Entrepreneur, profound speaker and accomplished national gospel recording artist. This embryonic artist’s burgeoning national acclaim is evinced by the distinct honor of being listed by Jet Magazine as “One of the Top Ten Faces You Need to Know.” Ebony recognized Jekalyn Carr as a Ebony Power 100 as one of the most influential people in 2014 in Los Angles, alongside with Bishop TD Jakes, Beyonce, Lebron James, Pharrell Williams and the Legendary Quincy Jones. Soul Train published an article on an article, it asserted that her message offers “hope of a better day to countless individuals across the world,” and it “challenges people to muster the courage to have faith in life’s possibilities and not be dominated by extant realities and pessimism.
Jekalyn Carr is experiencing success illuminative of the divine presence of God’s grace in her life. A classic example of the conspicuous special anointing operating in Carr’s life is when she was just 15, she had a song, “Greater is Coming,” to a appear in the top ten of Billboards’ gospel music chart, debuting at #3. As a testament Jekalyn has received her first Stellar Award at the age of 16. On Oct 6th, 2014, Carr released her second national album, It’s Gonna Happen, putting her in rarified air: being one of few artists to have two national albums on the market before the age of 18. Jekalyn has received many accolades in her youth and a number of the U.S. cities have honored her by giving her official proclamations and keys to the cities.
Jekalyn was featured in a documentary, Rejoice and Shout (2010), produced by Magnolia Pictures, where she opened the documentary singing “Amazing Grace.” The documentary also spotlighted Smokey Robinson, Andrae Crouch, Kirk Franklin, and many other prominent artists. Although she’s young, Carr is no stranger to being in the company of music greats. By the age of 9, she had already performed on various platforms with Shirley Ceasar, Marvin Sapp, Vanessa Bell Armstrong, Myron Butler, Micah Stampley, and other reputable gospel artists. She has performed and ministered on the Trinity Broadcast Network (TBN), The Word Network and BET’s The Bobby Jones Gospel Show and Sundays Best.
Jekalyn wants you to know, that you can achieve your visions and your goals, if you stay focused, surround yourself with the right people, stay persistent at working on the vision and most of all put God first.
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