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Ashante P.T. Stokes is an American rhythm and gospel artist and actor. He began his career as a rhythm and gospel vocalist and rapper in early 2013 and his acting in late 2013.

Born in Atlanta, Georgia, Stokes was a youth chanter at Wheat Street Baptist Church and played the hand bells at Hillside Presbyterian Church. He was selected for the DeKalb County Honors Chorus as a third grader. While at Ohio University, he was baptized at the Blackburn Hill Church of Christ. He sang vocals for a rapper friend until 2010 when Stokes competed in the Gospel Music Association's Immerse. His inaugural live performance as PT The Gospel Spitter was January 25, 2013 at Mark SQuared in Tucker, Georgia. In late 2013, a friend urged him to audition for a small part in an indie film, Burning Bridges. The casting director asked him to audition for a larger supporting role that he won.

In 2014, he recorded his studio album, Raise Up. Two singles, "Understanding God" and "Salvation RMX" were part of a music mini-film deal between his label and production company, Serving the Peace, LLC and StewArt Media Studios. "Understanding God", the music mini-film debut was at Borderline 2015, a Haitian American Christian Hip Hop celebration in Lawrenceville, Georgia. "Salvation RMX" the music mini-film premiered in May 2015 at Stephenson High School, Stone Mountain, Georgia. In August 2015, "Salvation RMX" won the Audience Choice award for a music video and garnered Stokes a best director nomination at the Gwinnett Center International Film Festival.

Early life

Stokes was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He spent a year of his early life in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with his paternal grandparents and still attends family reunions in Western Pennsylvania. Stokes finished high school in Middletown, Connecticut where he was a scholar-athlete and competed in USATF Youth track at the Junior Olympics level. He was a sprinter in the Mid-Atlantic Conference (MAC) as an Ohio University Bobcat.

Rhythm and gospel career

In 2010, Stokes who writes his own lyrics, performed in the Gospel Music Association's Immerse competition, advancing through to the semifinal round. Shortly after, he established a professional relationship with a vocal coach, principle operatic soprano, Maria Clark. He was introduced to Hit'em Hard Entertainment and recorded his first two mixtape singles resulting in his first live performance as PT The Gospel Spitter at Mark SQuared in Tucker, Georgia on January 25, 2013.

Next April, 2014, PT did a 30 second promo video for United Christian Broadcasters' (UCB) Gig in a Shed, for BigChurchDayOut, a contemporary Christian music festival generally held in late May in Wiston, West Sussex, England. The video is an edit of a longer live performance of a mixtape single track, GYPO ("Get Your Praise On"). "It is especially humbling as the video was first aired in early April and it was late April before the Android mobile app was first available to support the YouTube auto-generated playlists", said PT. "The desktop version for UCB's playlist was first generated in February indicating that GYPO was added and charted to the list sometime after its first few weeks of play."

In late August, PT held an interview with Genea Webb of the New Pittsburgh Courier discussing both his music and acting. He spoke of his album, Raise Up in the September, 2014 Courier article and the first single to be released, Understanding God, was out October 7, 2014.

Serving the Peace, his label and production company, entered into a two music mini-film deal with StewArt Media Studios for the Raise Up studio album singles, Understanding God, already released in October, 2014 and Salvation RMX, to be released in 2015. Both music mini-films were released in the second quarter of 2015 in limited viewings. Salvation RMX was an official selection of the Gwinnett Center International Film Festival in August 2015. Salvation RMX won the festivals' Audience Choice award. In the fourth quarter of 2015 into early 2016, Salvation RMX was in the top three music videos airing on streaming television's Christian Hip Hop channel.

Acting Career

A few months after creating entertainment company, Serving the Peace, in 2013, Stokes was approached by the mentor who had introduced him to Hit'em Hard Entertainment, about auditioning for a role in an indie film. The mentor had been asked to audition for a small role as an arresting officer in the film and thought the role was a fit for PT. Although not aiming to be an actor, conceding to the mentor's lobbying, Stokes went to audition for the role and was asked to audition for a larger role. He landed the role of Angelo, in Burning Bridges, an attorney that is key to the film's major plot twist.

In March, 2014, Stokes got an uncredited role as a detective in Taken 3.

By August, 2014, Stokes was in Ant-Man as a prison officer coming to Paul Rudd's ("Scott Lang/Ant-Man") rescue. Kevin Anthony Carney, an Irish journalist, unsolicited and as an administrator for Marvel Cinematic Universe later established a profile page for PT.

In September, 2014, Stokes was asked to submit a rehearsal rate sheet and then took a dinner to discuss a project, Emerald City. Although a new showrunner and writer were later green-lighted for the project, NBC allowed PT and the original writers to continue to be attached to the project.

Stokes made a LA promotional tour during Golden Globe weekend in January, 2015 which was also the same weekend as the USA premiere for Taken 3.

In March 2015, Stokes landed a voice role in the Remedy Entertainment/Microsoft Studios time bending video game/interactive television project, Quantum Break.

In June, 2015, Stokes had a featured role on the TvOne series, Born Again Virgin.. In November 2015, he portrayed a barber, Dwight, who has a close relationship with the secondary antagonist, Jabari, played by JD Williams, for the Bounce TV/Swirl Films church drama, Saints & Sinners.

Awards and achievements

Gwinnett Center International Film Festival

Independent Artists Christian Music Association honors

Discography

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

References

1. ^ "Ashante PT Stokes Spreads God's Word in Various Creative Ways", New Pittsburgh Courier, September 5, 2014
2. "PT and Evan Mayfield at a Screening Event for Understanding God", IMDb Understanding God, 2015, retrieved July 23, 2016
3. "PT and the Stephenson High School Chorale at a Screening Event for Salvation RMX", IMDb Salvation RMX, 2015, retrieved July 23, 2016
4. "PT The Gospel Spitter", "Mashpedia", February 3, 2014
5. "They Can't Catch Stokes, Middletown", "Hartford Courant", June 2, 1998
6. "Middletown High School Honor Roll", "Hartford Courant", April 16, 1998
7. "98 CT Youth USATF Track Championships", "Platt Timing System", June 21, 1998
8. "Mid-American Conference Men's Outdoor Track and Field 2002 Top Performers", "CSTV.com", 2002
9. "Ashante P.T. Stokes" , IMDbBio, Trivia , retrieved June 29, 2016
10. ^ "PT The Gospel Spitter", "Mashpedia", April 4, 2014
11. "Big Church Day Out", YouTube Video Discovery System (auto-generated), retrieved June 30, 2016
12. "Weekly Top Ten Music Video Countdown", Christian Hip Hop Television, January 10, 2016, retrieved July 23, 2016
13. "Burning Bridges-The Movie", Official Site, retrieved July 7, 2015
14. "J-Anthony and Ash Breezy Interview Gospel Artist PT Stokes and Visual Make-up Artist Sherilyn Marilyn", Web Talk Show VC Street Leak, You Tube, May 23, 2014, retrieved July 23, 2016
15. "Ashante P.T.Stokes-Marvel Cinematic Universe Wiki", Marvel Cinematic Universe, August 26, 2015, retrieved July 23, 2016
16. "Greater Good aka Kevin Anthony Carney", Marvel Cinematic Universe, retrieved July 23, 2016
17. "Emerald City" Barcelona Film Commission, 2015, retrieved July 23, 2016
18. "Emerald City Resurrected By NBC With Straight-To-Series Order, New Writer", Deadline, April 15, 2015
19. "Actor P.T. attends the HBOLounge", Getty Images Entertainment, January 10, 2015
20. "Quantum Break Promo (VG)", IMDb Quantum Break, retrieved July 15, 2016
21. "Still from Born Again Virgin, P.T. and Meagan Holder" IMDb Born Again Virgin, August 2015, retrieved July 23, 2016
22. "Still from Saint and Sinners, P.T., JD Williams", IMDb Saints and Sinners, April 2016, retrieved July 23, 2016
23. ^ "Gwinnett Center International Film Festival: Awards for 2015" IMDb Events, 2015, retrieved July 23, 2016
24. ^ "IACMA Awards 2016", IACMA.org, retrieved July 23, 2016

External links

• Official website
• Ashante P.T. Stokes at IMDb

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