Second: Wretch, HillaryJane, and Archie
Houston rap group Second is one of the MISFIT Search finalists so I recently caught with group member Carlos “Wretch” Rebollar to get some more details.
Sketch: Tell me a little bit about your group. How long have you guys been together, how did you meet, and what sort of projects are/have you worked on as a collective?
Wretch: Second has been together officially as a group for about eight months although we've been doing music together for about two and half years now.
Archie and HillaryJane have known each other for several years since they have been a part of the same youth ministry for a long time. Archie is currently one of the youth pastors there and HillaryJane is a graduate of their Generation School of Ministries Internship Program. I came to know them because I would visit their young adult services and started to get to know some people in their ministry as well as the pastor. I eventually became friends with this pastor who went on to plant Sojourn Community Church, which is the church I am currently at and have had the privilege to be a part of since its original core team phase.
When Archie started working on his first mixtape, a mutual friend told him he should contact me and get me on a track and here we are now.
Archie has put out two mixtapes, an album demo and a full length album--all on which HillaryJane and I were consistently featured on.
We are currently working on our first project as a group titled "First and Foremost -- The Mixtape Vol. 1" which will drop December 2.
Sketch: Your group has entered the MISFIT Search contest. What made you guys decide to get involved in this event?
Wretch: We thought it'd be a fun thing to do. Plus, we thought it may help us gain exposure since we are a fairly new hip hop group. We also love the fact that the MISFITs seek to create great art that glorifies God.
Sketch: What sort of connection do you have to the music of the MISFIT Tour's headliners - Ambassador and Da' T.R.U.T.H.?
Wretch: We can say their music has been an inspiration to us back from their Cross Movement days up until now with Xist Music. Everything from the standard of quality to the God-glorifying lyrics they seek to put out.
Sketch: Both of those guys had were seemingly at the top of their music ministry careers a few years ago when admitted acts of marital infidelity caused them to step away for a period of repentance and restoration. How did/have their stories impacted you personally and as fellow Christian hip hop artists?
Wretch: We can say that as fellow believers, we've been reminded of God's restoring work in the life of His children, and that's a beautiful thing.
As fellow Christian hip hop artists, we've know that talent does not equate to godliness. We've been reminded that even those who seem to be unshakable can be shaken and brought to the ground, and this has caused us to strive even more to be dependent upon God and ask Him to continue keeping us humble in everything we do.
As 1st Cor. 10:12 says: "Therefore let anyone who thinks that he stands take heed lest he fall." We praise God for the restoring work He's done in Ambassador and Da' T.R.U.T.H.. God is gracious!
Sketch: Aside from a MISFIT Search win and exposure for your group, what are most looking forward to at Friday night's event?
Wretch: We're looking forward to a great show from every performer! Considering the fact that we are a group made up of two guys and a girl, we're very interested and excited to see Rhema Soul in concert for the very first time as well!
Details on the MISFIT Tour’s Houston stop can be seen in the video commercial below:
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2 comments:
Hi sir,
Thanks for the such a motivational post through the help of the musics.we are also providing the motivational help to the whole world.keep continue to post like this.
...the very best of HillaryJane
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