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| label = ] <small>(1987-1993)</small><br/> ] <small>(1994-2011) | associated_acts = The New Life Community Choir<br>The Victory in Praise Music and Arts Seminar Mass Choir<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>] | Label = ] <small>(1987-1993)</small><br/> ] <small>(1994-Present) | Associated_acts = The New Life Community Choir<br>The Victory in Praise Music and Arts Seminar Mass Choir<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]
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Pastor '''John P. Kee''' (born '''John Prince Kee''' on June 4, 1962) is an ] ] singer and ]. Pastor '''John P. Kee''' (born '''John Prince Kee''' on June 4, 1962) is an ] ] singer and ].


==Early life==
B I O G R A P H Y
John P. Kee
Pastor, New Life Fellowship Church


John P. Kee was born the 15th out of 16 children in ]. At an early age he began to develop his musical talent both instrumentally and vocally. He attended the ] in ] and at 14, he and his brothers Wayne and Al moved to California where he began attending the ] in ]. During this time, he began playing with various groups such as ] and ] and the Blackbyrds. After having a hard time adjusting in California, he left and moved to ] only to find himself living in a part of the city known for its violence and drug activities. After watching one of his friends being murdered in a drug deal gone bad, he rededicated his life back to God during a visitation to a ].
Pastor John P. Kee was born the 15th of 16 children to John Henry and Lizzie Shannon Kee, and he affectionately describes his childhood home as “outside the county line” in Durham, NC. Mrs. Ethel G. Shannon, John’s maternal grandmother, also played a pivotal role in his upbringing and remains a consistent source of spiritual guidance today. Music in the home and attending church highlighted the family's weekly activities. John exhibited extraordinary talent at an early age; vocally, harmonically, and instrumentally.


==Ministry==
When John was 8 years old, a piano was purchased for two older siblings to take lessons in the home. While they were both totally disinterested in it, John was fascinated by the instrument. John began mimicking a young pianist from Cleveland, Daryl Bailey, who was the church musician at the time. Drawing inspiration from the music he heard in church Kee began to play and write his own material by age 9. At age 13 John and his best friend at the time, jazz bassist Clinton "Chip" Shearon, started a jazz trio and a gospel community choir in the city of Durham.


Kee says that it was during a trip to Michigan with his choir that he received a calling from God to be a preacher. Kee was in his mid-twenties when he became an ordained minister. In 1995, while ministering in Ohio, he received a prophetic vision and went forward with the building of a Fellowship Center in Charlotte which could minister to the people in the community. He officially founded the New Life Fellowship Center where he became and remains the senior pastor. The church is located in the same area where he had once led a life of crime and drugs.
He would later be graced with the opportunity to study piano under the tutelages of the late Margaret Shearon, Yusuf Salim, and master of jazz Mary Lou Williams. An outstanding student, John was placed in a school for musically gifted children; The North Carolina School of the Arts, in Winston-Salem, NC. He went on to study further in Northern California with his older brothers at Yuba College in Marysville, who shared their tactical knowledge of writing, singing, and music production with their young sibling.


==Musical career==
As a very young man in of the late 70's early 80's, he was privileged to work with some of the Nation’s greatest Pop, Jazz and R&B groups. He landed a job as National Musical Director with Miss Black Teenage Pageants, a position that would bring him back to North Carolina.


In the mid-1980s, Kee formed a community choir in Charlotte known as the New Life Community Choir or "NLCC." Over time the choir grew in popularity and has continued to travel throughout the area. The choir also includes some of Kee's own children.
In his late teens, he drifted into a street lifestyle that brought him to Charlotte, NC. Once in Charlotte, he moved to the Double Oaks Community and began a life of corruption. The senseless violence that encompassed him became insufferable until material possessions offered John no consolation. After witnessing an untimely death to a very close friend, John knew it was time to change course.


In 1990, Kee founded the Victory in Praise Music and Arts Seminar Mass Choir, or "V.I.P." in order to fellowship with various ministries, song writers, musicians and choir directors from all over the country.
In his early twenties John found himself working at the PTL Network’s Buffalo Park. It was there where the young man initiated his transformation from a street thug and drug dealer named John, to gospel legend John P. Kee, and ultimately to Pastor Kee. He had gained foundational principles that gradually and eventually propelled him into victorious living. He returned to active involvement in his community as a musician, clinician, and in the end an internationally recognized writer.


Kee has been active for more than 20 years in the music field. He is primarily known for mixing traditional gospel with modern contemporary gospel and for having a soulful husky voice. His current cd entitled "The Reunion," released on December 5, 2005, features some of the old members of New Life Community Choir.
In the mid 1980’s he started a community choir in Charlotte. This choir, which got its rise from a "feed the hungry" street ministry, achieved rapid success and eventually grew to become the renowned and much awarded New Life Community Choir. As a solo artist as well as with the NLCC, John P. Kee has received a flood of awards and nominations to name a few:


In 2007 Kee was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame. <ref name="titleWelcome to the Christian Music Hall of Fame and Museum.">{{cite web |url=http://hallmuseum.com/induction.htm |title=Welcome to the Christian Music Hall of Fame and Museum. |accessdate=2008-02-19 |publisher= Christian Music Hall of Fame|format= |work=}}John P Kee inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame</ref> He also has an album, Nothing But Worship, which features the smash hit Right Now Praise.
• Twenty seven GMWA Excellence Awards,
• Twenty one Stellar Awards,
• A Trailblazer Award from former President Bill Clinton,
• A Soul Train Award,
• Two Billboard Music Awards, ,
• Nine Waljo Awards,
• Seven Grammy nominations


In 2011, Kee released another solo album "The Legacy Projects" which consists of many Gospel singers such as Rance Allen and Fred Hammond
In the late 1980s he was crowned the Prince of Gospel, which is a title he laughs at because his given middle name is Prince. ("If they'd never given me the title, I would have always been my Grandmother's John Prince”, he often says.) He has received hundreds of proclamations from our Nation’s cities, and in 2005 He was inducted into The Gospel Music Hall of Fame.


Kee is also known as "The Prince of Gospel Music".
Over the course of his professional career that spans three decades, he has written music for Hallmark, Inc., Stephanie Mills, Johnny Lang, The Hawkins Family, Daryl Coley, Billy Preston, Dorinda Clark Cole, Joe Walsh, Rev. James Cleveland, Florida Mass Choir, Mississippi Mass Choir, Ben Tankard, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, and made History in 1982 as one of the first writers to ever write more than one song for the legendary Dr. James Cleveland's Gospel Music Workshop of America. His music has been featured in film and on television in commercial advertisements and even on Saturday Night Live. His Music catalogue is said to be one of the largest in the world today by an individual Publisher/Writer.
In December 1995, Pastor Kee married the Beautiful Felice J. Sampson. Together they have nine wonderful children: Christopher, Justin, Shannon, Aishia, John III, Tredell, Sakiya, Joniya and Kamari. Their personal lives are focused on home, family, church, and seed planting in their local community. Pastor Kee is a devoted husband and father and primarily spends much of his time writing and fishing with his family.


==Personal life==
Although he is one of gospel music's greatest pioneers, his real passion is for clear, genuine, and aggressive street ministry. His heart’s desire is to show the love and power of the Lord to the world - specifically to the Inner city communities of our Nation.
In December 1995, he married Felice Sampson, and they are the parents of nine children. His son Chris Kee was recently selected to join ]' live band as a drummer for his upcoming tour for the "Last Train to Paris". A few of his sons sang back vocals on the song, "Harvest", from the album, ''The Color of Music''.

Since its inception in 1995, Pastor Kee has been the full-time pastor of the New Life Fellowship Center. Through non-traditional outreach that transcends the four walled structure, the church’s unique approach to ministry has resulted in a rapidly growing, thriving congregation. Pastor Kee's ability to personally relate to the urban lifestyle allows him to reach those who would not typically attend church and further are not welcomed by many assemblies.

"There are so many people bruised”, he says, “that our churches should be running over with the lost and forgotten! There is so much hurting and suffering in the world that the only way not to be overwhelmed by it is to know that you are doing something about it." Where there has been a natural disaster, where unemployment has overwhelmed a city, or anywhere people are hurting you'll find Pastor Kee doing what he believes he was called to do - Encouraging, Inspiring and Seed Planting!

==Kee's Choir Discography==


==Kee's Personal Discography==
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| Name = Wait on Him<!-- "Name" or "]" (album or EP/single) --> | Name = Yes Lord<!-- "Name" or "]" (album or EP/single) -->
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{{Infobox Discography {{Infobox Discography
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| Name = Wait on Him<!-- "Name" or "]" (album or EP/single) --> | Name = Just Me This Time<!-- "Name" or "]" (album or EP/single) -->
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| Name = Just Me This Time<!-- "Name" or "]" (album or EP/single) --> | Name = Colorblind<!-- "Name" or "]" (album or EP/single) -->
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{{Infobox Discography {{Infobox Discography
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| Name = There is Hope<!-- "Name" or "]" (album or EP/single) --> | Name = Color of Music<!-- "Name" or "]" (album or EP/single) -->
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| Singles = <!-- " "Single", "Other Single" ", etc. --> | Singles = <!-- " "Single", "Other Single" ", etc. -->
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| The Legacy Project
| Released: 2011
| Format: CD

==Kee's Choir Discography==
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| Released = 1991<!-- "1992" or "11 February 1992 --> | Released = 1989<!-- "1992" or "11 February 1992 -->
| Format = LP<!-- "LP/CD/..." --> | Format = LP<!-- "LP/CD/..." -->
| Label = <!-- "Name" or "]", comma if many --> | Label = <!-- "Name" or "]", comma if many -->
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| Name = Never Shall Forget<!-- "Name" or "]" (album or EP/single) --> | Name = There is Hope<!-- "Name" or "]" (album or EP/single) -->
| Other info = featuring Victory in Praise Choir<!-- added between parentheses after Name (album or EP) --> | Other info = featuring New Life Community Choir<!-- added between parentheses after Name (album or EP) -->
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| Released = 1991<!-- "1992" or "11 February 1992 --> | Released = 1990<!-- "1992" or "11 February 1992 -->
| Format = CD<!-- "LP/CD/..." --> | Format = LP<!-- "LP/CD/..." -->
| Label = <!-- "Name" or "]", comma if many --> | Label = <!-- "Name" or "]", comma if many -->
| Writer = <!-- "Songwriter name" or "]" --> | Writer = <!-- "Songwriter name" or "]" -->
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| Type = Studio<!-- "Studio/EP/Live/Compilation/...", see codes below --> | Type = Studio<!-- "Studio/EP/Live/Compilation/...", see codes below -->
| Name = Heaven<!-- "Name" or "]" (album or EP/single) --> | Name = Wash Me<!-- "Name" or "]" (album or EP/single) -->
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| Released = 1991<!-- "1992" or "11 February 1992 --> | Released = 1991<!-- "1992" or "11 February 1992 -->
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{{Infobox Discography {{Infobox Discography
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| Name = We Walk By Faith<!-- "Name" or "]" (album or EP/single) --> | Name = Never Shall Forget<!-- "Name" or "]" (album or EP/single) -->
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| Format = CD<!-- "LP/CD/..." --> | Format = CD<!-- "LP/CD/..." -->
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}} }}
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{{Infobox Discography
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}}

{{Infobox Discography {{Infobox Discography
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{{Infobox Discography
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}} }}


Nothing But Praise (featuring New Life Community Choir)
{{Infobox Discography
| Released 2007
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==External links== ==External links==
* - Official web site * - Official web site


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John P. Kee
Musical artist

Pastor John P. Kee (born John Prince Kee on June 4, 1962) is an American gospel singer and pastor.

Early life

John P. Kee was born the 15th out of 16 children in Durham, North Carolina. At an early age he began to develop his musical talent both instrumentally and vocally. He attended the North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem and at 14, he and his brothers Wayne and Al moved to California where he began attending the Yuba College Conservatory School of Music in Marysville, California. During this time, he began playing with various groups such as Cameo and Donald Byrd and the Blackbyrds. After having a hard time adjusting in California, he left and moved to Charlotte, North Carolina only to find himself living in a part of the city known for its violence and drug activities. After watching one of his friends being murdered in a drug deal gone bad, he rededicated his life back to God during a visitation to a revival meeting.

Ministry

Kee says that it was during a trip to Michigan with his choir that he received a calling from God to be a preacher. Kee was in his mid-twenties when he became an ordained minister. In 1995, while ministering in Ohio, he received a prophetic vision and went forward with the building of a Fellowship Center in Charlotte which could minister to the people in the community. He officially founded the New Life Fellowship Center where he became and remains the senior pastor. The church is located in the same area where he had once led a life of crime and drugs.

Musical career

In the mid-1980s, Kee formed a community choir in Charlotte known as the New Life Community Choir or "NLCC." Over time the choir grew in popularity and has continued to travel throughout the area. The choir also includes some of Kee's own children.

In 1990, Kee founded the Victory in Praise Music and Arts Seminar Mass Choir, or "V.I.P." in order to fellowship with various ministries, song writers, musicians and choir directors from all over the country.

Kee has been active for more than 20 years in the music field. He is primarily known for mixing traditional gospel with modern contemporary gospel and for having a soulful husky voice. His current cd entitled "The Reunion," released on December 5, 2005, features some of the old members of New Life Community Choir.

In 2007 Kee was inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame. He also has an album, Nothing But Worship, which features the smash hit Right Now Praise.

In 2011, Kee released another solo album "The Legacy Projects" which consists of many Gospel singers such as Rance Allen and Fred Hammond

Kee is also known as "The Prince of Gospel Music".

Personal life

In December 1995, he married Felice Sampson, and they are the parents of nine children. His son Chris Kee was recently selected to join Sean P. Diddy Combs' live band as a drummer for his upcoming tour for the "Last Train to Paris". A few of his sons sang back vocals on the song, "Harvest", from the album, The Color of Music.

Kee's Personal Discography

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| The Legacy Project
| Released: 2011
| Format: CD

Kee's Choir Discography

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 Nothing But Praise (featuring New Life Community Choir)
| Released 2007
| Format: CD
Live In Miami (featuring Victory In Praise Choir)
| Released: 2008
| Format: CD

External links

References

  1. "Welcome to the Christian Music Hall of Fame and Museum". Christian Music Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2008-02-19.John P Kee inducted into the Christian Music Hall of Fame

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