This is Deacon the Villain. He is one of the hottest rappers and music producers in the world. Before he was so fresh and famous, he was my college roommate in 1997 at Morehouse College (LLC – 3rd Floor) and at the crappy Spanish Trace Apartments where we were robbed the first week after we moved in. But we go deeper than that, we were best friends in high school when we lived in Versailles, Kentucky and went to Woodford County High School together and dreamed big dreams together. I could always count on him through thick and thin and I am not even sure I would be a Christian or a pastor if I did not know Deacon. That’s another story.
I am very proud of the man he has become and the great success he has had pursuing his dreams. I just left a meeting with him @ The Varsity in downtown Atlanta and we swapped some stories and continued to share our dreams with one another. The big difference is now that I can help him make his dreams become a reality and he can certainly help me with mine.
I thank God for these types of full-circle moments where God shows me how he has been working behind the scenes without my knowledge or contribution to make old friends like new friends.
Before I was a pastor and he was a rapper, we were friends. That has weight with me.