Hip-Hop artist Joe Ryan III is our featured video of the week for his song “I Think I Need to Pray.”
With the release of his debut EP P.O.P. (Purpose Over Perfection), Essential Sound rapper Joe Ryan III has set his sites on changing music and how it is perceived. First out the gate is lead single “I Think I Need to Pray.”
Ryan’s muse for that record was a day where he was feeling like he was hitting rock bottom. “I woke up one morning and got a text from my child’s mom, an old manager, and an old landlord,” he said. “I said to myself ‘I can see what this day is about to be.’ In this hip-hop game, there are days where you feel overwhelmed. I went to my set up and got on my guitar. It had that grime on it. The way we talk to God is thru prayer, the way he talks back to us through the word. I’m talking to you through the music.”
P.O.P. (Purpose Over Perfection) is available on all digital platforms and fans can download the EP here.