Developing Joy Beyond the Ups and Downs of Life with Dante Bowe—Maverick City Music

The Aggressive Life with Brian Tome

Crossroads

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.8 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

joins Brian Tome for a powerful conversation about his rise in the music industry, the controversy that sidelined him, and the powerful comeback story that followed. From growing up around drug dealers, to helping lead worship around the world, Dante has built a life on aggressive choices. In this unfiltered conversation, Dante shares the highs, lows, and lessons that have shaped his faith and life—from experiencing homelessness, to recording-breaking Grammy nominations, to the reconciliation that led him to rejoin Maverick City after three years away. Dante is a good man whose life highlights how God can do more than we ever imagine.

Dante is joining the band at MAN CAMP 2025. Claim your spot here for a powerful weekend.

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0:00.0	My assistant was checking my teeth, make sure I had.
0:02.5	I thought you were telling me I had something here.
0:04.6	I was like, I haven't had any tobacco.
0:05.9	No, no, no, no.
0:06.8	You thought I was telling me.
0:07.7	He had something that's teeth.
0:08.7	I was checking my own. I was going like, wait, did I have a chew this morning? I still got things? No, I didn't have a chew yet today. That's a bad day. It's 12-11.
0:17.1	I haven't had any tobacco yet.
0:18.2	That's a bummer.
0:19.6	I cannot wait to be with y'all, man.
0:21.9	At Mancamp, bro, we're going to have so much fun.
0:24.4	Heck, yeah, we are. 11. I haven't had any tobacco yet. That's a bummer. I cannot wait to be with y'all, man.
0:21.9	At Mancamp, bro, we're going to have so much fun.
0:24.4	Heck yeah, we are. It could be phenomenal.
0:25.7	We are going to have so much fun. I already feel it. Welcome to the aggressive life.
0:46.8	A few months ago, I ran into a guy on a stage.
0:51.9	It was a concert, a Christian worship concert. The promoters said to me,
0:58.5	they said, hey, hey, we got this one woman coming, Lauren Daigle, she's a pretty big deal,
1:05.5	and we're trying to get some more people, some younger people. What do you think? And I said, well, you know, Maverick City is who I like, I'm not very young, but Maverick City is who I listen to a lot in terms of worship. And a lot, a lot of youngsters do. And the promoters said, oh, the Maverick City, huh. Well, okay. So they looked into them. They booked them. And they came.
1:28.2	And since my day job, Crossroads, sponsored the whole event.
1:32.7	We had stuff all over the stadium.
1:35.1	And I got to be on stage for a little bit and all that kind of stuff.
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