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Rapper, SON, born Terrell Dwayne Batson has been writing since the age of 8. From poetry to songs, he started to develop a passion for the art of music. Growing up in San Francisco in Bayview, Hunter’s Point where violence occurred often. Growing up in this environment where a lot of young men were naturally drawn to the street life including himself. But as God would have it and the prayers of his mother, Terrell would eventually give his life to the Lord at the young age of 15. Not neglecting his gift of writing, he started writing about his life and past experiences that made him the young man of God, he turned out to be. Without profanity, he expressed his emotions through his talent and adopted the name Young Ghost (God’s Humbly Ordained Spiritual Teacher). He has been through many different groups throughout his journey. Starting with a group called The M.O.G (Men of God), with another member from his church. Then was put into a group called, The Way, with two other members in his ministry, CJ Storey and K.Two. Later changing the group name to Proper Dosage, then eventually parting ways. When he was 19 he stopped rapping for a while due to discouragement and doubt. But the passion never left, he soon returned to what he loved to do, he had written two full mixtapes, that he never recorded. Feeling like he was at the end of the road, he decided to make a change lyrically and step it up a notch. Which started with the name change to SON. From age 20 to 21, SON had written over 2 dozen songs , continuously preparing himself for his future mixtape that was slated to be called State of Emergency, Vol 1. With the support of his boys, SON and a close friend of his, Crossover, started an indie record label entitled "Forever A Movement Entertainment", F.A.M.E for short. Since then, he has changed his mixtape from "State of Emergency, Vol 1" to "The Rising of The Son Vol.1", which is one of three installments in "The Rising Chronicles". SON is looking to release all three mixtapes before the summer of 2008, preparing for his debut album entitled, "Kingdom", which is guaranteed to be released on 8.8.08.
Please do not mistake SON as a "Gospel Rapper", he is simply a rapper who happens to be a devout Christian...
"I don’t rap for people in the church cuz they already saved! I do it for the people in the streets who don’t see a way out, cuz that’s where i came from ya dig?"
....who expresses himself through what he believes, and how he lives.
"I’m just waiting for that big break, in other words, waiting on God to see if that’s his Will for me. Shout out to everyone in our genre who influenced me, Easop, who has been the pioneer to me, CJ Storey aka Inferno, k.TWO/Samtrackz Productions, 316, Mike, BC, Sevin, Spec, Cross Movement everybody. Keep it Movin! My closest homies The F.A.M: CrossOver, D-Hood, C.Hu$tle, J Lev, Ba$$, KritaCal, keep ya head up. People who inspired me before I was a Christian (never forget where u came from) 2Pac, DMX, Jay-Z, Nas, Lil Wayne, Cassidy, and before all of the names above, I do it for a name above all names and that’s My Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, the author and finisher of my faith. As I said, I used to be Young Ghost, but I changed it because a Ghost represents the spirit of the deceased and now that I’ve died of my old ways and habits, I am now risen as a new creature, such as Christ did on the cross. He died and gave up the ’Ghost’ and rose as the Son of God again, I ain’t saying I’m Jesus, Oh Noooooo! I’m saying, he was the perfect example of my life, therefore I had to die and give up Young Ghost, so that SON could live. I am a Child of God, a Son of God, was a Prince of the City, now a Son of a King. God Bless." |
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