BORN INTO A FAMILY WHERE SINGING THE GOSPEL AND WRITING LITERARY WORKS WAS PART OF THE NORM MELVIN MCDOWELL JR HAS FOUND HIS PLACE IN AN ARTISTIC WORLD HUNGRY FOR A NEW WAVE OF INSPIRATION AND ENTERTAINMENT. NOW 24 YEARS OLD MELVIN HAS WRITTEN, STARRED, DIRECTED, AND PRODUCED SEVERAL SMALL STAGE PLAYS. CURRENTLY WORKING ON A STAGE PLAY CALLED "I DONT WANT TO DIE LIKE THIS" IN COLLABORATION WITH PROPHET ANDREAS PARSLEY, PROMOTING A FILM WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY CHILD STAR "SHAVAR ROSS", AND IS ALSO IN THE WRITING STAGES OF HIS OWN SCREEN PLAY ENTITLED T'WAS BLIND. ALONG WITH WRITING NEW STAGEPLAYS, SCREENPLAYS, AND OTHER LITERARY WORK, HE IS ALSO ONE OF THE SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE NEW GOSPEL GROUP BREATH OF PRAISE. BREATH OF PRAISE IS A GROUP OF 7 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO'S BRINGING SOMETHING NEW TO THE GOSPEL INDUSTRY. WITH THEIR DEBUT PROJECT ENTITLED "LIVING SACRIFICE", BREATH OF PRIASE HAS LEFT THE INDUSTRY SPEECHLESS.
