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1) Young Noah was born in a country hood called Newnan Georgia. Raised for the first 9 or so years of his life by Olivia and Joel Bohannon. At the tender age of ten He was adopted by the Lord Christ Jesus who put him through immense and rigorous training equipping him to be suitable for use. He came to the faith fully at the age of 18 and has vigorously served The King Ever since. "Through many failures" he says " I have become The Christian Rap Mogul I be's about my Father's Business" 2) Growing up around the influences of a jazz-piano-playing father and soul-singing mother, Noah M. Stephens IV naturally gravitated toward music, writing his first rhymes at the age of 10. Born in California but raised in Detroits Schoolcraft section, Noah drew from diverse sources to develop his uncanny style. Im from everywhere, so my twang is just something different, he says. And after moving to Atlanta in 1994, Noah began to stand out on the local scene with a style that was part East Coast braggadocio, a bit of offhand Southern cool, and mostly charismatic appeal. Looking to catch his first break in 1998, he competed on the MTV talent-elimination show The Cut. Though impressive, he left the Lisa Left Eye Lopes-hosted competition with a disappointing second-place finish. Nevertheless, a record deal with the renowned Suave House Records followed in 1999. Unfortunately, the label lost its distribution deal, which forced Noah onto the rap unemployment line. But a chance encounter with pr