Leading hip-hop/pop sensation Group 1 Crew’s video for their No. 1 single, “His Kind of Love,” debuts today on YouTube, iTunes and www.Group1Crew.com. This marks the duo’s second career No. 1 single and fifth Top 5 hit. Group 1 Crew is scheduled to hit the road on March 3 when they join Audio Adrenaline on the “King’s & Queen’s Spring Tour.”
The video, shot this past November throughout Group 1 Crew’s “Winter Jam” dates captures the duo’s impressive live show. “Having never seen a G1C performance prior to my time on ‘Winter Jam’ I wasn’t sure what to expect,” said director Sean Hagwell. “What’s more is that I was tasked with creating a cohesive and smooth live performance without any filler which requires an artist to be 100% consistent with their energy and stage presence. Night after night I would watch Manwell and Blanca give the crowd literally everything they had and consistently deliver a memorable performance without ever pulling the spotlight away from the message of Christ. With such an amazing live set, getting great footage was easy; deciding what had to hit the cutting room floor was the hardest part.”
“Group 1 Crew is known for doing some fun and crazy music videos,” adds Group 1 Crew’s Blanca. “But I’m especially excited about this video because we get to show a side of us that not everybody gets to see unless they come to one of our concerts. We wanted to capture the energy and passion we bring on a live stage! That is what the ‘His Kind of Love’ video is all about.”
On March 3, Group 1 Crew joins Audio Adrenaline, Seventh Day and Manic Drive on the “King’s & Queens Spring Tour.” The tour is scheduled to hit the following cities:
March 1 Municipal Auditorium – Morganton, SC
March 2 Washington High School – Washington, NC
March 3 Lancaster Bible College – Lancaster, PA
March 10 TBD – Green Bay, WI
March 14 Vero Beach Performing Arts Center – Vero Beach, FL
March 15 Pinewood Christian Academy – Bellville, GA
March 16 Calvary Baptist Church – Columbus, GA
March 17 Broad River Electric Auditorium – Gaffney, SC
March 21 Haven of Hope Worship Center – Philippi, WV
March 22 New Life Church – Biddeford, ME
March 23 Roland E. Powell Convention Center – Ocean City, MD
March 24 Greencastle High School – Greencastle, PA
April 5 Oakwood Christian Church – Enid, OK
April 6 Venue 510 – Burleson, TX
April 11 Indianola Community Church – Indianola, IA
April 12 Compass Church – Naperville, IL
April 13 Boswell Auditorium – Lebanon, MO
April 14 Lenexa Baptist Church – Lenexa, KS
April 19 Spirit Bank Event Center – Tulsa, OK
April 20 180 Youth Center – Four Smith, AR
April 25 Okolona Christian Church – Louisville, KY
April 26 First Assembly of God – Fort Wayne, IN
April 27 The Ungerground – Cincinnati, OH
April 28 McMorran Theater – Port Huron, MI
May 2 Lake Charles Civic Center – Lake Charles, LA
May 4 Bond County Fairgrounds – Greenville, IL
May 5 Bicentennial Center – Salina KS
For more information on Group 1 Crew and to purchase tickets, please visit www.Group1Crew.com
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Group 1 Crew has become one of the leading hip-hop focused acts in the Christian music scene, broadening the parameters of faith-based music with songs that percolate with energy and resonate with the truth of God’s grace. To date, the talented group has had five hit singles break into the Top 5 on Billboard’s Christian CHR chart, including, “He Said” (featuring Chris August), which went to No. 1. They have earned five Dove Awards; three for the Rap/Hip-Hop Album Of the Year Category and two for the Rap/Hip-Hop Recorded Song with “Movin'” and “Walking on the Stars.” They also received a 2012 Dove Award for Special Event Album of the Year, thanks to Blanca’s collaboration on The Story. Group 1 Crew made their national TV performance debut on “The Mo’Nique Show” and their music has been featured in a variety of popular television shows, including NBC’s “America’s Got Talent,” FOX’s “The Simple Life,” Style Network’s “Kimora Lee Simmons: Life in the Fab Lane,” MTV’s “Run’s House,” and The CW’s “One Tree Hill.”
