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Rev. VaNatta Ford - AME Itinerant Deacon, singer, rapper and HU School of Divinity alumna
Although Rev. VaNatta Ford began singing as a child, her first love was Hip-Hop.By age 10 she and her brother, Jimmy, formed a rap group and began performing and doing shows throughout Rockford Illinois.
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Rev. Ford is currently working on an independent solo project.She has also conducted lectures and organized forums on Hip Hop Music and Spirituality and Understanding the Message in Hip Hop Music, which she believes to be one of the commissions of her calling.Rev. Ford attended the Rockford Auburn High School Creative and Performing Arts Program (CAPA), with primary concentrations in dance and voice.She completed her undergraduate studies at Illinois State University where she earned a Bachelor's in History and a minor in Political Science.She graduated from the Howard University School of Divinity on May 14, 2005, receiving a Master of Divinity degree.During her time at Howard, she served as a Graduate Assistant to Dean Bernard Richardson of the historic Andrew Rankin Memorial Chapel