FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE HONOR TO GOD, WHO IS THE HEAD OF MY LIFE AND TO MY PASTOR JAMES BOATNER III OF NEW SALEM BAPTIST CHURCH IN MONROE, LA. IM FROM NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA. I MOVED TO MONROE, LOUSIANA WHEN “HURRICANE KATRINA” HIT MY CITY ON AUGUST 29TH 2005. I LOST EVERYTHING I HAD. I WAS DEPRESSED AND I FELT LIKE GIVING UP, BUT GOD CAME IN MY LIFE AND CHANGED IT. GOD GAVE ME THE GIFT OF INFLUENCE. I WAS USING IT TO INFLUENCE PEOPLE TO DO BAD THINGS WHEN I WAS IN THE WORLD, BUT NOW THAT I FIGURED OUT WHAT MY WILL IS, I AM USING MY GIFT FOR GOD AND KNOW ONE ELSE. I WAS ONCE A SECULAR RAPPER AND USE TO DO MY MUSIC TO PLEASE PEOPLE. I THOUGHT I WAS DOING THE RIGHT THING, BUT I WAS REALLY DOING THE WRONG THING. I WOULDN’VE REALIZED THAT IF I WOULDN'T HAVE READ ABOUT IT IN THE HOLY BIBLE. BUT GOD HAS TRULY BEEN BLESSING ME IN UNBELIEVABLE WAYS! MY MUSIC HAS AN IMPACT LIKE NONE OTHER, AND HAS CHANGED LIVES EVERYWHERE! I AM MARRIED TO MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE STRATESHIA ARD, AND HAVE TWO BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS ALACIA AND JOSEA ARD. I HAVE A BEAUTIFUL MOM, HER NAME IS CHARLONDE WALLACE. MY MOM HAS ALWAYS SUPPORTED ME IN WHATEVER I DO. I HAVE TWO BROTHERS, THEIR NAMES ARE JEROME AND JOSHUA ARD. NO TELLING WHERE GOD IS GOING TO BRING ME IN THIS JOURNEY, BUT I CAN TELL YOU ONE THING, IT IS THAT IM READY FOR WHATEVER THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO BRING MY WAY. THE SCRIPTURE THAT CHANGED MY LIFE WAS MATTHEW 12:30 IT SAYS: “HE THAT IS NOT WITH ME IS AGAINST ME, AND HE THAT DOESN’T GATHER WITH ME ARE SCATTERED ABROAD.” GOD BLESS YOU.