Vic Padilla – Honorary Member

westcoastvictileVic Padilla (aka Golden State) (formerly known as DJ MVP) hails from Southern California (San Diego). Vic has been actively involved in Christian Hip Hop for over 10 years, and an avid listener since the early 90s. He’s a former member of Redeemed Thought (DJ / Producer), founder and former owner of Holy Culture (radio, download, record pool, etc, etc.), a Holy Hip Hop Ambassador Award recipient, and an Urban Gospel Alliance Radio Personality of the Year Award recipient.

In 2009, Vic decided to walk away from the Holy Culture “machine” he helped create, and set 110% of his affections and sights on what the Lord truly desired from him from the get-go… and that was complete surrender of his time, talents and ambitions to the Lord… with no strings attached!

God then linked Vic with some Godly brothers (Todd & Ken) in Philadelphia, PA, and Vic could see that their motivation for doing Christian Hip Hop was, in his words, ”not intertwined with leaven, but pure!”  All the music he and his new found brothers put their hands to would be offered for FREE to anyone that had an ear. So Vic created this web-site and suddlenly Eternal Life Music was available world-wide! Money, moving units, marketing would not be a thought in regards to the music his group put out. Why? Well, because the Lord provides to His children WITHOUT His children having to put a price tag on this FREE message we call “The Gospel!”  Where the Lord guides, He provides!

In 2010 Vic felt the call to return to Cali.  He remains excited to see how the Lord might use him to further gospel of Jesus Christ, along with his lovely wife Iesha, and their three sons: Malik, Mekhi, and Maurice.