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JAMES W. SMITH JR. WAS BORN IN SYLVESTER GA., IN HIS GREAT GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE. AT AGE 5, HE STARTED TRAVELING WITH HIS FATHER’S BAND. HE SPENT HIS EARLY YEARS GROWING UP IN SYLVESTER /ALBANY GA. HIS FAMILY TRAVELED TO BELLE GLADE, FLORIDA, EVERY FALL, TO WORK IN THE FIELD. HIS FATHER WAS A TRUCK DRIVER/MUSICIAN AND MOTHER PACKED CELERY . LATER, HIS FAMILY MOVED TO BELLE GLADE, FL AND FROM BELLE GLADE TO PAHOKEE, FLORIDA. AT THAT TIME, HIS FATHER (JW SMITH) LOST ONE OF HIS LEAD SINGERS AND JAMES URGED HIM TO LET HIM FILL THE VACANT SPOT. AT FIRST, HIS FATHER DIDN’T THINK HE WAS READY BECAUSE HE WAS ONLY 10 YEARS OLD, AND HE WAS BEING TRAINED TO PLAY DRUMS. JAMES DIDN’T WANT TO PLAY DRUMS BECAUSE THE DRUMMER , WHO’S NAME WAS DAVID BETTS, WAS THE BEST DRUMMER HE HAD SEEN PLAY THE SET. HE WANTED DAVID TO PLAY FOR HIM. SO, ONE NIGHT HIS FATHER GAVE HIM AN OPPORTUNITY TO PERFORM LIVE ON STAGE, IN A NIGHT CLUB. HE PERFORMED ONE OF JAMES BROWN’S GREATEST HITS, AND THE AUDIENCE REALLY EMBRACED HIS STAGE PRESENCE AND HIGH ENERGY PERFORMANCE. IT DIDN’T TAKE LONG FOR HIS FATHER TO SEE THAT HE WAS THE STAR OF THAT SHOW. HE CONTINUED TO TRAVEL THROUGHOUT FLORIDA AND GEORGIA SINGING IN NIGHT CLUBS.

WHEN JAMES REACHED HIS 15TH BIRTHDAY HE DIDN’T WANT TO SING WITH HIS FATHERS BAND ANY LONGER. HE BEGAN TO PLAY FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, SING IN THE JR CHORUS/ GENERAL CHORUS/ CHORALE ENSEMBLE, CHURCH CHIOR AND HE PLAYED DRUMS IN THE STAGE BAND. JAMES ATTENDED FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY/ PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY, WHERE HE GRADUATED WITH A “BS” DEGREE IN EDUCATION. NOW, HE LIVES IN RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA.

OVER THE YEARS, JAMES HAS PUT TOGETHER VARIOUS GROUPS/ LIVE BANDS THAT HAS PLAYED AT CONCERTS, FESTIVALS, AND NIGHT CLUBS. HE HAS SHARED THE STAGE WITH ARTIST SUCH AS JIMMY “BO”
HORNE, SHIRLEY MURDOCK, SILK, AND COMEDIAN SINBAD, AND MANY , MANY MORE. IN 1992, STREET LIFE GOT THE BEST OF HIM. HE FOUGHT THAT LIFESTYLE FOR YEARS BEFORE GIVING IN TO SELLING DRUGS, USING DRUGS, AND CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS. EVENTUALLY, HE LOST HIS FAMILY, JOB, GROUP/ BAND,
CARS, HOME, CLOTHES, AND ALL OF HIS ORIGINAL SONGS. BUT, THEN CAME “JESUS’ AND RESCUED HIM AND SET HIM FREE. AND NOW , “HE IS WORKING FA JESUS.”

JAMES IS A MEMBER OF THE BIBLE CHURH OF GOD, INC. HIS OVERSEER IS BISHOP SYLVESTER BANKS SR., AND HIS PASTOR IS BISHOP ROBERT L. BANKS JR. HE WORKS WITH THE MASS CHOIR, PRAISE AND WORSHIP TEAM, YOUTH MINISTRY, SOUND EQUIPMENT, AND TRANSPORTATION MINISTRY. HE IS OPERATING IN THE KINGDOM AS A SON/ BROTHER/DEACON, AND MAN OF GOD. IN 1995, HE JOINED THE BIBLE CHURCH OF GOD, INC. HIS PASTOR, ROBERT L. BANKS JR., TOOK HIM UNDER HIS WINGS AND TAUGHT HIM TRUTH, HOW TO PRAISE AND WORSHIP GOD, AND HOW TO OPERATE IN THE GOD’S KINGDOM. RON “BUTTERMILK” BANKS SR. HAS BEEN VERY INSTRUMENTAL IN SPENDING TIME WITH HIM AND HELPING HIM TO MAKE THE TRANSITION INTO GOSPEL MUSIC. HIS MUSIC MINISTRY HAS EDIFIED PEOPLE FROM MIAMI TO CANADA. HIS MAIN FOCUS IS TO WIN THE LOST FOR CHRIST.

JAMES SMITH HAS SHARED THE STAGE WITH JOHN P. KEE ( VIP CONFERENCE IN MIAMI) KAREN CLARK SHEARD, TY TRIBETT AND “GA” , SHIRLEY CEASAR, THE WILLIAM BROTHERS, VICKIE WINANS, ELDER JIMMY HICKS AND THE VOICES OF INTEGRITY, DAMALI, REV. TIMOTHY WRIGHT, KEITH “WONDERBOY” JOHNSON AND THE LIST GOES ON. JAMES IS AN ARTIST/ SONG-WRITER WHO REFUSES TO COMPROMISE THE GOSPEL OF CHRIST. HE RELEASED 2 SINGLES: ( #9 IN THE GOSPEL TRUTH MAGAZINE AND #10 IN THE GOSPEL USA MAGAZINE). JAMES SMITH AND NUBIRTH APPEARED ON TBN, TV12 ( WPEC) AND TV61. JAMES SMITH AND NUBIRTH WAS NOMINATED AND WON THE COMTEMPORARY GROUP OF THE YEAR IN THE 2006 SOUTH FLORIDA GOSPEL MUSIC AWARD CEREMONY.

HE SET ME FREE
WHO YA WORKING FA?
FULL LENGTH CD WILL BE RELEASED 2007

BOTH OF THESE SONGS HAVE DONE GREAT ON THE AIRWAYS THROUGHOUT THE NATION. HIS SOUND IS MORE ON A FUNKY, R&B, HIP HOP, JAZZ, AND GOSPEL TIP. HIS SONGS HAS TRANSCENDED ACROSS VARIOUS AGES AND RACES. GOD HAS ANOINTED HIM TO CONVEY HIS MESSAGE AND TO LEAD HIS PEOPLE INTO PRAISE AND WORSHIP. HE BRINGS HIGH ENERGY TO HIS LIVE PERFORMANCE. MOST IMPORTANTLY, SINNERS TAKE THE TIME TO LISTEN TO THE MESSAGE IN HIS MUSIC.

IN THE FUTURE, KEEP YOUR EYES AND EARS OPEN FOR THIS UP AND RISING MAN OF GOD. HE BELIEVES IN CALLING THOSE THINGS THAT BE NOT AS THOUGH THEY WERE ( ROMANS 4:17). HE BELIEVES THAT DEATH AND LIFE IS IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE ( PROVERBS 18:21). HE BELIEVES THAT ALL THINGS WORK T0GETHER FOR THE GOOD OF THOSE THAT LOVE GOD AND ARE THE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE ( ROMANS 8:28). HE BELIEVES THAT GOD HAS ALREADY BLESSED HIM AND WILL CONTINUE TO ENLARGE HIS TERRITORY ( 1 CHRONICLES 4:10). HE BELIEVES HE CAN DO ALL THINGS THROUGH CHRIST WHO STRENGTHEN HIM ( PHIL 4:13). HE BELIEVES THAT OBEDIENCE IS BETTER THAN SACRIFICE ( 1 SAM. 15:22). PRAY FOR THIS SON OF GOD, MAN OF GOD, AND ARTIST/ SONGWRITER. HIS GOAL IS TO REACH AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE. HE SAID, “ I’M GOING TO LEAVE A MARK THAT CAN’T BE ERASED, WHICH WILL MINISTER TO PEOPLE WHILE I’M IN HEAVEN.” LIKE I SAID, PRAY AND KEEP YOUR EYES AND EARS OPEN FOR HIS UP AND COMING PROJECT. MAY GOD BLESS YOU FOR READING THIS BIO!

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