MC 900 Ft. Jesus is the stage name of Mark Griffin, a classically-trained musician turned rapper and experimental musician born in Dallas, Texas. Griffin's MC name came from a sermon by Oral Roberts, Griffin's first album, Hell With The Lid Off (1990) was released under the name "MC 900 Ft. Jesus With DJ Zero", but the MC has sole billing on Welcome To My Dream (1991) and One Step Ahead of The Spider (1994). According to a Chicago Tribune article dated November 8, 1991, DJ Zero appears on Dream under his real name, Patrick Rollins, because of uncertainty about whether he would have been able to tour in support of the album. Rollins/Zero is not listed in the credits for Spider. MC 900 Ft. Jesus' music is influenced by hip-hop, incorporating many samples. "Hell With the Lid Off" included the cult single "Truth is Out of Style". His next hit was "The City Sleeps", which explore

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