Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Standing while things are getting out of hand.
Grace & Peace Everyone! I've been really busy for the past couple of weeks leading up to the release of my album. I had somethings come against me, misunderstandings, folks not returning calls when I'm trying to reach out to them. But I'm rejoicing cause my heart is right with God, and I haven't done anything wrong. I want to encourage my readers that are reading this; whenever you are striving to do right and things, people, or situations take a turn for the worst, don't give up neither give in. You are doing something right! Just like Jesus, which the bible says that He was anointed by God with the Holy Ghost and with Power, and went about doing good. But in the midst of Him doing good, His own disciples didn't have faith like they should, Judas betrayed Him, Peter denied Him, Pharisees & Saducees trying to find fault with Him, and His own fellow Jews crucified Him. But out of all of that, He still rose from the grave with power in His hands, conquering sin, death, poverty, sickness, diseases, etc. You name it, He conquered it all.
I said that all to say this; because Jesus was more passionate & focused on the Father's Will, He didn't allow folks to break His focus, or make Him abort His passion. He was faithful till the end. And as the bible says in Philippians 1:6 "that He which began a good work in you shall perform (in other words complete) it, until the day Christ returns." And it also says in Matthew 24:13 "But he that shall endure till the end, the same shall be saved." With all that being said, it should ignite a passion within you to pursue your God given potential. So what if folks doubt you, you keep your focus till your dream comes into fruition. God will always surround you with people that's for you to help take you to the next level. Folks are like Mathematics, they either Add & Multiply in your life, or they Subtract & Divide. You don't need anybody taking away, nor dividing your life. If that's the case, MINUS THEM OUT! Surround yourself around people that will ADD to your dreams & visions. Anything that is not an asset to your life is a liability.
So bringing this all home I've been experiencing the most toughest battle ever. And what's crazy about this thing is that every time I set in motion with progress, the enemy would use folks that are close to me to upset me. Don't get me wrong, I do believe that they mean well, but if you are trusting in the same God that I'm trusting in, why are you complaining? I can't stand complaining. I don't even like to hear myself complain, so you can imagine how I get when folks come around me complaining. It's a vexation to my spirit. God hates murmuring and complaining. It's one thing to pray and tell God all about your problems, than to complain to God about your problems. But in the midst of it I'm staying calm. Cause God is the ultimate in my life. I'm not moved by situations, circumstances, and neither people. Cause if it was up to people, I wouldn't be where I am right now. Some may take it as a cold statement; but if you only knew what I've experienced and dealt with in the past with people, all I know is to trust in God and live my life to please Him, and not people. I've too experienced let downs, put downs, doubts, betrayals, disappointments, etc; all this cause of the folks that I've dealt with. The bible says in Jeremiah 17:5 curse be the man that trust in man, makes flesh his arm of flesh his are, and whose heart departed from the Lord." We should be leaning more towards God, and not our own understanding, according to Proverbs 3:5.
I'm I saying People are a problem? NO! We are all imperfected creatures with flaws and faults. I have my own faults & flaws, but God is a deliverer. I don't even trust in my own flesh, cause the real me at times want to curse folks out, and buck wild. But when you are living for God, He is the one who fights all of your battles.
So I'm praying heavy in this season, cause God is up to something very major. And I'm expecting something unusual to happen in less than 24 hours. I had to drop this nugget to encourage you to stand having done all to stand. Be that 1 Man Army that is more than a conquerer!!!
I said that all to say this; because Jesus was more passionate & focused on the Father's Will, He didn't allow folks to break His focus, or make Him abort His passion. He was faithful till the end. And as the bible says in Philippians 1:6 "that He which began a good work in you shall perform (in other words complete) it, until the day Christ returns." And it also says in Matthew 24:13 "But he that shall endure till the end, the same shall be saved." With all that being said, it should ignite a passion within you to pursue your God given potential. So what if folks doubt you, you keep your focus till your dream comes into fruition. God will always surround you with people that's for you to help take you to the next level. Folks are like Mathematics, they either Add & Multiply in your life, or they Subtract & Divide. You don't need anybody taking away, nor dividing your life. If that's the case, MINUS THEM OUT! Surround yourself around people that will ADD to your dreams & visions. Anything that is not an asset to your life is a liability.
So bringing this all home I've been experiencing the most toughest battle ever. And what's crazy about this thing is that every time I set in motion with progress, the enemy would use folks that are close to me to upset me. Don't get me wrong, I do believe that they mean well, but if you are trusting in the same God that I'm trusting in, why are you complaining? I can't stand complaining. I don't even like to hear myself complain, so you can imagine how I get when folks come around me complaining. It's a vexation to my spirit. God hates murmuring and complaining. It's one thing to pray and tell God all about your problems, than to complain to God about your problems. But in the midst of it I'm staying calm. Cause God is the ultimate in my life. I'm not moved by situations, circumstances, and neither people. Cause if it was up to people, I wouldn't be where I am right now. Some may take it as a cold statement; but if you only knew what I've experienced and dealt with in the past with people, all I know is to trust in God and live my life to please Him, and not people. I've too experienced let downs, put downs, doubts, betrayals, disappointments, etc; all this cause of the folks that I've dealt with. The bible says in Jeremiah 17:5 curse be the man that trust in man, makes flesh his arm of flesh his are, and whose heart departed from the Lord." We should be leaning more towards God, and not our own understanding, according to Proverbs 3:5.
I'm I saying People are a problem? NO! We are all imperfected creatures with flaws and faults. I have my own faults & flaws, but God is a deliverer. I don't even trust in my own flesh, cause the real me at times want to curse folks out, and buck wild. But when you are living for God, He is the one who fights all of your battles.
So I'm praying heavy in this season, cause God is up to something very major. And I'm expecting something unusual to happen in less than 24 hours. I had to drop this nugget to encourage you to stand having done all to stand. Be that 1 Man Army that is more than a conquerer!!!
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Soul Hustler's Holiday on 8.21.09
OK OK OK IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME COMING. AND I'M EXTREMELY EXCITED CAUSE THIS ALBUM IS DROPPING UNDER MY IMPRINT; PROPHETS I MUSIC GROUP LLC.
FRIDAY 8.21.09 IS DECLARED AN INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY CALLED SOUL HUSTLER'S DAY!!! WHY AM I CALLING IT A HOLIDAY, IS BECAUSE THIS IS A HOLIDAY FOR HIP-HOP! HIP-HOP HAS BEEN ALL ABOUT LYRICS & INDIVIDUALITY. SO WE PLAN TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. BUBBLE RINGTONE RAP IS DEAD!!!
THE BRAND NEW ALBUM SOUL HUSTLER'S DIARY WILL BE AVAILABLE ON ALL ONLINE DOWNLOAD SITES.
KEEP IN TUNED TO http://www.Myspace.com/QTheProphet7 , http://www.Twitter.com/QTheProphet , http://www.Reverbnation.com/QTheProphet , and http://www.Myspace.com/PIMGLLC for more details!!!
Will have the confirmed locations for the release parties later this week!!!
FRIDAY 8.21.09 IS DECLARED AN INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY CALLED SOUL HUSTLER'S DAY!!! WHY AM I CALLING IT A HOLIDAY, IS BECAUSE THIS IS A HOLIDAY FOR HIP-HOP! HIP-HOP HAS BEEN ALL ABOUT LYRICS & INDIVIDUALITY. SO WE PLAN TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. BUBBLE RINGTONE RAP IS DEAD!!!
THE BRAND NEW ALBUM SOUL HUSTLER'S DIARY WILL BE AVAILABLE ON ALL ONLINE DOWNLOAD SITES.
KEEP IN TUNED TO http://www.Myspace.com/QTheProphet7 , http://www.Twitter.com/QTheProphet , http://www.Reverbnation.com/QTheProphet , and http://www.Myspace.com/PIMGLLC for more details!!!
Will have the confirmed locations for the release parties later this week!!!
Respect My Grind!
Being that this is my first official blog on my site; I would like to thank everyone for taking the time out of your busy schedules to read about what's going on in my life and in my career. Some of you know who I am, and some of you don't but rest to sure that after this reading this, you will know me for who I am. I am Q The Prophet, I'm a Hip-Hop artist born of a musical background, Underground Music Award Winner of 2007 who as shared the same stages with artists like Ice-T, Lady Luck, Jin, Joell Ortiz, Grafh, etc., I'm a Youth Minister of the Bible Faith Word Cathedral under the leadership of Bishop/Dr. Gregory A. Foster. Before I get into all the rest of the accomplishments that God has been me to achieve; I want to interest you all to who I really am...and that's a Christian.
I'm a born again believer of Jesus Christ. I don't practice religion, I don't attend Church as a traditional ritual, but I attend to build my relationship with God. I was a former drug dealer and gang banger. I've toted guns, smoked weed, got drunk and did numerous amount of evils before I turned my life over to the Lord. I was almost in a near death situation that brought me closer to God. I was in Junior High School when all these things were happening. As I leaving school one afternoon, I was hanging with my boys, while being confronted by some enemies from my block. Word got out in school that I was the neighborhood crack slinger (mind you I wasn't any big time kingpin, cause 2 for $5 was no way near a Scarface fantasy of moving kilos & grams overseas), and all eyes were on me. My boys at that time broke out and left me out there to get jumped by 7 guys. The funny thing about it is that I wasn't hurt. No scars, bruises, nor required stitches. In fact, they didn't even try to hurt me, but they only raided my pockets and grabbed me up, like felon resisting arrest. That was the moment that broke my pride and shook up my whole life once and for all. I've learned that when you think that you are tough, there is always somebody much tougher than you.
I was only 14 years old when I got out of the drug game, out of the gangs and gave my heart to the Lord Jesus. That was in 1994; and in that very same year, the Lord called me into ministry and I've been preaching since the age of 15 years old. Not only have I been preaching, but I flipped my style of rapping from hardcore to Godcore. My first experience with Gospel Rap was when my former Youth Pastor wrote & produced a song called Reach One - Teach One. My boy rapped on the actual song, but I performed in his place when we shot the music video. That was enough inspiration for me to step out and Rap. However, the Co Senior Pastor & Wife wasn't too fond of Rap in the Church, and neither were the members. But the Head Senior Pastor & Husband respected it, cause it was out of the box and it was destroying traditional barriers. Sadly to say to this day, they don't have any respect for it and neither have the Rappers Guild going on in Church. Whether it's still going since I left, I don't know and neither do care. I was tolerated for what I was doing, than I was appreciated for what I was doing by keeping the youth inspired to seek the Lord, keep them in Church and also keeping it Christ-like with the lyrics. This was the first Church that was affiliated with when I had gotten saved. Not the Church that I currently attend now.
But 11 1/2 years later, I've transcended from the Church walls, to even bringing the gospel in the secular Clubs. A year after I won the McDonald's Gospelfest in 2003, in the year 2004 was the year when my ministry shifted from the 4 walls of the Church to the Streets and in the Clubs. I started out rocking on stages in NYC in clubs like Speeed and Pyramid, doing Open Mic Showcases. My key scripture that I operate in is Matthew 6:33 (Q Standard Revised Version) "But seek God's Kingdom first and His right standards of living, and all these things shall be added unto you." Because of me always focusing on God's Kingdom, helping my Church & my leader; God gave me favor with the secular world. I've done things outside of the BOX as a Christian artist. I've appeared on DVDs like Whatz Really Hood DVD, on mixtapes like DJ Kay Slay's Konquer The World Vol. 2 and I've headlined events sharing same stages with the artists that I've mentioned in the previous paragraphs. Did I even mentioned that I also appeared on Video Music Box with Uncle Ralph McDaniels and was on Video City with Nina B? I do have an impressive resume, glory to God.
After reading all of this, you would think that I'm just some Christian dude that's trying to preach to the Choir, and beat Sinners over the head with the word. BUT I AM NOT!!! I came from the hood and God has called me to reach the hood. I just want to be respected for who I am as an artist, and as a Christian. I'm not in the comfort zone of mediocrity, and I neither want to be stuck in the box of the Gospel industry, neither the Underground industry. I'm not some dude who is trying to be hood or preachy. I'm seasoned, trained, and mentored by my pastor and the greats in Hip-Hop that have inspired me as a child growing up. I AM OUTSIDE OF THE BOX!!! And I'm boldly declaring in this blog to all these so called A&Rs, label execs, VPs, CEOs, DJs, Radio & Television Personalities, and whomever has a position in the Entertainment Industry to RESPECT MY GRIND! Too many Rappers are bowing down trying to be the next Jay-Z, the next 50 Cent, or the next Lil Wayne, and are caught up in images, rather than being themselves. And these big time people have no respect for the few & many that are coming different and outside of the norm of these Rappers. I'm positive, witty, raw, and Spiritual. I respect women, and I'm out to keep young men and women from being locked up in the Jail system. My ultimate objective is to lead all man kind to Salvation through Jesus Christ.
If you can respect a rapper blabbing about guns, sexing women, and whole bunch of nonsense; then why not show the same love, respect, and appreciation for somebody who is positive and doing something different? ENOUGH IS ENOUGH FOR THE POLITICS & BS OF THE INDUSTRY! The same way you had to grind and hustle to be where you at now, then you ought to show appreciation to those that are behind trail blazing their own paths for success.
I am not Kirk Franklin, I am not Kanye West, and I am certainly not your ordinary Rapper;
I am Q The Prophet, The Minister of Christ, The MC, Future Humanitarian in Hip-Hop! If I never ever score a platinum plaque, or win a Grammy, you ought to just simply RESPECT MY GRIND! And respect me as a man of God doing
I'm a born again believer of Jesus Christ. I don't practice religion, I don't attend Church as a traditional ritual, but I attend to build my relationship with God. I was a former drug dealer and gang banger. I've toted guns, smoked weed, got drunk and did numerous amount of evils before I turned my life over to the Lord. I was almost in a near death situation that brought me closer to God. I was in Junior High School when all these things were happening. As I leaving school one afternoon, I was hanging with my boys, while being confronted by some enemies from my block. Word got out in school that I was the neighborhood crack slinger (mind you I wasn't any big time kingpin, cause 2 for $5 was no way near a Scarface fantasy of moving kilos & grams overseas), and all eyes were on me. My boys at that time broke out and left me out there to get jumped by 7 guys. The funny thing about it is that I wasn't hurt. No scars, bruises, nor required stitches. In fact, they didn't even try to hurt me, but they only raided my pockets and grabbed me up, like felon resisting arrest. That was the moment that broke my pride and shook up my whole life once and for all. I've learned that when you think that you are tough, there is always somebody much tougher than you.
I was only 14 years old when I got out of the drug game, out of the gangs and gave my heart to the Lord Jesus. That was in 1994; and in that very same year, the Lord called me into ministry and I've been preaching since the age of 15 years old. Not only have I been preaching, but I flipped my style of rapping from hardcore to Godcore. My first experience with Gospel Rap was when my former Youth Pastor wrote & produced a song called Reach One - Teach One. My boy rapped on the actual song, but I performed in his place when we shot the music video. That was enough inspiration for me to step out and Rap. However, the Co Senior Pastor & Wife wasn't too fond of Rap in the Church, and neither were the members. But the Head Senior Pastor & Husband respected it, cause it was out of the box and it was destroying traditional barriers. Sadly to say to this day, they don't have any respect for it and neither have the Rappers Guild going on in Church. Whether it's still going since I left, I don't know and neither do care. I was tolerated for what I was doing, than I was appreciated for what I was doing by keeping the youth inspired to seek the Lord, keep them in Church and also keeping it Christ-like with the lyrics. This was the first Church that was affiliated with when I had gotten saved. Not the Church that I currently attend now.
But 11 1/2 years later, I've transcended from the Church walls, to even bringing the gospel in the secular Clubs. A year after I won the McDonald's Gospelfest in 2003, in the year 2004 was the year when my ministry shifted from the 4 walls of the Church to the Streets and in the Clubs. I started out rocking on stages in NYC in clubs like Speeed and Pyramid, doing Open Mic Showcases. My key scripture that I operate in is Matthew 6:33 (Q Standard Revised Version) "But seek God's Kingdom first and His right standards of living, and all these things shall be added unto you." Because of me always focusing on God's Kingdom, helping my Church & my leader; God gave me favor with the secular world. I've done things outside of the BOX as a Christian artist. I've appeared on DVDs like Whatz Really Hood DVD, on mixtapes like DJ Kay Slay's Konquer The World Vol. 2 and I've headlined events sharing same stages with the artists that I've mentioned in the previous paragraphs. Did I even mentioned that I also appeared on Video Music Box with Uncle Ralph McDaniels and was on Video City with Nina B? I do have an impressive resume, glory to God.
After reading all of this, you would think that I'm just some Christian dude that's trying to preach to the Choir, and beat Sinners over the head with the word. BUT I AM NOT!!! I came from the hood and God has called me to reach the hood. I just want to be respected for who I am as an artist, and as a Christian. I'm not in the comfort zone of mediocrity, and I neither want to be stuck in the box of the Gospel industry, neither the Underground industry. I'm not some dude who is trying to be hood or preachy. I'm seasoned, trained, and mentored by my pastor and the greats in Hip-Hop that have inspired me as a child growing up. I AM OUTSIDE OF THE BOX!!! And I'm boldly declaring in this blog to all these so called A&Rs, label execs, VPs, CEOs, DJs, Radio & Television Personalities, and whomever has a position in the Entertainment Industry to RESPECT MY GRIND! Too many Rappers are bowing down trying to be the next Jay-Z, the next 50 Cent, or the next Lil Wayne, and are caught up in images, rather than being themselves. And these big time people have no respect for the few & many that are coming different and outside of the norm of these Rappers. I'm positive, witty, raw, and Spiritual. I respect women, and I'm out to keep young men and women from being locked up in the Jail system. My ultimate objective is to lead all man kind to Salvation through Jesus Christ.
If you can respect a rapper blabbing about guns, sexing women, and whole bunch of nonsense; then why not show the same love, respect, and appreciation for somebody who is positive and doing something different? ENOUGH IS ENOUGH FOR THE POLITICS & BS OF THE INDUSTRY! The same way you had to grind and hustle to be where you at now, then you ought to show appreciation to those that are behind trail blazing their own paths for success.
I am not Kirk Franklin, I am not Kanye West, and I am certainly not your ordinary Rapper;
I am Q The Prophet, The Minister of Christ, The MC, Future Humanitarian in Hip-Hop! If I never ever score a platinum plaque, or win a Grammy, you ought to just simply RESPECT MY GRIND! And respect me as a man of God doing
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