. He was picked by Rawkus Records as one of the top 50 artists on the internet, and Rawkus helped release his second solo album, AFRiCAN, in 2007. He is married and has a daughter. He was on DSTV's list in 2013 of African MC’s: In a League of their own. He has collaborated with his fellow Ugandan rappers like The mith, Bigtril, etc. He's also credited for delivering the finest verses in Ugandan cyphers notably Vuqa cypher. Music Ruyonga is a gospel rapper who has been based in the United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five ma ... since 2002. He has worked with artists like ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Births
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Living People
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LGBT African Americans
The African-American LGBT community, otherwise referred to as the Black LGBT community, is part of the overall LGBT culture and overall African-American culture. The initialism ''LGBT'' stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender. A landmark event for the LGBT community, and the Black LGBT community in particular, was the Stonewall uprising in 1969, in New York City's Greenwich Village, where Black activists including Stormé DeLarverie (who instigated the uprising) and Marsha P. Johnson (who was in the vanguard of the later pushback against the police) played key roles in the events. Following Stonewall, the 1986 legal precedent '' Romer v. Evans'' also had a major impact. Ruling in favor of Romer, Justice Kennedy asserted in the case commentary that Colorado's state constitutional amendment denying LGBT people protection from discrimination "bore no purpose other than to burden LGB persons". Advancements in public policy, social discourse, and public knowledge hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world's most populous megacities. Los Angeles is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Southern California. With a population of roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits , Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic and cultural diversity, being the home of the Hollywood film industry, and its sprawling metropolitan area. The city of Los Angeles lies in a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the west and extending through the Santa Monica Mountains and north into the San Fernando Valley, with the city bordering the San Gabriel Valley to it's east. It covers about , and is the county seat of Los Angeles County, which is the most populous county in the United States with an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USC Viterbi School Of Engineering
The USC Viterbi School of Engineering (formerly the USC School of Engineering) is the engineering school of the University of Southern California. It was renamed following a $52 million donation by Andrew J. Viterbi, co-founder of Qualcomm. With over $135 million in external funding support, the school is among the nation's highest in volume of research activity. The Viterbi School of Engineering is currently ranked No. 9 in the United States by '' U.S. News & World Report''. The school is headed by Dean Yannis Yortsos. Its research centers have played a major role in development of multiple technologies, including early development of the Internet when USC researcher Jonathan Postel was an editor of communications-protocol for the fledgling internet, also known as ARPANET. The school's faculty has included Irving Reed, Leonard Adleman, Solomon W. Golomb, Barry Boehm, Clifford Newman, Richard Bellman, Lloyd Welch, Alexander Sawchuk, and George V. Chilingar. Major rese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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