S.E.R.M.O.N presents “Take Over” featuring the soulful Onarii. This inspirational hip hop masterpiece is dedicated to the Nigerian Army. Produced by D’Charli. Listen and download. You’ll be glad you did.
About S.E.R.M.O.N
S.E.R.M.O.N stands for: Spiritually Energized Rap Music Outreaching Nations. A music lover with a passion for reppin’ Christ to the fullest, S.E.R.M.O.N (real name, Ayo Lawal and also known as A.Y SERMON) is a recording artiste who has been around for quite a while. He started recording as far back as 1996 in Kaduna, shortly after his life-changing spiritual rebirth experience.
“Light in the Midst of the Darkness”, was his first demo recording and production. It was a two-verse jam about the supremacy of Christ’s light over Satan’s darkness rendered in a style similar to Bone Thugs ‘n’ Harmony’s midwestern quickflow. Shortly after this He had to leave for Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1997, to begin an undergraduate course in Civil Engineering where he became one half of the gospel rap duo, Blood Brothaz. He quickly gained popularity for his contemporary style , catchy flow and spiritual lyrics. Very shortly after the group was formed, the Blood Brothaz parted ways and Ayo became a solo act.
In 1999, he was featured in the debut album of the group called Exaltators, on the track, “Christ Addiction”. This earned him a reputation as one of the best Nigerian gospel rappers on the scene at that time. He went on to make his first mini mixtape in 2000, “the Eternity Sermons”, which he recorded and produced by himself.
Ayo then went on a hiatus. During this time, he started his career in banking and moved to Jos in Nigeria. He encouraged and mentored other up-coming gospel rap artistes.
In 2011, Ayo decided the long wait was over. He hooked up with Mr Seth and came out with “Majestic”, a rap praise/worship song, with extracts from the famous gospel song “How Majestic is Your Name” by Michael J. Smith.
In 2012, S.E.R.M.O.N was one of the top ten finalists in the DearArtiste.Com Emcee Rap Battle Competition with his song “Who Wan Test Baba God” which enjoyed widespread airplay and digital downloads.
In 2013, he was featured on PraiseWorld Radio’s #PraiseWorldBars alongside other gospel rap heavyweights like Sokleva of the Rooftop MCs and Provabs among others. His 16-bar quickflow about Jesus was an audience favorite.
On Valentine’s day 2014, S.E.R.M.O.N surprised everybody with the release of #TYW (Touch Your Woman), a love song dedicated to his wife featuring samples from Dolly Parton’s song of the same title. #TYW has so far enjoyed almost two thousand (2,000) hits and downloads and widespread acclaim.
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