Christian rap artist FLAME has been Grammy, Dove, and Stellar Award nominated. To date he’s released eight albums: Captured (2010), The 6th (2012), Royal Flush (2013), and Forward (2015) under his own imprint.
FLAME founded and helms Clear Sight Music, a burgeoning record label raising the bar in Christian hip-hop and beyond. Degreed in Biblical Counseling from Louisville’s Southern Seminary, viewing rich biblical knowledge as an essential part to his ministry.
“I love the Bible. I love theology. I love Jesus and that light bulb moment when people get excited about Him. I love taking knowledge from the Bible and connecting the dots with how things apply to our everyday lives and our deep-seated personal issues.”
Flame’s first book, All In, released earlier this year, is a biblically-based guide for living out a Christian world-view in every facet of life.
He started down a path of rebellion in his early teen years, partying. The influence of older friends led to a life of drug abuse and a series of incidents at school.
FLAME was eventually kicked out high school, but little did he know God would use this as a turning point in his life. On his way to orientation at the new school, he was involved in a horrific accident when the car he was riding in was struck by an 18-wheeler three times, shattering the entire left side of his body.
“As the collision happened, I just remember being terrified, not even thinking about the pain, because there was pain,” he says, “but I was just thinking, Man, I’m about to die. I’m 16 years old, and I know I haven’t lived the things I believe as it relates to Christianity.”
Following the accident, FLAME was hospitalized and forced to do physical therapy for more than a year.
The experience shook the young teen to his core, and he sought wisdom from his grandmother, the strongest Christian in his family at the time. They talked about repentance and redemption. A week later, his grandmother died unexpectedly of a heart attack at 55.
These two life-changing events broke the ice clutching FLAME’s heart.
“I was invited to church, and I resisted for a while,” FLAME continues. “Then eventually I went, heard the Gospel, heard about Jesus’ love, dying for my sins, and I gave my life to the Lord. I was 16 years old.”
Clear Sight Music has revealed the release date and title for his upcoming collaborative EP with MIKE REAL.
The project, titled REVIVAL, will drop on May 20.
“Our aim for this EP was to create a soundtrack that would spark a spiritual revival or renewal in the personal lives of believers,” FLAME said in a press release. “We hope these songs will be used as a means of grace to charge and drive us back to our first love — God Himself.
I sense a fatigue in the body of Christ, so my prayer is that the music will encourage people everywhere to resist the temptations of this world and to bind to our Lord where we can draw from His infinite supply of strength and joy.”
FLAME and MIKE
REAL’s song “Don’t Fear” featuring V. Rose, which debuted on TLC during an episode of Jill & Jessa: Counting On, is one of six tracks on REVIVAL.
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