Three-time Gospel Music Academy Award winner, songwriter, vocalist and producer, Isaac D. Simpson has been through some rough experiences in his lifetime to say the least.
Being a featured guest on various national television programs as BET’s Bobby Jones Gospel Hour, TBN’s Praise the Lord and 15th Street, as well as various FOX Morning news shows, Simpson has encouraged, educated and inspired millions expressing that life is a process and God is the source of surmounting any trial— the epitome of a walking testimony he is proof of God’s grace and mercy.
When a good deed goes bad—a .22 bullet ricocheted through every major intestine in his body—the internationally known artist, and visionary behind Divine Providence, also known as DP, finds himself fighting for his life. And instead of working on a new music project he was forced to learn how to walk again, after awakening from a coma.
His current project, The Process, features powerful songs like “Encouragement,” “So Good,” “He Made A Way,” “Hide In Me” and “He Already Made a Way, that personifies emotional and musical liberation.
His current single, The Process, accompanied by a music video—a strong illustration of his near-death experience—encapsulates the true meaning of God’s grace and mercy, and is a true testament of Simpson’s violent occurrence.
I know you feel that you can’t make it/I know you feel like what’s the use/I’m holding on to something that feels so far away/Let me remind you that He’s here and he cares/Don’t give up now you’ve come too far to turnaround/Keep holding on to what God has promised and believe it is in His word.
Simpson, who comes from a long generation of singers, songwriters and entertainers, began honing his skills at an early age—directing citywide choirs. By the time he was twenty-six he had conducted workshops throughout the U.S., the Caribbean Islands, Great Britain and Europe.
Taking home the national title of “Best Overall Artist” at the Gospel Music Academy Awards, and sharing the stage with gospel greats as Vicki Winans, James Moore, Marvin Sapp, Kurt Carr, and Rance Allen, it’s no wonder why Simpson was chosen as a special vocalist to honor Coretta Scott-King on stage.
Originally from Los Angeles, California, Simpson founded DP in 1998 to give young Christian-adults an outlet to share their music with the world. He came up with the name Divine Providence while listening to a sermon by Bishop George “Awesome” Dawson. The name means ‘instantaneous will of God.’ In just one year’s time, the energetic youth chorale from Central Ohio produced an album titled “He Loves Me,” influenced by jazz and hip hop, written, arranged, and produced by Simpson.
Inspired by personal life experiences “The Process,” distributed through EMI, is proving to be one of the most superlative musical projects to date.
