Biography Of  D. Hunter

Born in Madison, GA. 29 year old Demetrius "D" Hunter had a natural-born affinity for "running his mouth" even before he could crawl, says his mother.  The grandson of a Baptist Minister, Hunter was also raised in a family blessed with strong spiritual values.

Taking these factors into account, it seems only natural that today, Hunter is a promising rap artist within the gospel-singing community.  Nevertheless, the road to praising God through his music was not as straight or as certain as one would think. There were some consequential dips and curves along the way.

Hunter's musical career began while he was still a high school student.  He had moved to Columbus, OH with is mother, which is where he first became involved in the music industry, establishing himself as the rap artist, "Sweet Daddy D" at age 15.

In his freshman year in high school, Hunter returned to Madison, but ultimately went back to Ohio to resume his career, doing radio spots for advertisers and performing on local television as an upcoming rap artist. Finally, he moved back to Georgia, enjoying continuing success as a rap artist in Atlanta. It was here that he signed with a local record label in 1996. 

The music he was doing was hard core hip hop. Hunter was well known in the Southeast, but for some reason he was still unhappy.  He wanted to start doing more positive music.  Following the death of his grandmother and father, Hunter went back to God.  He started studying the Word on his own, and it came to him that God had blessed him with this talent.  He began to use it to serve God.  He presented a song to his record label "This Is My Prayer," but the record label rejected it.  It wasn't hard-core enough; it wasn't happening.  But they told him if he took Jesus' name out of the song, they would release it. 

Nevertheless, Hunter's faith in conveying a more positive message in his music was unshakable.  He felt strong about the song and the way he wanted to serve God.  He then asked the record label to release him.  One can only go so far so long doing what everyone else wants you to do. 

Released from his record label, Hunter was on his own.  He's in the process of starting his own record label - Bless Records, which involved a spiritual U-turn in his personal life, as well as in his career. 

Hunter began serving God by presenting his ministry at churches, schools and other organizations.  "This Is My Prayer" was played on one Sunday morning radio gospel show.  The response from the song was so great he knew that he was doing what God wanted him to do.

He is no longer a rebel for the devil, but now uses the gift that God gave him to minister to the saved and unsaved and uplift the kingdom of God. 

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