Jared Taylor Wells (born August 20, 1987), who goes by the stage name Deraj, is an American
Christian hip hop
Christian hip hop (originally gospel rap, also known as Christian rap, gospel hip hop or holy hip hop) is a subgenre of contemporary Christian music and hip hop music. It emerged from urban contemporary music and Christian media in the United S ...
musician. ''Mirrors & Medicine'', his debut
EP, was released by Reflection Music in 2014.
Early life
Deraj was born Jared Taylor Wells, on August 20, 1987.
He grew up in
Maryland and
Virginia.
Personal life
He attended
Full Sail University in
Orlando, Florida
Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County, Florida, Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, acco ...
.
Music career
He started to make and pursue music as a career in 2006.
Deraj is currently signed to Reflection Music Group.
His first EP came out on February 24, 2014, ''Mirrors & Medicine''.
It charted on the ''
Billboard
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''
Gospel Albums chart at No. 17.
Discography
EPs
References
External links
Deraj at Reflection Music Group
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1987 births
Living people
African-American male rappers
American male rappers
African-American Christians
Musicians from Florida
Musicians from Maryland
Musicians from Virginia
American performers of Christian hip hop music
Rappers from Florida
Rappers from Maryland
Rappers from Virginia
Place of birth missing (living people)
Southern hip hop musicians
21st-century American rappers
21st-century American male musicians
21st-century African-American musicians
20th-century African-American people