Hezekiah Walker

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Hezekiah Walker
Background information
Birth name	Hezekiah Xavier Walker, Jr.
Also known as	"Hez" or "Hezzie"
Origin	Brooklyn, New York
Genre(s)	gospel music
Occupation(s)	writer, director, minister
Years active	1990-present
Label(s)	Benson Records Verity Records

Pastor Hezekiah Walker is a popular American gospel music artist and pastor of prominent Brooklyn New York megeachurch Love Fellowship Tabernacle. ^[1] ^[2] Walker has released several albums on Benson Records and Verity Records as Hezekiah Walker & The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir.

1 Biography
2 Discography
3 Trivia
4 References
5 External link

[edit] Biography

In 2001, Hezekiah & The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir were nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Best Gospel Artist, Traditional on the strength of the album Love Is Love! The group has won Grammy Awards for Best Gospel Album By Choir Or Chorus twice: once for Live in Atlanta at Morehouse College (1994), and once for Love Is Live! (2001).

Separate from The Love Fellowship Crusade Choir, Walker's LFT Church Choir released an album entitled Recorded Live At Love Fellowship Tabernacle in 1998. LFT Church Choir was more youthful and hip-hop leaning ensemble than its predecessor and its album hit the Top 5 of Billboard's Gospel Chart^[3] and was nominated for a Grammy Award the same year.^[4].

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

I'll Make It (Sweet Rain, 1989)
Oh Lord We Praise You (Sweet Rain, 1991)
Focus On Glory (A&M, 1992)
Live In Toronto (Verity, 1993)
Live in Atlanta At Morehouse College (Benson, 1994)
Live In New York By Any Means Necessary (Benson, 1995)
Live In London (Verity, 1997)
Recorded Live at Love Fellowship Tabernacle (Verity, 1998) - by Hezekiah Walker & The LFT Church Choir
Family Affair (Verity, 1999)
Love Is Live! (Verity, 2001)
Family Affair, Vol. 2: Live at Radio City Music Hall (Verity, 2002)
20/85 The Experience (Verity, 2005)

[edit] Compilations

Gospel Greats (Benson, 1995)
Nothing But The Hits (Verity, 2003)

[edit] Singles

"99½" (Benson, 1995) - Cassette Single
"Let's Dance" (Jive/Verity, 1999) - CD Single/12" Single

[edit] Trivia

Walker is sometimes affectionately referred to as "the Hip-Hop Pastor" due to the number of high-profile secular hip-hop recording artists who attend his church, such as Lil' Kim and Sean "Diddy" Combs.^[5]