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Shawn K. Sutton also known as Minister SKS is an awarding winning Hip- Hop Gospel Rap Artist and motivational speaker. Growing up without a Father (His Father passed when he was 3 years old) Minister SKS was introduced to gangs in the City of Chicago at a very young age. After joining a gang Shawn would be introduced to a fast life of drugs and gang violence.  Fast forward to age 17, Minister SKS was facing 25 years to life.  It was at this moment he realized that there had to be a better way. But, he was stuck in the lifestyle Shawn had grown to love. By the Grace of God Minister SKS would get off with a “slap on the wrist” and probation. This experience left Minister SKS searching for a better way. However, he was seeking deliverance from a lifestyle in his own strength. As a result, he would begin to take prescription drugs with an attempt to overdose and end his life. After this suicide attempt was unsuccessful Shawn would attempt to once again try suicide by driving his car off of an embankment. It was during this attempt that Minister SKS had an encounter   with the “Most High God, Jesus Christ!”  Who would share with him that the plan The Creator has for his life was far greater than the one he was experiencing! It was this Supernatural experience would turn Minister SKS pain into poetry. His poetry writings would soon lead to hip-hop rap. However, his trouble did not end there. A few years later, he would be entered back into the prison system where he would spend multiple years. It was during this time frame he would meet a prison minister that would encourage him to try God for 30 days! The minister would share with Shawn “stop looking to change yourself and allow God to change you”. Armed with this advice Minister SKS found a new love for God and his award winning song “I Won’t Turn Back” was written.
Since that time Shawn travels the country speaking to schools and church congregations about the dangers of gang violence and learning live beyond the boundaries of despair and hopelessness. He shares with others the same grace he was given at the lowest point of his life.
In 2003 he was nominated for Best Hip-Hop single of the year through the Holy Hip-Hop awards. In 2005 Minister SKS released his first single "Holy Drive By."And in 2016 He won Blockbuster Best Hip-Hop Artist of the year at the Block Buster Showcase.
Shawn will be releasing a new single “Stay” in March of 2017 under First Choice Gospel Records.