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01. Welcome to Censorship
02. Yall Done Slipped Up
03. Kept My Heart Humbled
04. Who We Are
05. I'm So High
06. Throw Your Hand Up
07. Remember The Whips
08. We Are At War
09. Hollaback
10. Applause
11. Wedding Day
12. Live In Brooklyn
13. We Miss You
14. Can't Stop
15. Jesus |
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Held at gunpoint with thieves rummaging through their house, Richie
experienced a world where people are harsh. His newborn sister's
life was threatened and his father's life was endangered by thieves
who believed that his father being a Pastor, would have much wealth.
They were mistaken for they only left with his parents' wedding
rings. That night Richie saw the world through the eyes of a seven-year-old.
In one night he saw fear, terror, tears, and God's faithfulness.
Little did he know that bullets in various forms, whether they be
criticisms, loss of a relatives, disappointment, etc, would pass
his way, but would miss him because of Jesus Christ.
Richard Mohammed Ishmael was born a Pastor's son in the country
of Guyana, South America. His dad was the Pastor of a church called
Eccles assembly of God.
At around age 11 Richie and his family migrated to the United States
where they settled in Queens NY. There Richie quickly fell in love
with the hip hop culture which was rapidly growing in America.
Typical of teenagers, Richie began to feel that he knew everything
and his father and him grew apart. And when Richie and his dad finally
began to develop a relationship his father died in front of him.
During this time Richie went through a time of sorrow and questioning.
His faith in Christ took a strong blow; He was doing music but it
was not "real" to him. He, during this time eventually
went on to get a girl pregnant out of wedlock. Now he was faced
with the decision of whether or not he should abort his unborn child.
Concerns, fears and thoughts ran though his head: he was in the
church and a known artist locally; how could he go about telling
people that he got a girl pregnant?
The choice of abortion seemed to be the best one but then God stepped
in and said "Enough". God and Richie made an agreement
that if he kept the baby, God would take care of the child. Richie
from then on became Righteous and kept the child. Today his son,
Sehven, is three years old and Richie is happily married to his
son's mother, Sherry-ann Ishmael aka Lady Righteous. Today him,
his wife, his son and newly born daughter minister the gospel wherever
they go as a family. God has brought this Richie a long way and
will continue to.
Today Richie Righteous is an MC who simply spits for the great-
"I AM" and un-relentlessly tells what's "the real".
His music transcends what's "normal", or "religiously
accepted", he spits for Christ and Christ alone with no compromise.
He has started a label known as Righteous Entertainment, whose goal
is to "Flood the Market with the Gospel", a vision to
take back music for Christ and flood the music industry and the
world with the Gospel of Christ.
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