Gospel Jam East Coast edition was held on Saturday May 9th 2009 in Newark, Delaware. The event brought together young people from New Jersey, New York, Maryland, Philadelphia, North Carolina, Boston and hosts Delaware. Artists on the performance lineup included Chasemode, D Kamaa, Sam, Gospel Fathers' Ken, Betty Maina, Sharrie and Kofi's band Crown of Glory. There was a three man DJ tag team of Code Red's DJ KillBill from Delaware as well as DJ Humbleskillz and DJ Fresh from Boston.

Sam, D Kamaa and Chasemode

The show started at 6 pm with a very creative live video mix from DJ Kill Bill as attendees arrived at the venue. As the event moved on, two of Delawares finnest female gospel artists Sharrie Mukolwe, and Betty Maina took to the stage for spectacular performances. The crowd then took to the dancefloor as Boston's DJ Humbleskillz threw down a selection of Kenyan gospel hits. Kofi and the Crown of Glory band were up next and performed wonderful well know praise songs. Thereafter there was a crazy dance competition in which people from the 100+ crowd showed off their best krump moves with the winner receiving an mp3 player.

Part of the Crowd

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When Gospel Fathers' Ken got on stage backed by Sam the energy in the room turned a notch higher as the crowd sung along to their hits such as Sina Madeni, We Afi Giddem and Tukisema Gospel. Without giving the crowd a chance to take their seats a hype surprise pastor then walked in on stage and gave a spectacular 5 minutes sermon and alter call where two attendees got saved. The gears kept shifting higher as Chasemode, D Kamaa and Sam gave an electrifying performance of some new songs. DJ Fresh then took to the decks as he mixed the night away with the crowed showing their best moves.

DJ KillBill and Shuhudia.com's Nick

The event was organized by shuhudia.com and ebenezer ministry in conjuction with DJ Fresh and KenyanGospel.com Special thanks to the organizers for a job well done.