Also that year the group's Alton Hood, Jr made a guest rap appearance on labelmate Whitecross's album In the Kingdom, rapping on the song "Holy War". The group's debut studio album So How Ya Livin'? was released in 1991. The demo was noticed by Star Song Records who included the group on a 1990 sampler. We were content to be just in the northeastern Ohio area ministering, but God saw fit, because of our faithfulness to Him, to take it abroad." It was just a good idea to send out, it was not like we put our hopes behind it-it was just something to do. "We were never into rap for the business or industry standpoint. According to Hood, they didn't really think anything would happen with it: The band met him while in the studio making a demo recording on the advice of friends. Deal with Star Song įormer rock band drummer Matt Stevens was the final member to join. A year later they met third member Prophet (Michael Brown) at a Canton church which they now attended having moved to the Northeast Ohio area. "Praise God, through a supernatural manifestation of the Holy Spirit, God's power came down right there in the room, saved me, delivered me right there on the spot.".įollowing their conversion to Christianity, the duo began performing raps and beat-boxing at parties. Hood credits God with cleaning up both him and Harvey from drug addictions born out of their use in occult rituals: So what happened was that I was introduced by some friends to the occult. We didn't have Christ in our lives, so we began to party and live the high life, hanging out with girls, that whole party life. We both had scholarships to play football. ![]() The core of the group was Ben Reges (born Alton Hood) and Absalom (Kelvin Harvey) who were attending Oberlin College on football scholarship and friend Prophet (Michael Brown). tradition of Christian rock and hip hop with a twist of soul. Alton Hood and Michael Brown of the group formed Nimisilla Park in 2016, carrying on the D.O.C. The group later formed their own record label, We are One/Throne Room Records, and released an extended play in 1998 and a fourth studio album in 2003. ![]() They released three studio albums on Star Song Records from 1991 to 1994. Disciples of Christ were an American Christian hip hop group which originated in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the early 1990s.
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