MG! The Visionary

Christian Hip-Hop artist originally from Seattle, WA. Martin George Brazier, Jr. (born September 26, 1973), who goes by the stage name MG! The Visionary (shortly known simply as Visionary), is an underground hip hop artist who was a member of New Life Crew, known from 1993-1996 as Third Nail Productions (or 3NP!), considered by many to be a founding member of the Christian hip hop community. He was the mind behind the original concept and inception of Uprok Records, a hip-hop division of Seattle based Tooth and Nail Records. Unfortunately as many of the great musicians of their time have found, the "business" of music has its own way of getting in the way of the music itself. As Uprok continued to go a completely different direction from the original intention MG! began to distance himself and eventually parted ways with the label, relieved to see the eventually folding of Uprok, his idea, as it had lost sight of the original purpose and strayed so far. MG! writes all original music and lyrics and produces most of his own content and is now independently releasing albums. With his first solo album on Uprok, he worked with the every legendary Pigeon John, World famous Beat Junkey DJ Melo D, and also singer-songwriter/guitarist Pauly Paul. He also produced and recorded the project Sinner's Prayer released in 2000, which is the first full length praise hip hop album ever released, and contains other artists such as Mars Ill and Playdough, Othello, and MO, just to name a few.