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In the summer of 2008, P-Duble's life was twisted around his physical and spiritual self like a python around it's prey, when he was forced to face two deaths in the span of one week. One was a member of his immediate family and the other was a lifelong friend.

“Hold On” is a sentimental, yet powerful testimonial from P-dub, that allows him to parlay his thoughts and feelings both from the past and present in one, mesmerizing and poignant package.

With lifetime experience in the rougher districts of town, this self-proclaimed “Naptown Soldah” targets Jesus Christ to the secular crowd, remaining strictly true to street flow and gangsta language. Bass-laden tracks layered with his unique, slow, but yet intriguing flow patter, often supported by nothing more than “stunner” sounding production speaks to the credentials of the artist himself and his self-created production crew Stank Beats. The entire unit comes from the self-contained Stank Records label, which shows considerable similarity to Tonéx’s MSS Records in terms to its ‘go it on your own’ philosophy.

The background of this artist deserves attention, as it truly helps to explain where his ministry is at. Despite an early church background, P-Duble became deeply rooted in the gangsta lifestyle. Hear it in his own words:

He goes on to explain his realization that God gave him his musical talents for a purpose: “To reach those that are being reached and are entrapped by a life and environment that seems so overwhelming, with His message. A message of hope, love and salvation. I also want to let them know that I thought there was no way out, but I found a new life, a new truth, and a new way of living. A life of hope and love, a truth of salvation and eternal life, and a new way of living; all with the support of believers and others just like me and just like them, who have been redeemed by the blood of Jesus. They say on the streets, 'once you in, you can't get out. Once you put in work, you all about work, you will always put in work!' I always believed that and felt I would be down until I die. I was! I was down until I died, or should I say, my flesh died. Now, I have been reborn as a new person, but I am still puttin’ in work! No one can take that from me. God left parts of me intact, so I can relate to the thugs. So I can feel with the hustlas. So I can understand these street youth. So I can implement the plan He has laid before me."

The Indianapolis native has silently been building what is currently an unknown Christian Ministry powerhouse, which has been gradually kick-started and revved-up troughout 2009. However, patience is a virtue that he has learned to possess. His moniker derives from what he was called when he was younger: "They (older girls) thought I was cute like a teddy-bear, so they called me Lil' Pookie," P-Duble stated. "I began using that when I would freestyle and was spellin' it out a lot. As I grew and matured; musically, physically and emotionally, I eventually cut it short and just began to use 'Pookie.'"

"Then I shortened it up again to "Pooc," still spelling it out, ya' know, P-double O-C...," added P-Duble. "Eventually I just dropped the whole nickname moniker and took the "p-double" out of what I was spellin' to create "P-Duble. It's even growin' into "P-dub" and juz' plain "P" or "dub," he concluded.