2Face Humble & Riteous

Location:
FONTANA, California, US
Type:
Artist / Band / Musician
Genre:
Christian Rap / Hip Hop / Gospel
Site(s):
Label:
B.U.M. (BIND'EM UP MUSIC)
Type:
Indie
I made my myspace layout using Pimp-My-Profile.com2FACE IS A RAP DUO MADE UP OF TWIN BROTHERS, JEROME ROBERT SAXTON AND TYRONE JOSEPH SAXTON. HUMBLE AND RITEOUS, AS THEY ARE NOW CALLED, WERE BORN IN LOS ANGELES, CA DURING THE HEART OF THE CRACK COCAINE AND GANG EPIDEMIC. DUE TO THE LOSS OF THEIR FATHER IN A TRAGIC ACCIDENT, THE TWO BOYS WERE RAISED BY A SINGLE MOTHER. WITH FIVE OTHER YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE HOME, THE ABSENCE OF A FATHER WOULD HELP SHAPE AND DEFINE THEM AS THEY INTEGRATED INTO THE MOSTLY FATHERLESS COMMUNITIES OF LA GANGS, DRUGS AND VIOLENCE. GOD, AS THEY WOULD SOON DISCOVER, HAD OTHER PLANS FOR THEIR LIVES.

THE TWINS’ MOTHER WAS A HARD WORKER WHO CONSISTENTLY AIMED TO PROVIDE THE BEST FOR HER SEVEN CHILDREN, SENDING THEM TO CHURCH SO THEY WOULD GROW UP KNOWING AND LOVING GOD AS SHE DID. AT THE AGE OF 12, HUMBLE AND RITEOUS BEGAN LIVING THE GANG LIFE. THEY LEARNED THE STREET GAME FAST AND LOVED IT. DRUG TRAFFICKING, SEX, MARIJUANA AND ALCOHOL WERE EVER PRESENT IN THIS NEW COMPANY.



AS RITEOUS AND HUMBLE GREW UP, THEY BECAME SERIOUS JUVENILE DELINQUENTS, IN AND OUT OF COURT AND ALWAYS WORRYING THEIR MOTHER. AFTER MULTIPLE INCIDENTS AND THE TWINS’ DANGEROUS ENCOUNTER WITH A RIVAL GANG, THEIR MOTHER WAS FED UP AND RELOCATED THE FAMILY TO SAN BERNARDINO, CA TO START OVER. EVEN IN A NEW CITY, FINDING TROUBLE WAS NOT HARD FOR 2FACE, WHO WAS STILL LIVING THE GANG LIFE AND FREQUENTING THEIR OLD NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY BEGAN HANGING OUT AT NIGHTCLUBS AND GETTING INTO FIGHTS. ONE NIGHT, AFTER HOURS OF PARTYING, THE TWO GOT IN AN ALTERCATION IN THE PARKING LOT OF A CLUB, AND WOULD LATER BE THE TARGET OF A HIT AND RUN ASSAULT. HUMBLE WAS STRUCK BY THE CAR. HE, AGAINST ALL ODDS, LIVED THROUGH THE EVENT, BUT SUFFERED SEVERE INJURIES. AT HIS BROTHER’S BEDSIDE, JEROME PRAYED THAT THEIR LIVES WOULD BE CHANGED—NEITHER OF THEM COULD HANDLE ALMOST LOSING EACH OTHER AGAIN.

CHANGE WAS NOT EASY, BUT IT NEVER IS. HUMBLES’ MOTHER TOOK CARE OF HIM EVERYDAY WHILE HE REHABILITATED, READING HIM SCRIPTURES FROM THE BIBLE AND TAKING HIM TO CHURCH. HEARING HIS MOTHER AND BROTHERS PRAYERS EACH DAY, IGNITED A FIRE IN HIM. EVENTUALLY, 2FACE BEGAN ATTENDING CHURCH WITH THEIR MOTHER TO GET BETTER ACQUAINTED WITH THEIR LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST. HUMBLE SOON DEVOTED HIS TIME TO MINISTRY, AND RITEOUS BECAME HEAVILY INVOLVED IN A LOCAL CHURCH.

AFTER BEING SAVED FOR A FEW YEARS, HUMBLE AND RITEOUS WERE BLESSED WITH A VISION OF THEIR TESTIMONY REACHING AND UPLIFTING OTHER TROUBLED YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN. IN 2003, THEY BEGAN RAPPING AND SOON HAD CREATED A MUSIC LABEL, BIND‘EM UP MUSIC, CELEBRATING MATTHEW 18:18. “COVERED IN HIS BLOOD”, THEIR FIRST ALBUM, FEATURING AN AMAZING COLLECTION OF 15 INSPIRATIONAL SONGS, BECAME A REALITY. WITH THAT TESTIMONY, 2FACE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TOUCH THE HEARTS OF THOUSANDS OF YOUNG PEOPLE OF ALL CULTURES AND ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS. IN 2009, 2FACE RELEASED THEIR SOPHOMORE ALBUM, “NEVER GOING BACK”, FEATURING 12 ALL NEW TRACKS PROCLAIMING THE VICTORY IN JESUS CHRIST. HUMBLE AND RITEOUS HAVE FOUND THEIR PLACE IN THE HAND OF GOD, HENCE THE TITLE, “NEVER GOING BACK”, REFERENCING HEBREWS 11:14-16.



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