Babyface, Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Dr. Dre, Kirk Franklin, Fred Hammond, Commissioned, Mystical, R. Kelly, T-Bone, GoodieMob, Shirley Ceasar and Outcast
In early 2001, Halo was introduced to Reign through a meeting of artists and producers. The two were headed down different paths. Halo, (Harold L. Watkins), a gospel artist/producer working on a solo album and Reign, (Kenneth L. Heflin Jr.), a rapper seeking success in the secular world. The two didn't realize at that time the true purpose of their meeting nor did they anticipate that they would one day minister on the same stage, at the same time, performing the same songs. Halo was seeking to bring in other artists on his solo project and Reign was one of the artists he brought in. The song "It Just Ain't Right" was the first they worked on and it was a great success. The song received so much praise that Halo decided to ask Reign to join him, rap for Jesus, and leave "that other stuff" alone. Reign, who was raised in the church, made a conscious decision to turn his life around. He re-dedicated his life to Christ and is now rapping fire for the Lord. The duo has performed in a variety of cities throughout Florida including Jacksonville, Delray Beach, Ft. Lauderdale, Hollywood, North Miami, Carol City, Perrine, Richmond Heights, Homestead and Florida City. They have performed at The 2002 Gosplosion, Billboard Live A&R "I just want my music heard" convention, The Vagina Monologues, Shout fest 2003 and many churches.
The most amazing thing about Halo in the music world is this. He produced this entire album using the Sony Playstation/MTV Music Generator. No one believes it........
Halo is a veteran of gospel music. He actually started listening to gospel music as an infant. One reason was that his mother wouldn't let him listen to anything else. Halo went from pretending to be a star with his cousin as a child to singing in the youth choir, young adult choir, male chorus and mass choir at his church. He was raised an A.M.E. and participated in the YPD (Young Peoples Department) where he sang with the conference choir. Upon graduation from high school, Harold founded an a-capella group named "The Bodison Singers" after his pastor at the time. The group later became know as "5-in-1 Gospel Singers" which meant: Five souls in one accord. This group went on for seven years and received numerous awards and honors. Some of the more prestigious awards were a proclamation from the mayor of the City of Miami declaring February 13, 1991 as "Five-In-One Day" and a first place trophy grand prize for the "1990 McDonald's Gospelfest." Harold also sang in two college choirs: Miami-Dade Community College's JUBA Gospel Ensemble and The University of Miami's Inspirational Choir. After the heart breaking separation of the group, Harold put music aside for 8 years. Through many trials and tribulations, Harold remembered what God had revealed to him years earlier. God has given a gift to every man in which they could live by. His was his music. So Harold decided to pick up the pieces forget the past and move forward. With God leading the way and opening doors, Harold met his engineer. Curtis Ballard, the CEO of Demo World Studios in Miami, Florida. Curtis saw what Harold was doing with gospel music and gladly took on the task of recording the album. Thus, Breaking Tradition was recorded and Halo was born.
Reign started rapping at the tender age of 5. His family saw his talent and encouraged him to build upon it. His mother, Michelle, jumped on every opportunity to expose her son's gift to the world. She entered him in numerous talent shows and called several record companies including "Luke Records." Several producers responded and his father began managing him and his brother. The group at that time called D.E.M. consisted of Kenneth, his brother Darius, and friend Michael. They signed a 2 year contract with "Cool Breeze Records." The group then added a member (cousin Wayne) and changed their name to "Dark resurrection." The group recorded 3 songs, Demon Era, Green Vision and Resurrection Represented. Kenneth also became a radio disc jockey and production manager of Cool Rhythms 98 radio station. Although raised in the church, Kenneth had his mind set on being famous in the hip-hop world. However, God had other plans. Although overflowing with skill and experience, Kenneth could never seem to get the deal he was seeking. That's when Reign met Halo. After working together with Halo and hearing the beats he used for his album, Reign brought out some lyrics that weren't bad at all. In fact, they were spiritual, touching and electrifying. After the two completed their second song "Give Him All The Glory." Reign had a spiritual awakening. His eyes were opened to the call which God ordained for him. He remembered his aunt Cynthia who encouraged him to do Christian rap as a teen and his uncle Jim who told him the that God was going to use him one day. Now Reign raps with a new tongue, a new fire and a new mind. Thus, Breaking Tradition was recorded and Reign was born.
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how are you doin? Hope everything is goin well! I need you to do me a favour please: I have a Mixtape project runnin’ bout to drop this summer and I am still lookin for artists, rappers or singers from allover the world! If you are not an artist please help me to distribute this announcement for example if you know some artists or have some in your friends list! Now let me talk about the mixtape: This Mixtape we are planning to release is a giant worldwide promotion action for us and of course for all represented artists too! The whole mixtape is produced by me if anyone is interested in becoming part of it please let me know my email is “Johannes.ruof@hotmail.de” I check my inbox multiple times daily! The artists that want to join the mixtape will give me a short demonstration of their skills, for example just send me your myspace link! So if I am convinced of the talent I will give the artist one of my beats for free, the artist makes the track however he or she wants to, as soon as finished send it back to me, I will produce the Cds here in Germany and send out as many copies as requested. Here’s the only thing for what the artists will have to pay it’s the production costs of the Cds but I will keep them as low as possible and of course one only pays for the amount he or she requests! Please note that I actually have three artists from the United States and therefore am lookin for more artists from other countries! I may take ONE more from the USA but he or she must definitely be outstanding good! So long, wrote a lot, I hope you read it and help me either to spread the word or if you are an artist with your participation on the project! Jay R
Blog May 12, 2009 - Tuesday International Mixtape Project Current mood: curious Category: Music
Welcome everybody!
Thank you that you took the time to visit my profile, check out the tracks and shit!
Today I wanna inform you about my next project starting right now. What I'm talkin bout is a mixtape, but not one of those boring hood mixtapes, this one will be huge, I mean HUUUUUUUUGE, you know what I'm talkin bout!
On this mixtape, I want to have the most talented rappers and singers from all over the world! So if you are interested in becoming part of this movement you can write a short text, best would be with a short demonstration of your skills to johannes.ruof@hotmail.de!
There's one important thing I need you all to know right now: You will not have to pay any money at all! You get one of my beats for free plus you will be represented on a mixtape that will be massively distributed allover the world!
So if you are interested and think you got the skills don't hesitate and contact me if you got any questions send a myspace message I check them daily!
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