Pastor john p kee biography of mahatma gandhi

Addresses: Record company--Verity Records, W. Prolific gospel singer John P. Kee, who has built an avid fan base within the realm of gospel music, infiltrated the secular rhythm and blues industry in with his eleventh album, Show Up! Kee has often been compared to gospel music legend the Reverend James Cleveland, and the sheer power of Kee's voice is reminiscent of Shirley Ceaser and Edwin Hawkins.

Kee described his music to BRE magazine's Ruth Robinson as "simple Sunday morning hip- hop, it's got the thing that makes the kids move. Kee's father was a religious man who insisted that his children embrace religion early in life, and all 16 kids were gifted singers who were members of gospel choirs.

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At the age of 13, Kee formed his first gospel choir, and by the time he went off to study voice and classical music at the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, he was six-feet-one-inch and had already amassed five years of solid performing and conducting experience. His early musical influences were Thomas Dorsey and Frank Williams.

His formative college years were turbulent after he was lured into using and selling cocaine regularly; Kee even operated his drug racket out of a church at one time. It was only after he witnessed the slaying of a close friend in a drug deal that he turned wholeheartedly to religion and gospel music for solace and inspiration. Ironically, it was Kee's experience trafficking and using drugs that helped him relate to and feel comfortable with fans from all walks of life and of all ages.

His ministry is aimed at attracting the young and providing a safe place for them to flourish spiritually. The singer told BRE's Robinson, "I thought we should go down to the police station and get mug shots of all the people in the choir who have been arrested and put them on the back of an album. Kee was then able to finance a demo tape and was signed to the Tyscot Records label.

In he released his debut album, Yes Lord, which was a low-budget effort marked by production glitches. The following year Kee and his choir released There Is Hope.