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HISTORY
In
1998
a
question
was
posed…
"If
your
GOD
is
so
real
and
relevant
why
is
He
not
being
represented
in
the
Hip-Hop
Culture?"
Eddie
Cortes
(RizCiphis)
was
left
in
awe
and
was
speechless.
Hoping
to
disprove
his
peer's
philosophy
he
went
home
and
wrote
his
first
rap
song.
Eddie
realized
that
there
were
many
more
of
his
peers
who
questioned
God's
triune
existence
and
searched
for
the
answers
within
what
they
found
to
define
them,
what
they
related
to;
the
Hip-Hop
Culture.
Soon
after
the
word
of
God
spoke
to
Mr.
Cortes
during
a
sermon
where
his
Pastor,
Rev.
Jose
L.
Castro,
referred
to
Matthews
10:38;
"anyone
who
does
not
take
up
his
cross
and
follow
me
is
not
worthy
of
me."
Searching
to
find
a
way
to
be
worthy
and
reach
his
peers
Eddie
picked
up
his
cross
and
the
Carriers
were
born.
In
1998,
Mr.
Cortes,
with
the
direction
of
the
Holy
Spirit
began
to
break
some
of
the
traditional
barriers
in
his
conservative
Baptist
Church.
After
much
controversy
and
criticism
from
the
congregation
and
a
week
of
prayer
by
his
Pastor,
Rev.
Jose
L
Castro,
Eddie
was
granted
permission
to
go
forth
and
host
an
indoor
Youth
Hip-Hop
Concert.
Hearts
were
convicted,
souls
were
won,
and
a
new
breed
of
ministry
was
setting
forth.
The
critics
were
silenced.
(In
fact
some
our
strongest
critics
are
now
our
biggest
supporters.)
God
continued
to
strategically
piece
the
Carriers
ministry
together.
The
Hip-Hop
group
was
formed
in
Oct.
1998
with
the
additions
of
Remy
Basuri
and
Jeremiah
Smaha;
weeks
later
they
were
invited
to
minister
at
Nyack
College
where
they
received
a
standing
ovation.
Since
then
the
Carriers
have
been
invited
out
across
the
country
to,
colleges,
schools,
churches,
youth
groups,
outreach
programs,
camps,
coffee
houses
and
festivals
such
as
Rap
Fest,
Flavor
Fest,
Generacion
Nueva,
Worship
Fest
City
Fest,
to
minister
God's
message
of
reconciliation.
In
2001
the
Carriers
were
officially
incorporated
as
a
non-profit
status
501
(c)(3)
organization.
They
also
independently
released
their
first
full-length
album
entitled
"Carriers."
Lives
are
being
changed
and
souls
are
being
won…
In
the
scriptures
it
states
in
Acts
2:17
(also
Joel
2:28)
that
"in
the
last
days,
God
says,
I
will
pour
out
my
Spirit
on
all
people.
Your
sons
and
daughters
will
prophesy,
your
young
men
will
see
visions,
your
old
men
will
dream
dreams."
God
is
breeding
a
new
generation
of
young
thirsty
soldiers
willing
to
serve
with
a
tactic
that
is
new
to
the
human
eye;
the
Carriers
are
on
the
front
line
ready
to
serve…