Corey Paul
{{Short description|American musician}}
{{notability|Music|date=April 2017}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Corey Paul
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| birth_name = Corey Paul Davis
| alias = Corey Paul
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|3|10|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Houston, Texas
| instrument = Vocals
| genre = Christian hip hop, urban contemporary gospel
| occupation = Singer, songwriter
| years_active = 2013–present
| label = Frontline Movement
| associated_acts = Reconcile
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Corey Paul Davis{{cite web|title=Corey Paul|url=http://frontlinemovement.com/corey-paul/|publisher=Frontline Movement|access-date=February 22, 2015|archive-date=June 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160618225140/http://frontlinemovement.com/corey-paul|url-status=live}} (born March 10, 1987),{{cite web|title=Amazing 25th birthday party! Thank God, all my love ones & all my twitter fam for continued support! Grace.|url=https://twitter.com/CoreyPaulMusic/status/178749228905005056|publisher=Twitter|author=CoreyPaulMusic|access-date=February 22, 2014|archive-date=April 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423211759/https://twitter.com/coreypaulmusic/status/178749228905005056|url-status=live}} known by the stage name Corey Paul, is an American Christian hip hop musician from Houston, Texas.{{cite journal|url=http://blog.chron.com/jesusmusik/2014/10/tshirttuesdays-corey-paul-grace-love-mercy/|title=#TShirtTuesdays: Corey Paul – "Grace Love Mercy"|journal=Houston Chronicle|author=Sketch the Journalist|access-date=February 22, 2014|date=October 21, 2012|archive-date=October 23, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023151413/http://blog.chron.com/jesusmusik/2014/10/tshirttuesdays-corey-paul-grace-love-mercy/|url-status=live}} His debut album, Grace Love Mercy, released on July 30, 2013, by Frontline Media Group.{{cite web|url=http://jamthehype.com/corey-paul-grace-love-mercy/|title=Corey Paul – Grace Love Mercy|publisher=Jam the Hype|first=Justin|last=Morden|access-date=February 22, 2015|date=July 30, 2013|archive-date=September 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930003420/http://jamthehype.com/corey-paul-grace-love-mercy/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://wadeoradio.com/album-review-corey-paul-grace-love-mercy/|title=Album Review: Corey Paul – Grace, Love, Mercy|publisher=Wade-O Radio|first=Aubrey|last=McKay|access-date=February 22, 2015|date=August 1, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222080649/http://wadeoradio.com/album-review-corey-paul-grace-love-mercy/|archive-date=February 22, 2015|url-status=dead}} This album was his Billboard chart debut album.[http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3ACorey%20Paul&f[1]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Corey%20Paul Corey, Paul] Billboard {{dead link|date=January 2024|bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/files/index/artistindex_08_17_2013.pdf|title=Artist Index: August 17, 2013|magazine=Billboard|access-date=February 22, 2015|date=August 17, 2013|archive-date=September 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921211925/http://www.billboard.com/files/index/artistindex_08_17_2013.pdf|url-status=live}} In March 2015, Corey Paul was signed onto Collision Records, by December he released his second Billboard charting album, "Today Tomorrow Forever". In July 2017 he announced his departure from Collision Records.
Early life
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Corey Paul was born on March 10, 1987, as Corey Paul Davis, in Houston, Texas.
Corey was raised by his mother and his stepfather, who eventually became a crack cocaine addict. At the age of six his father beat and burned his mother with an iron, and by the age of eight he witnessed his mother shoot his father in self-defense. When Corey was nine his father hung himself in an attic after a long battle with addiction.
As a teenager Corey embraced the street culture, party life and Houston's "chopped and screwed" music scene. Eventually he realized that even if he gained all of it, it wouldn't change the pain, poverty or hopelessness that his family and neighborhood dealt with on a daily basis. It was at this moment Corey decided to trust God and in 2010 he started "Frontline Media Group", a record label that creates and promotes music with a message of hope, positivity and a belief in something greater than the struggle.{{Cite news|url=http://www.testimonystories.com/testimony/coreypaul|title=Corey Paul|work=Testimony|access-date=2017-09-19|language=en-US|archive-date=January 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122145007/http://www.testimonystories.com/testimony/coreypaul|url-status=live}}
Music career
Corey Paul's first album, Grace Love Mercy, was released on July 30, 2013, with Frontline Movement. This was his debut album on the Billboard charts, and it happened to land a placement on Top Gospel Albums at No. 39. He then signed with Collision Records{{Cite web|url=http://wadeoradio.com/collision-records-signs-houston-emcee-corey-paul-releases-new-music-video/|title=Collision Records Signs Houston Emcee Corey Paul {{!}} Wade-O Radio|website=wadeoradio.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403052044/http://wadeoradio.com/collision-records-signs-houston-emcee-corey-paul-releases-new-music-video/|archive-date=April 3, 2018|url-status=dead}} and released his second album, "Today, Tomorrow, Forever," on December 18, 2015. The album peaked at No. 11 on the iTunes Rap/Hip-Hop chart and ranked No. 16 on the Billboard "Heatseeker" chart.{{Cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/6822302/corey-paul/chart?f=324|title=Corey Paul – Chart history {{!}} Billboard|website=www.billboard.com|language=en|access-date=2017-09-19|archive-date=May 23, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180523180443/https://www.billboard.com/artist/6822302/corey-paul/chart?f=324|url-status=live}} He announced his departure from Collision Records{{Cite web|url=https://www.kicktheconcrete.com/corey-paul-independent|title=home|website=home|language=en|access-date=2018-04-02|archive-date=April 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403112501/https://www.kicktheconcrete.com/corey-paul-independent|url-status=live}} in 2017 and then independently released his third album, "Untold Story: Trill Young King" November 11, 2017.
Personal life
Corey Paul is married to Summer, and they are presently residing in Houston, Texas, and attend church at Resurrection Houston
Discography
=Studio albums=
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| style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|Grace Love Mercy
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| style="width:3em; font-size:90%"|Today, Tomorrow, Forever
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| 16 |
| Untold Story: Trill Young King{{Cite web|url=https://genius.com/albums/Corey-paul/Untold-story-trill-young-king|title=Untold Story: Trill Young King by Corey Paul|website=Genius|language=en|access-date=2018-04-02|archive-date=April 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180403112605/https://genius.com/albums/Corey-paul/Untold-story-trill-young-king|url-status=live}}
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Category:African-American male rappers
Category:21st-century American male rappers
Category:African-American Christians
Category:Musicians from Houston
Category:American performers of Christian hip-hop
Category:21st-century American rappers
Category:21st-century American male musicians