In 2001 Stu Dent released Altered State, his first full length album with Sphere Records. In addition to his solo projects, Stu Dent is a member of the alwaysimpressive Deepspace 5 crew, who released their collective LP Night We Called It A Day, also in 2001 on Uprok Records. Stu Dent is a veteran of the Christian Hip-Hop scene, affiliated with numerous indie projects working with the likes of Mars Ill, Tunnel Rats, DJ Maj, LPG, Sintaxtheterrific, Underground Rise, Peace 586, Uprok Mixtape 1 & 2 and several others. The Story Behind Stu Dent: Behind Stu Dent is a fictional character inspired by the book of Genesis. You know when you meet someone for the first time and you get the strange feeling that you’ve met that person before? There’s something about them that’s very familiar, but you can’t quite put your finger on it. Are you ready to have that feeling again? Born the son of Beth and fathered by Sephanin, a fallen Son of God from Genensis 6, Stu Dent is what you would call “Nephilim” - a half man / half angelic being. As the story goes, Noah was called to build an Ark to save mankind and animals from history’s greatest flood. And although Noah and his family were the only humans intended to represent mankind in that unique vessle, what if a small child - albeit, not quite mortal - also made it on to the Ark? Shem was one of Noah’s sons who loved the Lord and obeyed his father, Noah. But in one exceptional act of compassion, Shem decided to help a strange, orphaned