FRIDAY UP N' UP PRESENTS CHARLES "LOGICAL" JONES

Logical (Charles Jones) was born and raised in West Philadelphia. Though he never picked up a mic until his late teens, like many others; Hip-Hop was his first love. Despite being raised by his loving Grandmother, Charles eventually adapted some of the negative habits that are common in urban living. A near fatal car accident in 2001, forced Charles to sit down and really examine his life. Unable to even walk without assistance, the things of this world quickly lost their value.
Shortly after his recovery, one of Charles’ cousins got saved at a Gospel Hip-Hop concert. He was immediately impacted by the change he seen take place in the life of his cousin, and began to desire similar change. After several months of disregarding invitations to a youth ministry, he eventually accepted. For seven months, he argued and debated the accuracy of scripture, and the value of faith. Shocked by the love he received while speaking words of hate, he began to finally listen to the messages for the first time. Rocked by a God who would die to save a group of misfits, Charles accepted Christ September 23, 2002.Though he remains a work in progress, Logical is now focused on spreading the Kingdom of God. He aims to reach those:
Whom have not yet accepted the Gospel, Caught up in false doctrines, Whom have lost sight of the Gospel.

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FRIDAY UP N' UP PRESENTS "DRIPZ"

Matthew Aaron Clive "Dripz" is an artist, producer, founder of author, and a Christian signed to Bountiful Records the label he founded. He is the son of musician. He was born in Etobicoke, ON, raised in Church of The Holy Spirit, Anglican Church. Dripz began rapping at the age of 13 rapping to over Eminem and 2pac songs. His teenage life was full of angst and he rebelled against authority and got in trouble with the law. Not having a steady father figure led Dripz to idolize the gangsta rap lifestyle. Eventually God called Dripz out of the wordly life of drug dealing and abuse. Dripz decided he would become a Christian rapper but it was a struggle to completely stop sinning. Dripz has never felt completely accepted by religious people but always knew God loved him. After much hardship and struggle Dripz has finally been allowed the opportunity to release his music and start his record label. Dripz used to be a wordly reference but now symbolizes the blood of Jesus that drips over and cleansed Dripz life, professionally and personally. Since accepting his call he is working to spread the word of God through his music. He is currently working on new mixtape #JESUSWAG which is due to drop at the end of June. This mixtape is set to blaze the path for a slew of mixtapes and songs and a tour around the world spreading the Gospel of Christ. He plans to make his record label Bountiful Records an international label that has no boundaries bringing people all over the world for the glory of God.
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FRIDAY UP N' UP PRESENTS "BATTLEGROUND CITY"

Battleground City Members: The Messenger (DOB: Sept. 10 1977), The Ark (DOB: Nov. 13 1981),
Bloodbeth (DOB: Apr. 30 1992), Psalm Star (DOB: Dec. 31 1987)

Battleground City is a community development program that is devoted to providing events that will promote personal growth in the youth of Tucson, Arizona. Our purpose is to educate, equip, and establish young people to make an impact in their local communities. Through hip hop
we intented to reach this goal. Some of Arizona’s top Christian Hip-Hop artists and some never before heard artists are featured. We intended to impact the youth not only in Tucson, but Arizona as a whole to show them who they are in Christ and also encourage fellow believers to impact the people around them. 

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FRIDAY UP N' UP PRESENTS ALEX "TRE" EDWARDS

At age 14, Alex “Tre” Edwards is an unsigned music artist with a great, new sound and vibe. Born into a family of music, Alex “Tre” Edwards has been making music his whole life. Tre records in his loft room as of now and mixes his music himself. He has designed his website, album covers, facebook page, and twitter. Recently joining the Christian hip hop music scene in 2011, he wants to make a change in music to glorify the Lord. He has been blessed with a talent to write, rap, sing, design, create, and produce on his own. He continues to deliver new music to the world and his fan base is growing larger every day. His inspirations go from Lecrae, Andy Mineo, Swoope, Trip Lee, KB, and Flame. Tre has been featured on NewH2O.com with his debut single, Awesome. Tre is an independent artist that is still young and has so much room to grow, but in order to do so he need to continue taking his calling seriously and with importance. Being so young and already having 2 complete tapes under his belt, he definitely has an advantage against other cats that are thinking about stepping in to the Christian Hip-Hop scene.
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FRIDAY UP N' UP PREVIEW

Here is what I promised Ladies and Gents! THE FRIDAY UP N' UP! A brief preview of whats to come this Summer of 2012. Every Friday we will post an artist profile on people we feel are establishing great movements or others who are destined to generate fans in their home markets. With these continuous weekly posts you will get a taste for the artist sounds like and what the artists vision is in regards to their craft, think of this as a weekly healthy dose of music you were not aware of before, that makes me your music doctor. I won't reveal the names of the artists you'll encounter on our blog on the weeks to come but I must say we have a wide range of talent, age, walks of life, and musical feelings. This editorial does not necessarily mean that these artists are unknown to the community, some have great movements others have just started, we are just sharing stories and music that deserves to be heard. So get excited, and if you're a huge fan of Christian Hip-Hop like we are here at the blog, please share and give us some thoughts in the comments section!
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