Steven Malcolm – Redemption City

But I started going to the church to solely just “check it out” on curiosity. And when I did, the main topic was on sin. Then I learned that there is a such thing as righteousness and purity and viewing Jesus as more than a “get out of hell for free” card to actually being Lord of my life. I probably was going to this church for a good month when I slowly—without wanting or trying to—began changing.

Like the violence that was around me, I didn’t want to be around it anymore. The language I was using. I was cussing in like, every sentence, bro! But slowly, I wasn’t cussing at all, and my desire to pursue purity became present. It was more-so the desire to be pure and righteous, and really pursue God—then it was like, “Man, conviction is real.” Jesus was changing my heart, I was pursuing Him and He is pursuing me.

CCM: Did people around you take notice?
SM: My boys, man. My homies listened…

CCM: So they were the ones who first experienced this transformation in you?
SM: Yeah. So, we had this group called Exclusive. I got them all into a room. I remember it so vividly. I got them all into this room upstairs, they’re smoking weed and just chillin’, doing what we always used to do. And I was just like, “Hey guys, I don’t think I’m gonna rap about all this stuff that we’re all rapping about anymore.” And they were like, “What’cha mean?” And I was like, “I’m not gonna rap about degrading women and ‘all about the money’ and this and that. I’m just not gonna do it no more.”

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