Hostyle Gospel

Hostyle Gospel
King Soloman (left), MC Jin, Proverb and Big Job (right) at the Flavor Fest Urban Leadership Conference 2014
Background information
Also known as	Hostile Gospel, HG, Elite M.O.C.
Origin	Champaign, Illinois, United States
Genres	Christian hip hop, hardcore hip hop, crunk
Years active	2003 (2003)–present
Labels	Hostyle Gospel Ministries
Associated acts	Bobby Jones (singer), Lamorax, Gemstones, Jarrett Johnson, Fred Lynch, P.I.D., John Givez
Website	hostylegospel.com
Members	King Solomon Proverb Big Job Teckniek Kamikaze Hdavid Garcia

King Solomon

Hostyle Gospel is an American Christian hip hop group from Champaign, Illinois. Its members include Demetrius Morton (King Soloman), Raynard Glass (Proverb), and Fontaine Pizza (Big Job). Hostyle Gospel is best known for their aggressive Christian rap style. The group is also known for creating their own sound called Christian battle music, which also can be referred to as Christian war music or The Hostyle Gospel sound.

Hostyle Gospel was formed in 2003 from a central Illinois group known as Elite M.O.C. It originally only had two members: Raynard Glass and Demetrius Morton. However, Fontaine Pizza joined the band in 2005. It also has several other members who work on music production, graphic design, and website management.

In 2013, Hostyle Gospel got together with the Champaign School of Music and hosted the Family Rock Jam Session for the Community of Champaign/Urbana. The event was the first Christian hip hop performance for an educational program in a Champaign community. After the success of the Family Rock Jam Session, the group made their first radio appearance on 97.9 Jamz WJWZ with their single Break. Later that year, Hostyle Gospel's album Desperation was featured in the gospel magazine Gospel Synergy in a list of new artists and new music to watch out for. On October 11, Hostyle Gospel performed with Christian rappers KB (rapper), Da' T.R.U.T.H., MC Jin at Flavor Fest Urban Leadership Conference 2014 in Tampa, Florida. To date, Hostyle Gospel has released three studio albums, four mixtapes and has worked with many of the top names in the Christian industry. The group is also being guided and mentored by Christian rap legend Fred Lynch from the Christian hip hop group P.I.D. On April 19, 2016 Hostyle Gospel teamed up with Christian Rapper John Givez and released a single titled Skittles & Iced Tea that talked about the Trayvon Martin/George Zimmerman case. The song addressed the importance of Freedom, Liberty, Justice and human rights for Americans. The group also teamed up with hip hop artist Gemstones and released a single entitled "Clap" which debuted on June 8, 2016.