Shammah Returns To #MusicLov3rz July!

May 29, 2022

Shammah is a Christian rap artist who was born in Guyana, South America, and migrated to New York City at a young age. He began to minister for the Lord Jesus Christ, shortly after being saved at the age of twenty. He says, "God rescued me from hell at the age of twenty. This was a very tender time for a young man to give up partying, chasing girls, porn, and the love of this world. He delivered me from deep involvement in the worship of false gods, due to the occult that I grew up in, through my ancestry.

I was very impressed and in love with the streets and the things it seemed to offer, but Jesus saved me before I went very deep. I was never a gangster or a drug dealer; God simply allowed me to grow up in the urban community to learn it's language (knowing that He would save me and use me to communicate His glorious gospel to it). I've seen so many friends and acquaintances (from my life in the world) suffer, and even die untimely deaths. Some were stabbed, others died by gunshot, while many suffered from depression leading to drug use, and even suicide. I was supposed to die by abortion in 1977, but my mother told the devil “No!, this is my only son!”. This is why I love to address things like suicide, abortion, drug use and gang violence in my music. All of these are the effects of sin and I believe that only Jesus Christ's death and resurrection is the solution to sin. My mission is to share with the world that through Him we can have eternal life."

Shammah is an evangelist and the name is Hebrew, meaning "God is with Him" (taken from 2 Samuel 23:11). His songs are growing in influence on radio stations in the U.S., Canada, and also overseas including Sweden, UK and parts of the Caribbean. With God's help he leads the evangelistic music ministry "King's Chamber Music Group". After completing his second album “Kingdom Come”, and also the new single “Miss Sue”, he seeks to glorify God and truly impact this culture for Jesus Christ.

The Song “Kings and Priests” by Shammah

(featuring Carl i and Monique Bethune)

Inspiration Behind the Song:

In today’s society names like “gangster, pimpin’, nigga, and thug,” become attached to young boys and dictate who they think they are. As a young dude growing up in urban America, these things affected me, before I became a christian. This song speaks of identity in Jesus Christ, who shed His blood for the forgiveness of my(our) sins that we may have eternal life. He has made me into a new person, and I no longer esteem (or celebrate) what the culture says, because I now have a new identity as a “King and Priest”.

In this song we are calling forth the “Kings and Priests” to arise (even those who do not know yet, that they are called to be kings and priests). It speaks against the lies which the devil has spewed over our communities through music, that men should be intoxicated, clubbing, womanizing, involved in drugs and gun violence. Myself and “Carl i” can identify with much of these things; I was affected by them to say the least. We both testify through this track that “If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old things are passed away, and behold all things are made new.” (2 Corinthians 5:17)

-Shammah, King’s Chamber Music Group