Empowerment Weekend!

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1 JoceLien: JoceLien, also known as, Jocelien Danee Whitehead, is a sensational 14 year old rising star from Greenville, NC. She will be attending South Central High, Winterville, NC. She is a vocalist, dancer, actress and all around amazing entertainer and performer. Since the age of 4 she has been performing and participating in competitive dance competitions, singing anywhere and every chance that presented it to the young and adorable artist. At such a young age, audiences were immediately captivated by her amazing smile, personality, and performance. David Payton, playwright, "A Good Man Is Hard to Find", first heard her sing the National Anthem at 9 years old. Payton was so impressed by JoceLien's performance he offered her roles in several plays touring throughout the Southeastern United States. "They Said I Wouldn't Make It", "Stand By Me" and "Behind the Pulpit" Payton's untimely death in 2011 left the 12yo looking for a clear direction. West Adams published singer and songwriter with Blacklisted Entertainment Publishing, West Adams Music, and Talent Recruit who also works for Lowe Bar Studios of Nashville, TN watched a You Tube video of the young JoceLien performing. Adams sent a simple that read, "WOW, I think I can help you", and that's just what he did. Adams shared JoceLien's talent with his lifelong friend, Big Machine Publishing, Red Bull Records, 5K recording artist, singer, songwriter and producer Nathan Barlowe (Luna Halo, The Honeymoon Thrillers, and Five Knives). Barlowe has worked with producers such as Rick Rubin and multiple recording artists such as Taylor Swift and Hot Chelle Rae. Barlowe, most recently sold an amazing 6 million copies worldwide of Taylor Swift's Platinum Release "Fearless" in which Swift recorded, "Untouchable". After 6 months of working and writing exclusively with Lowe Bar, "Summertime Crush" was released to itunes on August 10th, 2012.

2 JoceLien: To follow the single release, JoceLien has released a 5 song EP which is available on Reverbnation and itunes. JoceLien first video for her hit song "Love Struck" was seen worldwide in Dec, 2013 on VeVo, MTV, YouTube, Vube.com, and her website. That's not all, JoceLien has recently just signed with her first major record label 5050 Music Group by way of Universal Records, JoceLien is still in the process of recording new songs and her first album with 5050 Music Group should be out of 2014 and distributed worldwide. JoceLien also won a Carolina Music Award "Youth Artist of the Year" July 6, JoceLien recently performed at MusicSpark on September 14, 2013 in Raleigh NC and at Women's on March 23, 2013 at the PNC center in Raleigh along with Charlie Wilson, Erykah Badu, and Smokey Norful with a sold out audience of 18,000 people. JoceLien has also performed at events such as The Pitt County minority Expo; Beauty is a Beast (LCC Scholarship Foundation), East Carolina University NAACP Chapter "Showtime at the Apollo" fundraiser event, Music in the Streets in Washington NC and a host of churches, festivals, and non-profit events. With the help of her voice coach of 3 years RaSheeda Waddell (Miss Black North Carolina 2010) JoceLien was crowned Miss Black North Carolina Talented Teen USA Dec. 16, 2012, and on August 11, 2013 she was crowned Miss Black Talented Teen USA JoceLien's platform for Miss Black North Carolina Talented Teen is also associated with the ABC-Anti-Bullying Coalition and Stop Bullying: Speak Up which she is very passionate about being she was a victim of bullying at an early age. She performed a song wrote for her about bullying called "INVINCIBLE" at the Courage Rocks, Be Bold Festival April 14, 2013 to raise money for anti-bullying prevention. She speaks to children and adults in schools, churches, and worth alliance. Once you hear this young lady you will never forget it. You can support and find upcoming performances by joining JoceLien's Facebook Fan Page, on Jocelien_Danee, JocelienDanee.com. If you would like to book JoceLien please contact Tuyet Franks at or at frankstuyet@gmail.com

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4 Who is Chuurch?: Chuurch, also known as Nana Crumb, is a Native of Brooklyn, NY where he was born and raised. Nana was a reared in a fatherless home with a mother who battled drug addiction and at an early age was exposed to the idea of gang affiliation as well as the hood/street life. Out of his life experiences emerged Chuurch, declaring the gospel and speaking HIS (Jesus) story. Today, Chuurch is an ordained prophet and has a strong passion for individuals who are hurting. His mission is to reach, relate, and restore and one way he accomplishes this is through his music. His urban sound has a hood feel but has a strong Godly overtone. His passion for music is driven by a testimony of his life without God and his life now with God. Chuurch has appeared on the Apollo as a semifinalist, performed at the McDonalds Gospel Fest, and has also performed as a special guest at Hezekiah Walker s church. At one point his musical lyricism sparked interest with Atlantic Records as well as BET. Chuurch is not here to be categorized but rather to trail blaze the world and the Kingdom of God with an urban sound that s too hood for church and too church for the street.

5 Cappello: I'm going to take what I love to the alter and sacrifice it/ because God wants my devotion, not only me acting righteous! Cappello These are a few of the lyrics from Cappello s song, AbraHAM On em, a rallying and radical cry for believers to live by faith in God rather than what the world has to offer! If you are ever in the audience when the chorus comes around, then you will witness a room of fire-filled believers boldly praising God while shouting, Abraham On em Abraham On em! This song is the latest of 7 songs featured on Cappello s debut project, The undergod EP. To be undergod means to not only reside under Him as in, we're on Earth and He's above in Heaven, but to be totally submitted to His will and obedient under His Lordship, says Cappello. The EP kicks off with the title song, undergod, a proclamation of having ones thoughts, possessions, and literally everything under God. This song is followed by another crowd favorite, Entourage. Entourage reiterates the point that we are Christ followers on stage, and most importantly off stage when the lights are not on us, says Cappello. Although his passion to put Christ in the forefront is clearly seen when this song is performed live, putting Christ first hasn't always been Cappello s priority. There's no way that I can boast or brag, because I know my past/ blessings that over passed all because I chose Him last! Cappello Born in Plymouth, NC, Cappello was blessed to grow up in a loving home and calm neighborhood where there was no violence. He played sports and other activities as you would expect any teenager to do, but his talent as a lyricist is what set him apart from other youngsters. By the time he enrolled in college, Cappello had a wealth of experience performing at universities, high schools, festivals, churches, and other live venues. At this point, the content in his lyrics weren t suitable for Sunday morning church announcements, if you know what I mean. My lyrical content was limited to money, sex, drugs, and guns, says Cappello. Although he wasn't heavily involved with drugs and guns, the music he listened to promoted them, which eventually became a blueprint for the songs he began to write. That's until his life was amazingly transformed one night in his dorm room where he asked Jesus for personal salvation.

6 Cappello: During that time of my life music was no longer my primary concern, all I desired was a genuine relationship with Jesus, says Cappello. For the next three months, Cappello focused solely on studying the bible and growing deeper in his faith. Once he began writing music again, his newly found relationship in Christ became the basis of all of his work. He went on to graduate from the United Foundation Fellowship Assembly School of Religious Studies and was ordained as an elder. Now at the age of 29, Cappello continues to serve his local community and has shared the stage with gospel greats such as Marvin Sapp and Canton Jones. Speaking of community, Cappello expresses his thoughts about discipleship in the fourth track of The undergod EP, entitled My City. In this song, he reminds believers of the great commission and encourages them to take action out of love and grace. And if you've ever felt the pressures of life and the desire to break free from mediocrity, then the next song, Champions League, will surely grace you. Whether we realize it or not, in Christ we are all champions. And through His power we can break free of any restraints that Satan or society try to place on us, says Cappello. The undergod EP, then takes an emotional shift as the sixth track, Feel God, encourages us with a message of humility and hope found in the presence of God. The EP ends with, Coupe de Grace, a masterful freestyle that sums up what it means to be under GOD. Cappello is also a husband and father who believes his family is just as important to his ministry as he is. He believes in the power of healthy family relationships and is currently organizing a non-profit called, undergod Nation, that mentors and assist families in the time of crisis.

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8 Legit: Joel Legit Miller Jr is not only a christian rap artist, but he is also a leader, and mentor currently serving in the US military. His passion to serve God along with a drive to find a solutions for changing lives in his community allows Legit to be set apart from the rest. He has shared the stage with artist such as Lil Mo, Tasha Cobbs, Canton Jones and other well known Gospel artist, but becoming a well known artist is not Legit s main focus. Being born in the Bahamas and moving to Fort.lauderdale FL at a young age due to unfortunate circumstances created a dramatic change in his life. After coming into the knowledge of Christ Legit realized only what you do for Him will last. So his focus now is to reach as many as he can through the gospel, charity, and discipleship. Legit has put out quit a few songs such as "Christ On Top and Live Right has ministered through the web via youtube by creating "Legit Talk a show created to inform and encourage the saints in the word of God. Legit has taken young men under his wing for mentorship, and also plays a major role in supporting his local church Kingdom First Church. This man is a man of many talents, but Legit says if it doesn t bring God glory, it isn t for me. His goal is to help people to love and look out for one another like the word of God says in Mark 12:31. He is happily married to his partner in ministry Monica Miller whom encourages him to follow God and take timeout for family. Legit is the creator of In The Midst Production Ministries and his goal is to use God's practical as well as spiritual guidelines to win souls, and bring Jesus Christ glorification ultimately creating better communities, introducing and reintroducing standards and structure to todays youth so that God may be pleased with what we have become and are becoming. Legit s heart is to please God and to live a lifestyle that causes others to want to serve our Lord and savior No Matter What.

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10 Mr. Eaz: Born July 7th 1988 in New Bern, NC to the proud parents Ida(Wendell)Evans & Charles Nobles. D ronta describes his music as a Gospel Trap for youth and young adults signifying deep meaning. Gospel Rap is my poetry and a reflection of Me. Each of his songs he can relate to in any form, shape, or fashion. Music is his passion it s a way of expressing, inspiring, and encouraging others. It s not only his dream, but a Goal he is destined to accomplish and succeed in. His Music Journey began at the age of 16 with writing and brainstorming day and night, the first time experiencing the studio made him feel like another person in another world and knew that this is what he was destined to do. In the beginning he had a thing to pursue R&B but as he progressed in his walk with Christ D ronta received Christ as his savior April 2012 and has been souled out for Christ. He started his Christian Rap August 2013 with his first single Blessing Me and became serious the beginning 2014 owning his image, with his songwriting skills and becoming an artist. As an artists and performer he researches any and everything about the music industry to perfect his dream with great and influential criticism from peers and mentors. In determination and hope to change lives through his music and to perform with inspiration, singing in the choir growing up, talent shows and being involved with community projects in his hometown brings out all the best in him. Giving credit to Trip Lee and Bizzel as his influence and inspiration to do what he s destined to do. D ronta has dreams performing on bigger stages with his new and upcoming album this month with the hit single I m ready Him knowing with God on his side all things are possible for him to achieve his goals and make his dreams come true!

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My Part for the Revolution by Rhymefest

My Part for the Revolution by Rhymefest Hip hop artist Rhymefest wrote a member of the UK Parliament named Mr. David Cameron, whose mission is to get Hip Hop music banned in England because of what he