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The Unfolding

Page 166: Kevin "KB" Burgess: Finding Hope in Jesus Through Christian Hip Hop

The Unfolding

Northwestern Media

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9867 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

 

Like many kids growing up on the south side of St. Petersburg, Florida, Kevin Burgess struggled with depression and hopelessness.  After his parents' divorce, he moved from a place where he felt safe, to a community where drugs and violence seemed to rule. He felt forgotten by society and had little hope of living to the age of 30. That's when an acquaintance handed him a Christian hip-hop CD that changed his life Kevin Burgess is better known by his stage name, KB He is a Christian hip-hop artist, music executive, the author of Dangerous Jesus, and a man with a heart to shepherd the lost and hurting toward hope in Jesus. 

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Page 166 of the unfolding is the story of Kevin Burgess.

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My situation got extremely dark.

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That's when I started trying things.

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I never thought I would try doing things I never thought I would do.

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Trying to feel through the darkness to find some kind of answer.

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It was in that space.

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Somebody gave me a Christian hip-hop CD.

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God's story has been unfolding.

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Since the beginning of time.

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He invites you to be a part of it.

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Another page in the unfolding.

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Hi, this is Meredith Foster.

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Kevin Burgess was like many kids growing up on the south side of St. Petersburg, Florida. Depressed, hopeless.

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After his parents' divorce, he'd moved from a place of relative safety to a community where

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drugs and violence seemed to rule, where young men don't expect to grow old. He spent his

1:06.0

days trying to figure out how to keep himself and his family safe. And he felt forgotten by society. That's when

1:12.5

an acquaintance handed him a Christian hip-hop CD. It was a genre of hip-hop. Kevin didn't even know

1:17.6

existed. And by the time he finished listening, his life was completely changed. Kevin Burgess is

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better known by his stage name, KB, and today he is a Christian hip hop artist, music executive,

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author, and a man with a heart to shepherd the lost and hurting to the same hope in Jesus that he's

1:35.3

found. I am from Southside of St. Petersburg. I was born there. I didn't spend a lot of time

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that I remember in St. Pete as a kid, but I do remember my

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