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If you listen to\u00a0Christian radio, you’re likely familiar\u00a0with\u00a0Lecrae<\/a>. The chart-topping artist is one of the biggest music stories of the year, his \u201cCinderella rise\u201d having been propelled by coverage everywhere from\u00a0Rolling Stone<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon<\/a>.<\/p>\n But what do you know about Tedashii<\/a>, Lecrae\u2019s opening act\u00a0for Friday\u2019s concert at Waco Hall<\/a>?<\/p>\n First, you should know that the artist is a Baylor alumnus (sic \u2018em!); second, that he wasn\u2019t always a strong Christian. Born and raised in Houston, Tedashii grew up in a\u00a0religious (but not necessarily Christian) household.\u00a0After being accepted to Baylor and walking\u00a0onto the football team, the 18-year-old Tedashii decided that in college, he was going to do the things he couldn\u2019t under his mother\u2019s roof. \u201cMy plan was to be the most popular and the most well-known student that school had ever seen, from a party scene and from an academic scene,\u201d he said. \u201cI was ready to hit the world by storm.\u201d<\/p>\n Tedashii had his plan; God had another. Two months into his freshman year, another student \u2013 a complete stranger \u2013 approached him on campus. \u201c\u2019Hey, I heard the way that you interacted with your buddies, and I heard some of the jokes you guys told, and just how you carried yourself. I think that the Bible would call this sin,\u2019\u201d Tedashii told FamilyChristian.com<\/a> last year. \u201cI got super offended, pushed him … and walked off upset, because here was this guy judging me.\u201d<\/p>\n Not long after that meeting, Tedashii got injured, lost his scholarship and was preparing to head home. \u201cMy world was crumbling. It was crashing down,\u201d he said. \u201cLiterally as I\u2019m hanging up the phone with my high school girlfriend, because she was breaking up with me, this guy walks by and sees me and he said, \u2018Man, you look like you need to talk to somebody.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThis guy\u201d was the very person Tedashii had shoved away and dismissed.<\/p>\n “He said, ‘These things are going to pass. You’re going to be out of college, and you won’t be a football player. But you’re going to still be a guy in need of a savior,'” he told The Indianapolis Star<\/a><\/em>. That was the moment, Tedashii says, that\u00a0he became a Christian.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are friends to this day,\u201d Tedashii said. \u201cHe was the best man at my wedding and, man, he\u2019s just a dear, dear brother in the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n This new friend was also the one who encouraged Tedashii to incorporate the Christian message into his rap music.\u00a0Today, Tedashii writes about his vulnerabilities and about trusting God during trials, such as after the sudden death of his young son<\/a> in 2013. He also creates music for the Village Church<\/a> in Denton, Texas. Last summer, he even collaborated with another Baylor alum, David Crowder, on\u00a0\u201cAngels and Demons<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n Sic \u2019em, Tedashii!<\/p>\n [Tedashii opens for Lecrae Friday night at Waco Hall; tickets are available now<\/a>.]<\/em><\/p>\n You might also like:<\/em><\/strong> If you listen to\u00a0Christian radio, you’re likely familiar\u00a0with\u00a0Lecrae. The chart-topping artist is one of the biggest music stories of the year, his \u201cCinderella rise\u201d having been propelled by coverage everywhere from\u00a0Rolling Stone\u00a0to\u00a0The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. But what do you know about Tedashii, Lecrae\u2019s opening act\u00a0for Friday\u2019s concert at Waco Hall? 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\n* 14 BaylorProud artists who you should be listening to<\/a>\u00a0— Aug. 2015
\n*\u00a0Gospel Music Association to honor trio of Bears tonight<\/a> — May 2015
\n*\u00a0Baylor\u2019s Black Gospel project to become a Smithsonian permanent feature<\/a> — Jan. 2014
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