Pastor Montell Jordan: From The Church To R&B To Church Again (1537 hits)
From creating megahits in the 90s and 2000s to becoming a megachurch pastor, Montell Jordan has carved out a musical journey all his own. You may think you know how Montell Jordan does it, but you don’t. Want to know how he actually does it? Here’s how the man who made “This Is How We Do It” a worldwide catchphrase was led from one life to another.
Montell Jordan grew up in South Central, Los Angeles, in a Crip neighborhood. Anybody who knows about that area understands that it’s not easy to avoid the gang life. Both and the Crips and Bloods run rampant there, especially in the 80s and 90s. Jordan stayed away from the gangs, though. He recalls, “I was more fearful of my dad than I was the Crips and Bloods,” he says. “ If we even thought about gang banging or being around that, he would take us out first.”
Instead, Jordan frequented the local church, where he played the piano. Moreover, pretty much his whole family served at the church in some capacity, meaning that going to church was a tradition he was brought up in. Being the church pianist with service six days out of the week, Jordan got hi...
