Pushing.

Pastroteo Barrett's been known on Chicago's South Side as a religious and community leader

for 50 years.

It wasn't until recently that people started to uncover Barrett's trove of gospel music.

In the 1970s, Barrett began making recordings of the music performed in his church.

These were sermons he'd turned into songs that sat around for years until rappers started

sampling them in the last decade.

People like Kanye West, TI, DJ Khaled, Alicia Keys, his song Nobody Knows Was Even Used

in a Popular Nike Commercialist Death Korean Couple of Years ago.

All this recent attention on Pastroteo Barrett has culminated in a new box set from the

numerous groups called I Should Wear A Crown.

39 tracks of his songs and sermons throughout the years.

You'll notice in my conversation with Teo Barrett that he's a pastor through and through.

He can't help but preach.

And in this episode, you'll hear a lot of his trademark aphorisms.

You'll also hear about his distant relation to the Reverend Seal Franklin and of course

his daughter, the great Aretha Franklin.

Pastrote Barrett and I also talk about how he went from a high school dropout to a community

leader.

Plus, what it was like for him to have his music discovered so publicly after decades.

This is Broken Record, Liner Notes for the Digital Age.

I'm Justin Richman.

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