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Anton Eshon Hairston, better known
as “Eshon Burgundy”, born April 21, in
Abington, Pennsylvania; started his
career in the underground movement.
After devoting his life to Christ (2001),
he switched focus and began making
overtly Christian-themed rap music.
Hairston built his touring résumé performing across the United States,
Canada, and the United Kingdom
alongside artists both inside
and far beyond the Christian
rap scene, including Mos
Def, Talib Kweli, and Alicia
Keys, and contributed to DJ
Jazzy Jeff’s 2007 release,
The Return of the Magnificent. After several guest
appearances on numerous projects and mixtapes

by fellow believers, including Jackie Hill
Perry, Alert312, and Andy Mineo, Eshon
Burgundy’s first album, Blood Rushing to
My Head, was released in 2012. The mixtape For
God’s Sake appeared in
2013, followed by 2015’s
Billboard charting The
Fear of God. Burgundy
released his highly anticipated third album, The Passover (2016), Burgundy’s new
project, a 10 song set, showcases
an energized and renewed Eshon,
masterfully fusing incisive
and reverent lyrics with
dynamic production. Accompanying The Passover, is the first collection of exclusive
merchandise from