Emrand Henry

Emrand Henry is an anointed minister who God have called in this season to declare his word to the youths in music genres like soca, reggae, RnB, raga soca, dancehall and worship. Born and raised in St. Lucia, Zephrinius Henry, better known as Emrand, penned his first lyrics in standard two, a love song dedicated to a girl he had a crush on. At age thirteen, he dedicated his life to God and started singing seriously in church. Aware that he had to go where the secular youth are, as if he wanted to reach them, Emrand started to concentrate on writing Reggae Gospel. He gradually won over the youth of his church, who could not understand his secular thrust at first. He later gained experience singing in church in Trinidad, and other shows in St. Lucia. At present Emrand works as an office assistant at the French Embassy. He released his first album called A New Song In 2003, after he was declared the winner of the first ever Cable & Wireless Star Quest. He also released a single in 2004 called revolution another in 2005 called still standing and two in 2006 called In or Out and Lion of Judah. All of these songs are making a big impact on the Christian and secular community in St. Lucia. Emrand has also released a single from his up coming album called No Retreat No Surrender. This diverse album will feature Emrand’s vocals with hard hitting soca tunes, dancehall, hardcore reggae, roots, and raga. Look out for it in the coming months. In July 2006, Emrand Henry was able to gain four nominations in the Caribbean's most famous Gospel Music Award Ceremony, the Marlin Awards. Emrand has ministered in many Caribbean countries, including St. Vincent, Dominica, Trinidad, Barbados, Tortola BVI, St. Kitts and Grenada. “I thank God for the many opportunities he has given to me, to impact onto other young people of the Caribbean”. In his few years of ministering, Emrand has shared the stage with the likes of renowned gospel artistes Chevelle Franklyn, Christian Massive, Sherwin Gardner, Jadee, Tiko and Gita, William Paul, Judah Praise, Junior Tucker, Issac Blackman, Fred Hammond and other artist like Kenny Rogers, Maxi Priest and Kassav. He also got an opportunity to perform live at the opening of St .Lucia’s biggest music festival, Jazz Festival. Emrand's goal and desire is to see young people off the streets and in the church serving Almighty God. More than a singer, Emrand is a young man who God is using as a Psalmist and also in the Prophetic ministry. He is a member of the Deliverance Pentecostal Church at Babonneau, a member of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the West Indies. His Pastor, Rev Robert Marquis and wife are very supportive of his ministry along with the church members. Emrand’s heart is focused on spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ and seeing young people on fire for God. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.