MC Tempo, the famed former drug-dealing atheist turned Christian rap artist is back with ‘The Box’, appropriately inspired by lockdown. This short story song concept is a little ‘out of the box’ and worlds apart from his previous EP “Generation Distortion” which received just under a quarter of a million streams.

‘The Box’ takes the listener on a comical journey over 1 minute 37 seconds. Starting with a poor education and being kidnapped by friends, MC Tempo is locked away and forced to develop into an elite freestyle rap artist before being exploited by the music industry.

Going up in a broken home in England, MC Tempo (Mark Edwards) was expelled from 4 schools following the divorce of his parents and the death of his sister. He started to write aggressive rap songs to express the hurt he was feeling in his heart. He later got in to drugs and into drug dealing to fund the habit. He found himself performing on the underground music scene at 15 years old. He later lost his hearing in his left ear whilst performing at an illegal rave event. Progressing on to staging illegal rave events, he met a Christian who took him to ‘we are Emmanuel church’ in Brighton, UK. It was there that he was prayed for in the name of Jesus and had his hearing miraculously restored. As a result of this, he became a Christian and his music naturally followed suit.

His style is highly diverse, ranging from reflective Christian worship music to heavy hip-hop. He customises his live shows so the context, be that in a church or in a nightclub. Incorporating elements of freestyle, a mixture of rhyme patterns and flows in his delivery, he has also been clocked rapping up to 180 words per minute.

He has since released 7 albums, EPs and countless singles. He performs worldwide and is renowned for his 24-hour freestyle rap (2002) and his unique, unpredictable, high-energy live shows.

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