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| Ziklag Boyz |
| Country: | United States |
| Releases: | [Deythoughtwewuzplayin' : The EP] [Raw & Uncut : Volume 2] [The Demo] | | Info: | The Ziklag Boyz consisted of three members: Tico Hudson
(also known as Khul Rhema) from Albany, Georgia, Brian
Nichols (also known as King E) of Atlanta, Georgia, and
Matthew Folson (also known as T.A.O.) from Jacksonville,
Florida.
The crew united in 2001 to form Dem Ziklag Boyz and
disbanded in 2005.
Homeless
The start of this Holy Hip Hop trio began with the Word of
the Lord. In 1996, Rhema (founding member of the group and
graduate of Fort Valley State), found himself homeless on
the streets of California, selling drugs and disappointed by
a broken dream of becoming an urban music producer.
Nevertheless, his hope was restored when his uncle told him
about the yoke-destroying power of God.
Kingdom
Hudson then submitted his life to Jesus and heard the clear,
audible voice of God say, "Through you, multitudes will be
ushered into the Kingdom." A few days later, he heard the
voice of God again say, "This is what I want you to do,"
as he listened to Holy Hip Hop music for the first time. He
persisted to develop a relationship with Jesus Christ and
pursue his calling. In the midst of his Christian growth,
the Lord repeatedly showed him a vision of three men
standing unharmed in a fiery furnace with a fourth man who
was undoubtedly Jesus. However, these three men were not
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego of the Bible story found in
Daniel 3. They were the three men who now form Ziklag.
King E.
Four years later, Rhema met King E. In that year, 2000, King
rededicated his life to Jesus. Although he was saved at the
age of five, he did not develop a personal relationship with
Jesus Christ. He appeared to be headed for success as a
graduate of Albany State University and secular rap artist
who promoted positive living.
Blessings
However, he realized that his life was meaningless without
Christ as he heard a message by Dr. Creflo A. Dollar, Jr.,
Senior Pastor of World Changers Church International
entitled, " The Blessing of the Lord Makes One Rich, And He
Adds No Sorrow With It." From this moment forward, he
decided to live for Christ and change his lyrics so that
others would know the message of salvation.
T.A.O.
The third member to join Ziklag in 2001 is T.A.O. An acronym
for Tenacious, Anointed and Optimistic. He also had a dream
of becoming a secular rap artist, but in his pursuit he
embraced a lifestyle of gang violence, hardcore drugs and
alcohol. His vision was blurred by these addictions and
desires of life.
Jail
He was so heavily involved in selling drugs that he was
arrested and spent six months in jail. While in jail, TAO
decided to live a legitmate lifestyle. After his release, he
worked, tried several relationships and eventually traveled
the country as a secular rap artist. Yet, this too failed
and he lost his will to live. Deep inside his heart he knew
that God could fix his situation. So he attended WCCI and
gave his life to Jesus Christ. Since then,
Ziklag Member
TAO has taken a moral stand against the very things that
brought his life to turmoil. In addition, he is now happily
married to Monique Folson, whom he also met at WCCI. TAO
became the final member of the group, which was originally
called MoDan Conquerors.
Demo
In the same year, the group recorded their first demo
entitled, "the Demo, " which included the acclaimed Money
Comin'. It reached the ears of Dr. Dollar who approached
them and said, "God told me to call you Ziklag . . . the
place where David recovered all." They entered into an
agreement with Dr. Dollar for the single and music video,
Money Comin'. As a result, nearly 5,000 copies were sold in
the first six weeks.
Album
Ziklag's first album, Raw and Uncut, Volume 2, was released
June 27, 2003 independently. In 2004 Ziklag was released on
the soundtrack of the Home Video Movie entitled Higher
Ground.
Disbandment
The crew disbanded due to difficulties with sin as Tico
Hudson states in the Ziklag's press release of June
2005:
I am Tico Hudson, aka Khul (pronounced cool) Rhema, the
founder and visionary behind the Ziklag Boyz. I want to
first of all apologize personally to all of you, as I feel
that I have let you down in that I fell to sin. I feel that
I am primarily responsible for the disbanding of Ziklag
because I believe that as the man that God charged with
carrying the vision out, that nothing could have hindered or
destroyed the group unless I allowed it to happen. With my
sins, I opened the door to the enemy and gave him enough
room to come in and steal what has been a blessing and
encouragement to many of you. This fact grieves my heart to
the core. I pray that none of you, especially the kids and
teens, will take this bad example of Christianity and allow
it to deter you from being the person in Christ that God has
created for you to be. With that, I want to encourage you
all to remember that it's not about us anyway. [...]
Compilation
Their last track "Let It Go" as a crew can be found on
Best of the Submissions : volume 2 from 2005.
Source press release: neworldmusic.net/Press/ |
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| Release: | Deythoughtwewuzplayin' : The EP |
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| Media: | [Audio CD] | | Released: | 2004 [ Listen to HHH from this era on Spotify ] |
| Info: | 1. Pep Rally
2. Deythoughtwewuzplayin'
3. It's Your Birthday
4. New Wine
5. Money Comin'
6. Mr. Big Stuff |
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| Release: | Raw & Uncut : Volume 2 |
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| Media: | [Audio CD] | | Released: | 2003 [ Listen to HHH from this era on Spotify ] |
| Info: | 1 Ziklag Boys
2 Raw And Uncut
3 No Weapon
4 Souljah
5 Think About You
6 Last Night
7 New Money
8 Free Yo Mind
9 Ziklag Boyz
10 L.O.V.E.
11 Da Kingdom
12 Money Comin' Remix |
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| Release: | The Demo |
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| Media: | [Audio CD] | | Released: | 2001 [ Listen to HHH from this era on Spotify ] |
| Recordlabel: | Indie (Independant Release) |
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