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Cross Movement Records
Cross Movement Records is an American-based Christian hip hop record label founded by The Cross Movement. CMR, founded in 1997, had an agreement with BEC Recordings. In 2005 they made a license agreement with Reach Records' Lecrae. CMR was to release his first three solo albums. Hence solidifying the label's span of music, including Da' T.R.U.T.H. and the Cross Movement for the East Coast, and the Midwest with the artists FLAME and J.R. In 2006 a new imprint was made, Issachar Recordings, meant to release albums with different musical styles than hip hop. The first album of the label was Michelle Bonilla's R&B album: "Phenomenal" (2006). In 2007, the hip-hop duo Everyday Process was added to the CMR roster as well as Rhyme Council artist, R-Swift. In 2010 CMR signed K-Drama, Philadelphia artist Young Joshua, and DJ group Level 3:16. Artists * The Tonic – John Wells * Phanatik – Brady Goodwin Jr. * The Cross Movement (disbanded in 2007) * Lecrae (Was licensed an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 States during the 1980s. Christian hip hop music first emerged on record in 1982 with a track entitled "Jesus Christ (The Gospel Beat)" by Queens, New York artist McSweet. The first full-length, Christian hip hop album, ''Bible Break'', by Oklahoma artist Stephen Wiley, was released in 1985 with the title track becoming a hit on Christian radio in 1986. Other early Christian hip recording artists from the mid-1980s included P.I.D. (Preachas in Disguise), who recorded to funky rock rhythms, as well as JC & the Boys and Michael Peace. During the 1990s and 2000s, rapper KJ-52 rose to prominence in the field. Christian rock band DC Talk blended hip-hop and rock, and were successful in mainstream Christian music. All three band members have ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Joshua
Young Joshua is an American Christian hip hop recording artist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Joshua is signed to the Christian hip hop label Cross Movement Records and has released one studio album entitled ''Thinking Out Loud'' which reached 23 on the Gospel Billboard Charts in 2010. Conversion Young Joshua began writing rap lyrics at the age of 11. However his skills did not improve until he reached the age of 17 years old. He contributed this change in his rap style due to the fact that he changed his spiritual view. He then refocus his craft of music and aim it at Christians and non-Christians who had not yet experience the word on God Music career Young Joshua started his career as an independent artist, but in 2010 he signed with Cross Movement Records Cross Movement Records is an American-based Christian hip hop record label founded by The Cross Movement. CMR, founded in 1997, had an agreement with BEC Recordings. In 2005 they made a license agreement with Reac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Record Labels
American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "United States" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in the United States, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the Americas, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts Organizations * American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C. Sports teams Soccer * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross Movement Records
Cross Movement Records is an American-based Christian hip hop record label founded by The Cross Movement. CMR, founded in 1997, had an agreement with BEC Recordings. In 2005 they made a license agreement with Reach Records' Lecrae. CMR was to release his first three solo albums. Hence solidifying the label's span of music, including Da' T.R.U.T.H. and the Cross Movement for the East Coast, and the Midwest with the artists FLAME and J.R. In 2006 a new imprint was made, Issachar Recordings, meant to release albums with different musical styles than hip hop. The first album of the label was Michelle Bonilla's R&B album: "Phenomenal" (2006). In 2007, the hip-hop duo Everyday Process was added to the CMR roster as well as Rhyme Council artist, R-Swift. In 2010 CMR signed K-Drama, Philadelphia artist Young Joshua, and DJ group Level 3:16. Artists * The Tonic – John Wells * Phanatik – Brady Goodwin Jr. * The Cross Movement (disbanded in 2007) * Lecrae (Was licensed an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flame (rapper)
Marcus Tyrone Gray (born September 16, 1981), known as Flame (often stylized in all caps), is an American Lutheran Christian hip hop rapper with Clear Sight Music. He has released nine albums. Flame has been nominated for several Dove and Stellar Awards. The ''Our World: Redeemed'' album was nominated for a Grammy Award. Biography As of 2005, Flame sold over 35,000 albums, and one of his interludes from his first album was played on Busch Stadium's loudspeakers every time Albert Pujols came to bat. On February 20, 2007, it was announced that Flame's track, "Gotta Notice", from the album ''Rewind'' was nominated for the 38th Annual GMA Dove Awards in the category Rap/Hip Hop Recorded Song of the Year. In mid-2007, Flame joined the rest of Cross Movement for their final tour. ''Our World Redeemed'' was nominated for a Stellar Award, Dove Award, and Grammy Award. In 2009, Flame was a special guest on Reach Records 116 Clique's tour Don't Waste Your Life. In 2010, Flame announc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
6 Way St
6 (six) is the natural number following 5 and preceding 7. It is a composite number and the smallest perfect number. In mathematics Six is the smallest positive integer which is neither a square number nor a prime number; it is the second smallest composite number, behind 4; its proper divisors are , and . Since 6 equals the sum of its proper divisors, it is a perfect number; 6 is the smallest of the perfect numbers. It is also the smallest Granville number, or \mathcal-perfect number. As a perfect number: *6 is related to the Mersenne prime 3, since . (The next perfect number is 28.) *6 is the only even perfect number that is not the sum of successive odd cubes. *6 is the root of the 6-aliquot tree, and is itself the aliquot sum of only one other number; the square number, . Six is the only number that is both the sum and the product of three consecutive positive numbers. Unrelated to 6's being a perfect number, a Golomb ruler of length 6 is a "perfect ruler". Six is a con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DJ Official
Nelson J. Chu (September 16, 1976 – August 14, 2016), known professionally as DJ Official, was an American Christian hip hop DJ. He was a member of the Christian hip hop collectives 116 Clique and The Cross Movement. Early life DJ Official was born Nelson J. Chu, in The Bronx, on September 16, 1976. He lived in Brooklyn during his childhood and later in Amityville, Long Island. Personal life DJ Official was married to Teresa Chu (née Belvisi), and together they had two daughters, Isabella and Sophia. They resided together in Lancaster, OH. He had a long-term battle with several health problems, On August 14, 2016, Chu died of complications following a double lung transplant. Music career DJ Official was a mentee of Hip hop artist Cipha Sounds in the mid-1990s, when both got out of high school. He was a member in the Christian hip hop collective 116 Clique. He released ''Entermission'' on December 29, 2009. It allowed him to crack the ''Billboard'' charts with his first alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phanatik
Brady Goodwin Jr. (born December 2, 1976), better known by his stage name Phanatik, is an American East Coast rapper and author who has recorded both independently and as a founding member of the two time Grammy-nominated Christian rap group The Cross Movement. Career His debut album, ''95 Til Infinity'', was released independently in 1995, after the break-up of his rap group, The Righteous Gang. It was produced by future Cross Movement member Tru-Life. His second album entitled ''The Incredible Walk'', was released on February 22, 2005. Phanatik has since released three other solo albums (''Crime & Consequences, Party Over Here'' and ''The Art of Battle Rap''). Phanatik is known for his creative concepts, wordplay or "witty word wizardry" and story telling. His "on beat - off beat" style has been described as a "Thinking man's flow." In 2008, Goodwin began a 2nd career teaching Character Education in Philadelphia public schools. This led the former rapper to develop hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
K-Drama (rapper)
Anthony Regis Jones (born August 28, 1984), who goes by the stage name K-Drama, is an American rapper. His first studio album, ''Behind the Glory'', came out in 2006. His ''Billboard'' chart debut album, ''We Fit: The Workout Plan'', came out in 2010. His most recent album, ''Winds & .Waves'', was self-released in 2013 and charted on a ''Billboard'' chart. Early life K-Drama was born on August 28, 1984, as Anthony Regis Jones, in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he still continues to reside. His father is Anthony Kent Jones and mother is Darlene Carol Jones (née, Beatty). He has an older half-brother on his maternal side, Aaron Lee Beatty. He has another older half-sister on his paternal side, Kenya Patreece Jones (Welch). Personal life He is married to Charde Jones, and together they have three children, residing in Cincinnati, Ohio. Music career His music career started in 2006, with the release of ''Behind the Glory'', with Holy Hip Hop Records. The next major studio release from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Record Label
A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing, promotion, and enforcement of copyright for sound recordings and music videos, while also conducting talent scouting and development of new artists, and maintaining contracts with recording artists and their managers. The term "record label", derives from the circular label in the center of a vinyl record which prominently displays the manufacturer's name, along with other information. Within the mainstream music industry, recording artists have traditionally been reliant upon record labels to broaden their consumer base, market their albums, and promote their singles on streaming services, radio, and television. Record labels also provide publicists, who assist performers in gaining positi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R-Swift
Rodnie Jerome Graham, Jr. (born October 15, 1981), who goes by the stage name Swift but formerly R-Swift, is an American Christian hip hop musician. His first album, ''Elevation 81.02,'' was released in 2003, with I-66 Entertainment. The second album, ''Revolutionary Theme Muzik,'' was released with Cross Movement Records in 2007. In 2008, he released his third album, ''Soapbox'', which became his first album to debut on the ''Billboard'' Top Gospel Albums charts. His fourth album, ''Anthem'', released in 2009 and also reached the chart. The fifth album, '' Apply Pressure'', with Rhyme Council and Central South, was released in 2013 and received notoriety on Christian Albums.R-Swift Music He is now signed to Xist. Early life Rodnie Jerome Graham, Jr. was born on October 15, 19 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
