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About the Artist
The artist is the Lyrical Preacher (a.k.a. Calen Johnson). Biographical Timeline
October 19, 1983 -- Born to Delzenia V. Hilton and Camero C. Johnson in Forestville, MD.
1987 -- Calen underwent surgery to reduce fluid in his ears and began speech therapy.
1992 -- At age 9 he became a principal actor in plays at Longfields Elementary School aftercare program. Calen developed a strong speaking voice and a photographic memory.
August 2, 1995 -- in a near fatal drowning at a neighborhood pool in Forestville, MD he was saved by a fellow classmate. After recovering he gave his life to Christ at Harvest Temple Church of God and honed his saxophone skills in the church.
1996 -- Calen wrote his first rap song titled "The Valley of Hell" while in 7th grade. He also began playing the saxophone in the Concert Band.
Summer 1996 -- He studied piano, voice and drama at the Back-to-Basics Music Ministry in Forestville, MD owned by Pastor Milt Matthews. Gospel artist Frank Hooker who formerly played piano for Eddie Kendricks in his solo career taught piano and composition.
1996-1997 -- Calen played in the PG County Youth Orchestra.
January 30, 1997 -- Contract was signed with Linda Townsend Management to act professionally.
June 1997 -- Graduated from Thurgood Marshall Middle School. Went to Philadelphia, PA for his first audition for a major motion picture: "Beloved" produced by Walt Disney and Harpo Productions, directed by Oscar award winning director Jonathan Demme.
August 1997 -- Calen began filming "Beloved" in the role of Oprah Winfrey’s 13-year-old son, Buglar. In his principal role he was commended for a wonderful performance by co-stars: Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Thandie Newton and Kimberly Elise to name a few.
Fall 1997 -- Attended Largo High School, still playing the saxophone in the marching and concert bands. His second major professional acting job came as the "Corner Kid" on the episode "Sins of the Father" of the hit police drama "Homicide: Life on the Street" starring Yaphet Kotto. Calen also began to create music in his own home studio.
1999-2001 -- Played in the Ebenezer A.M.E. Church Orchestra, in Ft. Washington, MD under the direction of Bro. Chuck Carthan. He continued acting professionally with roles on "America’s Most Wanted," an Educational commercial and an Industrial film.
Spring 2001 -- By the time Calen graduated from high school he had created over 34 musical pieces -- composing music, singing, rapping and engineering the recordings.
Fall 2001 -- Began matriculation at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA. A music composition major, he plays saxophone in the marching and concert bands. He was named one of three most talented Freshmen and received a trophy.
December 2002 -- Calen chose 16 songs to place on his first CD titled "God’s Time" that was mastered at Omega Studios in Rockville, MD.
Summer 2003 -- Calen and his father/manager, Camero Johnson, entered into a general partnership for a production company Thief In the Night 152 Productions, was inspired by 1st Thessalonians 5:2, "For you know yourselves perfectly well that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night." He continues acting on break from college.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
this is truly a masterpiece,
This review is from: God's Time (Audio CD)
I cannot believe that I slept on this album. If it wasn't for Pandora I would have never known who Lyrical Preacher was. When I heard the track Destination Heaven on Pandora. I was blown away and I instantly got on Amazon to hear the rest of this album. From what I heard so far God's Time is a masterpiece. The production on this album is flawless. It has nice Soul, smooth jazz vibe to it and the message is wonderful by teaching people about God. A lot of today's hip-hop artist can learn from this album on how to put a good album together. If you want a good album period, you need to add God's Time to your collection
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