Not everyone starts with a fair shot. Solo grew up watching his mom struggle, even facing eviction as a child. That survival mindset pushed him into the hustle—first as a club promoter, then chasing fast money in ways that made him lose himself. But eventually, he realized success isn’t just about the bag—it’s about who you become.

Now, Solo is a husband and father of two, living proof that you can rewrite your story.

In this episode of Building My Relationship with God, Solo shares:
🔥 Growing up with eviction and instability
💰 How the grind took him from the club scene to six figures
📈 The moment he realized he was becoming someone he wasn’t
🙌 How faith helped him realign and elevate the right way
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 How building a family gave him a new purpose

Your past doesn’t define you—your choices do. Solo’s story proves you can make it out without losing yourself.

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Low Self Esteem Has Kicked my butt for a long time. Often times my self esteem is low when I forget how God see's me. I run to  Psalms 139 to remember. I pray that it blesses you!

You ever worried so about the needs of the people in your life so bad that you felt the physical weight of them on you? Bra I am a professional worrier and I want to quit my job hahaha ok that was corny lol but you get what I'm saying...

God helped me to realize something.. I carry way more than what God wants me to carry. In fact, I carry a lot of things I was suppose to give to him to carry... I cannot fix anything or anyone, only Jesus can. 

So Jesus have all of my worries. I want your peaceful rest.

Matthew 11:28-30 (NIV)
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”

It breaks my heart when I find out that anotha one of the youngn's done got killed. Columbia, SC has lost so many young lives to gun violence. The easiest thing to do is to find somebody to blame... The parents... the friends they hung around..... The police.... And yes I believe there is a responsibility we all have as a community in the lives of our youth. But it's bigger than just telling them the right thing to do.

A lot of our youth really don't know who they are. That's why they do the things they do, they are struggling with their identity. As people who have been tranfromed by Jesus it is our responsibility to share with our youth that they were made in God's image and God's likeness.. In other word's God perfect hands made them to look like him. 

God has given them value. They are significant. They are important. Not because of anything they did but because of everything God did in making them. My prayer is that we as a people would value ourselves and one another as God's creation who was made to represent God.

We can only find our true identity by giving the false one we have to Jesus as he offer us our true identity as an IMAGE OF GOD!

 You got a dream? You got a gift? You got a vision? And you want the whole world to tell you: “YOUR AMAZING, PLEASE BLESS US WITH YOUR GIFT” or maybe you just been waiting on the “right time” to do ‘it’. What if you never get that junk? What if nobody ever tells you what you feel like you need to hear to make you feel confident in yourself? What if there will never be a time when it’s convenient for you to do the thing you feel in your soul?  

Bra I know those feelings so well! I’ve spent a lot of time in my life just waiting and waiting and waiting and what I realized is: AIN’T NOBODY COMING TO SAVE ME! And the truth is the times when people have came and told me how amazing my music, podcast, and other stuff was if I didn’t believe that it was amazing then I would never release any of it. Or maybe I’ll start and stop.  

Dawg I’m so tired of waiting on words from somebody that God has already spoken over me. Man Jesus says in his word that I am his masterpiece (Ephesians 2:10) and that I was created to do good works. I wanna hold on to that more than I hold on to this stupid thing called “Fear”. 

I challenge you to do the same. Stop being afraid. If God has given you a gift to share braaaa share it. Release that book dawg, Release that song, open up that business, apply for that job, go to that college, man just do it. There is a world that needs to experience what Jesus has given you. And to be honest is really not about you anyway. May Jesus give you more confidence in what he can do through you more than what you believe you can do! Make sure what you want to release is something that honors God and serves others. Read Matthew 5:14 and GO DO IT!

Tryna build your relationship with God gets pretty tough doing it alone. Most things in life take a team to get you to a certain goal. Even Jesus had a team that helped him get to the CROSS. 

A community can either build you up or tare you down. A christian community is a community that builds you up with the love of Jesus. I wouldn't know where I would be if I didn't have the christian community I have now. 

If you don't have one don't trip begin praying to Jesus to help you find them and then take yo tail to church lol... or find a christian organization on campus... whatever you do don't stay alone. There is a christian community waiting on you right now, it's going to change your life forever!!!

Man thinking about starting your relationship with God can seem like a lot which can be super overwhelming especially when you start comparing yourself to somebody else's relationship with God. The amazing thing about Jesus is his invitation is so simple, "Follow me".

Not read the bible front and back, not pray for 2 hrs a day, not become a Pastor of a church... It's just follow me. I know you may got some fears about this....We all do.., Let's face them and see what God has in stored in our lives.