Since a very young age, I’ve had a draw to music. I may have gotten it from my mom. She wouldn’t just listen to music; she was the entire song! Anyway, as I grew older, it became more and more of a passion for me. Only, it was hardly ever a good message. “Kids being kids” in my generation was nothing less than a festering ground for lifelong chains. At 14, I moved to McKees Rocks and sought and found a likewise lost crowd. Since the age of 10, after molestation and introduction into sites, I was shackled to lust. I began to smoke weed (which led to worse things down the road), I couldn’t care less for school, and chased an escape in the eyes of women. You can imagine why I started making music about my hurt, about violence, and my suicidal impulses. I was lost, searching for identity in everything that, in turn, left me empty.

My lifestyle only got darker, and my music screamed, “I give up!” In fact, one of my last songs from that way of life was titled that very phrase. In summer 2022, I sat on a friend’s porch holding his gun, envisioning myself following through with an unredeemable choice. God kept me! That fall of 22’, my mom had a stroke, and soon after, we couldn’t pay bills and had to move. Looking back, God’s hand was clear in leading us from PA to MD; from Baltimore to Hope City Church. Pastor Brad and Mary began pouring into and discipling me through a small “homeschool tutorial” program held in Church for kids like me. They, as well as their children, truly did live out “deny yourself, take up your cross, and follow me” in the distance they’d gone to make disciples. I genuinely started to experience the love of God I’d been searching for everywhere else. As I fought to surrender old bondage, lust being the worst, Jesus kept freeing me. 2 months after dropping my last worldly song, I released (with my then-new friend, Tyrone, who Pastors Brad and Mary brought into their home) my first song for Christ—“Despite My Sins”—sparking the start of a new life and purpose in Jesus.

August 6th, 2023, during an HCC Sunday, I had a watershed moment with God at the altar. As Grace, Levi, and Erin worshipped God to “No Longer Slaves”, Everything faded—the fear, the pain, the desire to live a life for myself—for sin. It didn’t fade in a “God, do it all for me!” way. I had to seek the Lord with all of my heart, and, as He promised, I found Him. He had been knocking on my little broken-down door for a while, though. Feeling as if I really were wrapped in the arms of God, I heard, “Son, I’ve got you.” So sparked my reckless and desperate pursuit of Jesus! Leading in worship, growing in my identity, and creating 84 songs that year, I was sure He had saved me and given me purpose. Following, I began learning guitar in May of 2024. God took me on journeys with that thang! I named my guitar Darla… Probably shouldn’t add that in the testimony, lol! Anyways, today, I (along with others in my church family) have seen a stark difference in where God has taken my impact with acoustic worship and songwriting. What a gift It’s been to have such support!

Since the start of creating for Christ, my family at HCC have been the support, especially in some of the lower moments when I’ve wanted to quit. My personal life & experiences with The Lord have been the inspiration.

2024 and 25’ followed the spark of purpose. From 18-19, interning at Teen Challenge, teaching at HCCA, lead worshipping at HCC, and sharing my testimony and presenting what the Lord is doing with it through the music have been highlights. Even more than those, watching Jesus change lives and remold my own heart have been greater joys.

Continuing in Ministry full-time, and with ambitious longings to see my generation know Jesus, I want to build a team that’ll join me in support. I am not merely asking you to give me your money. I am asking you to rally behind what God is doing in Baltimore through His people who are living out a surrendered and bold obedience to Jesus. As of now, I’m so grateful for the support i’ve had so far in the prayers of many and in those who have made this music a part of their lives!! I can’t do this alone. So, I mean this when I say it. Thank you!!!!