Vibe Artist Nominated For Grammy

CALGARY — Winnipeg rapper Fresh I.E. was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Rock Gospel Album category for his Red Letterz CD on the Soar music label.

The announcement was made by the Recording Academy in Beverly Hills, California on Thursday, December 4, 2003.

As a member of Resurrection & Life, Fresh I.E. (Rob Wilson) was previously nominated for two Vibe Awards in 2003. The group’s double-disc CD, Tha Wordship & Tha Praise; Tha Blacksmith & Tha Blade was up for Rap/Hip-Hop/Dance Album of the Year, while Stand, co-written by Wilson and Kevin Manness, was in the running for Song of the Year.

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Stand is one of 15 tracks featured on Vibe Hits, Volume One, available at Christian retailers throughout Canada. In the Rock Gospel category at the Grammys, Fresh I.E. is joined by Relient K, which is fronted by Canadian Matt Thiessen.  Relient K is nominated for their CD, Two Lefts Don’t Make A Right...But Three Do. Other nominees in the category are Audio Adrenaline, Worldwide; Petra, Jekyll & Hyde; and Robert Randolph & The Family Band, Unclassified. For a Canadian Christian artist to be nominated for a Grammy is a rare feat, to have two Canadians in the same gospel category is unprecedented.