J. Monty (Jonesboro GA)

Genre:Hip-Hop / Rap

Jordan (J. Monty) Montgomery was born on September 9th, 1991 in Jonesboro, Ga.

He took an interest in writing at the age of 5. He began writing fictional and non-fictional

stories and actively seeking to get them published. His book writing eventually turned into poetry, and his poetry then turned into Hip-Hop. At the age of 12 J. Monty began producing and recording his own music. By the age of 14 he was entering 21 & older night clubs to perform. By the age of 18 he joined a gang specifically to gain street cred in an attempt to validate his art.He found himself in a spiritual tug-of-war, started receiving prophetic dreams and visions that would express forthcoming events, and as these dreams began to unfold and prove to be true, J. Monty realized that God was calling him out of darkness. After a year or so of running from God, J. Monty received another vision that showed blood dripping from his dreads as a consequence for running away from God, and later that evening he was jumped by 30 young black gang members, rushed to the hospital where he received staples to close up the deep head wounds he received while being jumped. In that hospital bed he gave his life to Christ, and had a radical conversion.From there, J. Monty went put him music to the side to seek discipleship. He spent the next 4 and a half years getting discipled and planting a church from scratch. When he felt led, he brought his music back in 2014. In the year of 2014, he released 3 singles with music videos.

In the year of 2015, he released two full length project: Level 54 & Second Born.Second Born was his debut retail LP, and has garnered much growth and momentum for J. Monty.

He continues to aggresively pursue the call on his life.