New talent emerges on UK Hip Hop Gospel scene

|PIC1|J-Silver is the latest talent to emerge on the UK Hip Hop Gospel scene with his newly remodelled debut EP, ‘Who I Be’.

The 26-year-old Londoner – real name Jonathan Findlater – created quite a buzz when he first released the eight-track album in 2006.

Not 100 per cent satisfied with the original version of ‘Who I Be’, he set about studying music production and after earning his diploma went back to remaster the first EP.

The finished product has been released on J-Silver’s own label, J-Silver Productions, and features collaborations with fellow UK Gospel rappers Divine and Katalyst.

Other influences include Gospel rappers T-Bone, Theory Hazit, Braille and Sivion, and underpinning J-Silver’s hip hop is the Word of God.

“My main inspiration is the Gospel and trying to spread it,” he says. ”What I try to do is not be too preachy, but simply talk about the everyday struggles of human life. A lot of what I write comes from my own experience.”

British worship leader Noel Robinson is just one of J-Silver’s fans.

“It’s refreshing to hear the heartbeat of a man who is in tune with the purpose of God. J-Silver captures the rhythm and the pulse of what is happening on the street and speaks back to it in a language that it understands,” says Robinson.

‘Who I Be’ is available from iTunes and other music retailers.

On the web: www.myspace.com/jsilver1
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