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Hezekiah Walker Biography

The Grammy Award winning gospel performer Bishop Hezekiah Walker was born in 1962 in New York. Before he rose to fame in the mid 1980’s, when his performances with the Love Fellowship Crusade Choir began to garner him attention, Walker grew up in the public housing projects of Brooklyn. Hezekiah was drawn to the church and to music from an early age, and in the 1990’s he established the Love Fellowship Tabernacle to further spread the gospel message.

Walker quickly became known for his ability to draw young people away from lives of crime and drugs and instead bring them to the church, earning him the title “Pastor of Hip Hop.” Extensive news coverage of his successes, including a feature covered by Peter Jennings on ABC World News Tonight, further explored the success of the man and his mission, bringing Hezekiah Walker even more recognition.

As a musician, Hezekiah Walker released a number of albums in collaboration with his own choir and a number of other choirs. These endeavors have earned him multiple Grammy Award for Best Gospel Album By Choir or Chorus, most notably for Live in Atlanta at Morehouse College (1994) and Love Is Live! (2001.) While his music has helped further spread his message, Hezekiah is very public in emphasizing the ministry is his first and primary goal.

Today, Hezekiah Walker continues to perform and record, but has also authored the book Destiny: Dream It, Declare It, Do It. He currently hosts the radio show Afternoon Praise, which airs on WLIB, New York’s only 24-hour gospel radio station.