With the same passion that inspired Michael Peace to introduce Hip-Hop music to Christian audiences nearly two decades ago, Bang Theory artist Todd "Bangz" Elliott takes the baton and runs with a burden to reach today's hip-hop community with the Gospel of Christ Jesus.  A modern day Paul with a magnificent obsession to bring Jesus to the masses, he has preached in prisons and having known the pain of lack, has endured.  Like Paul, he carries the message of Jesus Christ  with  courage, passion and conviction. His lyrics are filled with scripture and principles that are delivered with clarity and eloquence. 

His name is Todd Tremain Elliott, but like Paul and other forefathers of the faith, he has experienced a name change. One of fifteen siblings, Todd Bangz - as his friends like to call him - was born  in Syracuse, New York and raised in Rochester. He learned the meaning of hard work and sacrifice at an early age.  Though times were not always easy for his family, his father kept the family together while instilling in them a vision for entrepreneurship.

Bangz discovered his love for rap music in high school while rapping with friends during lunch in the cafeteria.  Rapping soon became an avenue of opportunity as he developed relationships with some popular rap artists.  Hooked and inspired, saved his money to purchase equipment and began producing his own music. Even at that early stage of his musical development, Bangz knew that his talent should be used to glorify God, but the money and fame associated with secular rap music proved to be a distraction. "I kept thinking that I would get a secular deal, get rich and then do gospel. But I kept constantly backsliding, and each time I went back to the world it seemed as if my sins got worse and I sank a little lower."