Flame was born in St.Louis, Missouri. He grew up in the inner city of St.Louis where he was influenced by the hip-hop culture. One of the most significant people in his life was his grandmother. She was his best friend and taught him many things about life and more importantly, Christianity. She also taught him how to breakdance and rap from his earliest years. At the age of 16, Flame’s grandmother died. As a result of this event, Flame began attending church where the Holy Spirit convicted him, and he was converted to Christ. Flame continued to grow spiritually and became more involved in his church. One day, Flame found himself in the music section of a Christian bookstore. Being part of the hip-hop culture and having done secular rap for years, he was drawn to the gospel rap area, where he picked up a CD by Cross Movement. The cd changed his life. Not only was Flame impressed by the artistic quality of the music, but also by the content. He found the lyrics saturated in scripture both encouraging and challenging. In 2000, after being edified through Cross Movement’s music, Flame made his way to one of their concerts in Chicago. This was where he met the group and provided them with a demo CD of his own work. Much to his surprise, he received a call back. Cross Movement began to build a relationship with Flame that was fostered over a couple of years. In 2002, Flame was invited on the Platinum Souls tour with Cross Movement. Shortly after, Flame was signed to the Cross Movement Records label. In October 2004, Flame’s self-titled debut CD was released nationwide. In December 2005, Flame released his second album titled, Rewind. On April 17, 2007, Flame released his third album entitled Our World: Fallen, which is the first part of a two part series. On August 7, 2007, the sequel, Our World: Redeemed was scheduled to release, but the date was pushed back to March 4, 2008. Flame has been featured on numerous radio shows nationwide such as Way of the Master, and in local newspapers such as The Pathway (Missouri Baptist Convention statewide newspaper), and World (Magazine). Flame has moved more than 170,000 albums, and has one of his interludes from his first album playing on Busch Stadium’s loudspeakers every other time Albert Pujols comes 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 summer of 2007, FLAME joined the rest of Cross Movement for their final tour. Flame is going to be the special guest on this summer’s 116 Clique’s tour “Don’t Waste Your Life.”| |
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