Stephen Wiley
Stephen Wiley (born 1958) is an American
Biography
Wiley was born in 1958 and grew up in Muskogee, Oklahoma. A University of Oklahoma graduate, Wiley began a career as a jazz drummer in 1979. By 1982, Wiley was performing rap music with Christian lyrics, and in 1984 he took a job as chaplain at a juvenile detention center.[2] In 1985, Wiley released the album Bible Break, the title track of which received airplay on Christian radio.[3] A 1988 article in Spin magazine nicknamed Wiley the "Grandmaster of God".[2][4] Bible Break was later acknowledged as the first Christian rap album by T-Bone in his 2002 song "Our History".[1]
Wiley would later serve as assistant pastor/youth minister at the predominantly-black Crenshaw Christian Center in Los Angeles, CA under
Discography
- Bible Break (Brentwood Music, 1985)
- Rappin for Jesus (Brentwood Music, 1986)
- Rap it Up (Brentwood Music, 1987)
- Get Real (Brentwood Music, 1989)
- Rhythm and Poetry (StarSong Records, 1990)
- Rhapsody (StarSong Records, 1991)
Citations
- ^ a b c "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2011. Retrieved October 6, 2011.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Page 3 - ^ ISBN 1-56563-679-1.
- ISBN 9780739172360.
- Spin Magazine. p. 22.
- ^ "Pastor's Corner". Praise Center Family Church. Retrieved March 17, 2011.
- ^ "Center for Christian Ministry Staff". Bacone College. Retrieved March 17, 2011.