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The Mad Mobster
Production Management Actor RapperMad Mobster is now J4J
J4J
Actor Business Manager Music Producer Rapper Record LabelPastor Reginald Blanchard A.K.A. J4J (“Just 4 Jesus”) is a motivational Pastor, rapper/singer, songwriter & music producer, who started performing at the age of 12. He attended Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis, Missouri and won several state and local rap competitions. At the age of 14 he began singing and playing the keyboard. He was known in the secular gangster rap music world as The Mad Mobster. In 2004, he began his ministry by ministering to the youth at The Dekalb County Youth Detention Center in Decatur, Georgia and was a Youth Pastor at Adullam Bible fellowship (non-denominational) located in Lithonia, Georgia. Currently, he ministers and empowers strength to the youth as well as teaching youth bible study, at various churches and functions, and he ministers at Atlanta Day Shelter for Women. In the past Blanchard (formerly known as Mad Mobster) has performed, as a rapper, for the National Beauticians Association’s hair shows, many Universities in various cities, in nightclubs in over 100 cities, and was the headliner for the St. Louis Rams Charity Benefit in 2000. In 2002, he performed at The Atlanta Black Music Convention for music attorney Roy Miller, was a guest host (via phone) of Off The Top Radio Show (WGBB AM 1240 – New York), was nominated best Holy Hip Hop Artist 2006 by The Atlanta Gospel Choice Awards, and has 13 years experience as a radio D.J. and sound engineer. He has released 3 albums and has sold over 20,000 albums worldwide including “Follow Me To The Club,” which reached number 17 on the DMX Music Charts. He performed, as a holy hip hop artist rapper, in many cities such as, Atlanta, Brooklyn, Charlotte, NC and has performed at over 50 venues in 2007. He has been a speaker at Morehouse College in 2009 and has ministered in song on Body Builders T.V. Reginald Blanchard provided music for the television show “Community Showcase T.V.”, which airs in Atlanta, New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. He has produced music for many independent artists, throughout the U.S. and Canada and is currently producing music for Holy Hip Hop artist Sparky D, who was the second female rapper who’s career started with Run DMC, Kurtis Blow, Russell Simmons, Roxanne Shonte’ & such industry figures from New York, child Hollywood actor John Biggs (who sing as well as act), and a host of independent gospel recording artists. With his own professional recording studio and a catalogue of more than 3,000 rap, jazz and R&B & gospel tunes, Blanchard is a member of ASCAP as a songwriter and a music publisher.
