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Born in Music City USA, a home to the gospel music industry, Keesha Rainey always had a lifelong dream of being a vocal artist. In church, she began on this road toward stardom at the tender age of 6, singing at her family church in Nashville, Tennessee. It didn’t stop there! It was at this early age, that she began to hone in on her vocal gift and musical and leadership abilities. Keesha has been blessed to learn from the best! She has traveled and shared the stage with one of the best quartet groups around, Donnie, Darryl, & The Joyboyz. “They took me under their wing and took time out to really teach me. I’m thankful for that,” she said. Signed to their label, JSound Records, she released her debut album, entitled Breakthrough, in 2009. Not only a singer, but also an accomplished songwriter, she had the opportunity to write on her project, writing independently her single “Breakthrough,” which is continuing, now more than ever before, to minister to and change 13 It’s Christ Or Nothing lives, all at the same time. “The message in this song is perfect for such a time as this. Everybody is dealing with something. I don’t care the status or title,” Keesha says, “People need to know that whatever their situation, “it too shall pass!” She co-wrote songs, such a