003 // ILLUMINATE - TAKING HIS MESSAGE OF HOPE TO THE STREETS

CONNECTED with RUBEN TORRES

Bay Area rapper talks to us about being on tour with SEVIN, coming from a musical family background in Tower of Power. He tells us about his father's overdose, his cocaine addiction and his testimony about how God used his pain to help others, his transformation from Nasty Nate to Illuminate . We learn how he began his passion for writing music, his aha moment when he knew that he wanted to do ministry for the rest of his life. Illuminate shares his views on his involvement in the Christian music industry, being labeled a "Christian rapper" and his thoughts on that label. We learn how to market and promote music online, and what personal limits to post on social media. How he goes about selling his music online digitally and physically. His entrepreneurial spirit brings him to a new venture with his new clothing line The Outsiders. Nate shares how important it is to have a mentor in business and spiritually. We learn how he got a movie role in new movie called Seeds Of Grace. Illuminate : http://instagram.com/illuminateitw IlluminateMusic.com Twitter : @illuminateITW Www.outsidersbrand.com