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Orlando, FL

What Do You Do?

Rap, Visual Arts

What Do You Do? (other)

Producer, event organizer, tour planner, Poetry

About Me:

I was born, Ricardo Jerome Butler, in Orlando, FL on, December 12th, 1978. I picked up my love for hip hop around the year of 85' when my uncle used to play Run DMC and D.J. Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince records. I grew up around bass music like DJ. Magic Mike before it turned into the booty (then unto crunk) movement. I started off in hip hop as a graffiti artist, then into hip hop dancing and afterwards a little break dancing. But after I heard the Nas/Illmatic album New Years Eve in 1994-95, I declared myself a rapper and hadn't wrote one single rhyme.

Earlier on in life I did poetry and won a lot of the contest in middle school. But I had no idea I actually liked to do it. The Illmatic album captivated me. Around that time Christ had been calling me prior to that, but I didn't understand the going to church thing, why all the division, different denominations, or doctrinal differences, or anything like that. The only place where I saw unity was in the streets among the gang members. I joined the Black Gangsta Disciples and ran with folk nation all the way up to prison. (I will explain more on that story later on below.)

Anyway, I picked Bishop as my first rap name. The reason why I changed it to Reason is a whole other story. But I started out with a group of three. We called ourselves Physiological Ruckus. It was me, Mygrane (who is now part of Open Campaign), and Skrapie (who is now past away, RIP). Then I and Mygrane became Mental Dizkreshon with DJ Murdoc (who is now the other half of Open Campaign, now do you get that picture?). So I got married had a daughter, served in the Army for 3 years, all the while still doing hip hop for fun, not looking for a record deal. (And I’m still not looking for a record deal. My record deal came from Jesus anyway).

Finally my life took a turn for the worst. I caught a domestic battery charge fighting my former wife, and ended up in the system. Then I ended up violating my probation. The judge sentenced me to 18 months in prison. The same day I was sentenced was the same day God showed me without a doubt in my heart and mind that He had been calling me. And I just said to myself I couldn't run from God's call anymore. So actually, I didn't start really following and walking with the Lord until 2004.

My life was basically a Jonah story. I missed my mark when I was younger. But now the Lord got me back on track. When I was in prison, I asked the Lord, "How can I still do rap anymore?" My heart was still dirty, and my tongue was full of bad words. I haven't even heard Christian hip hop before. So I had nothing to like motivate me or something to show me how to do it.

At the time I asked the Lord that question, I was reading the call of Moses. God had asked Moses what was in his hand. And Moses told God he had the staff or rod. And God asked me a similar question. He said "What's in your hand Ricardo." I said a pencil and some paper. He said "Just write, I'll do the rest." In one week I had wrote the entire "God's Armor" album. And after I looked over it, I could not take any credit for it. I fell on my face and cried like Peter did in front of Jesus on Peter's boat concerning the fishing net situation. God asked me, "Did you ever wonder why you know and quote so much of My Scriptures, and people come up to you and ask you how did you learn all those Scriptures, and you said you didn't know, that they just seemed to pop into your head." I said yea. And God was like, "I did that, so that when you wrote your songs all you would be doing is rapping My Words, the Scriptures."

And that was the day when Reason Disciple (now called only ReAsOn) and God's Armor Ministries were born. It was January 8th, 2005 when that took place. And God has blessed me with a new godly wife as well and three more children. Now I have 3 beautiful girls and a son in my life that God has placed in my care. And I will continue to follow Christ as He leads, guides, and corrects me.

I just want the opportunity to share with you all the Good News of the Kingdom of God as I have learned it from God by way of Christ Jesus’ Spirit. But before I go into the Good News of the Kingdom of God, I would like to share with you my ministry and mission statements. This IS an attempt to overrule denominational distinctive. And it is a means for hip hop evangelicals of varying denominational or genre persuasions to unite in the simple truths and proclamation of the Good News through music.

Website:

http://www.freewebs.com/reasondisciple

Favorite Duck Down Artist(s):

Buckshot, Black Moon, Boot Camp Clik, Da Beatminerz, Heltah Skeltah, O.G.C., Sean Price, Smif N Wessun, Ruste Juxx, KRS-One, 9th Wonder, Khrysis

Favorite Music:

Hip Hop in all forms and genres except commercial!

"STREET B.A.S.S. MIXTAPE VOL. 1" OUT NOW FOR FREEDOWNLOAD!!!

Let me know if you need ANYTHING, Christ bless you!!!ReAsOn the ApOsToLiC PoEt©"STREET B.A.S.S. (Block Attitude Still Spiritual) MIXTAPE VOL 1 OUT NOW!!! (CLICK 4 FREE DOWNLOAD)!

M.I.C. Assembly Orlando Hip Hop Church:"Teaching God's Message of the coming Kingdom through Rhythm And Poetry!" (Col. 3:16-17, R.A.P. Version). As a messenger of Christ I am to tell the hip hop culture that God is not mad at them and the reason why is because God has DONE IT ALL. First He changed ME from an enemy into His friend through sending Christ to die in our place. And then He gave me the job of making others His friends also. And I MUST tell them that God IS MAKING EVERYBODY IN THE WHOLE WORLD HIS FRIENDS BY WHAT CHRIST DID, AND THAT GOD ISN'T COUNTING THEIR SINS AGAINST THEM ANY LONGER. And He has given ME the Message which tells people that GOD HAS MADE THEM HIS FRIENDS so that they all will be adopted as children of God.

Dead To Flesh Records Presents ...
Loyal & ReAsOn
STREET B.A.S.S.
(Block Attitude Still Spiritual)
Mixtape Vol. 1

TRACK LIST ORDER:

01 Street B.A.S.S. (Intro)02 Don't Owe Anything (DOA)03 On And On (We're Moving)04 What I'm Talkin' About05 The Truth Is Back06 Inspiration07 Still Fly08 Answering Back09 Above The Clouds (Elevated Positions)10 Bout Me Pt 311 Let It Go (Starvation)12 I'm Goin' In (Interlude)13 U Could Be There14 Renegade15 Hold On16 Roc Da Mic17 Thank You18 Overtime19 Do The Right Thing (Outro)20 Go Hard [**Bonus Track**]This is a Jesus Christ Inspired Dead 2 Flesh Records Project

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ILLUSTRATED PICTURES

[Revealing God's Plan for the Church from the Old Testament]

This paper was prompted off a prophectic vision and word given to me from the Lord about the things that will take place before His Second Coming.

A lot of our brothers and sisters in Christ, as well as a few fake Christians have put their hands in on this. I haven't read many of them, but I have noticed a pattern in all of them. Some are bibilical and some are not. Me personally, God created me to be sort of a… Continue

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