My son, Jake, is 10. Like many his age, he’s into sports and music and often tells my wife and I that in his world, "It’s God, family, basketball, music and shoes." Guess, we’re doing something right.
So, we were excited to see that Trip Lee’s in town this weekend.
Lee, a rapper, singer, poet, author and teaching pastor at a church in Atlanta, takes the stage at Epikos Church, 6229 W. Greenfield Ave., in West Allis on Saturday. He’s performing as a part of "Big Winter Weekend."
Lee’s music has been on my son’s playlist for years, and he’s one of many positive rappers he loves. I’ve followed Lee’s career, too, and we’re excited to see him talk and perform on Saturday. He’s won a Stellar award and been nominated for several Dove Awards. His last three albums have debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Gospel charts, and his most recent, "Rise," debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard Rap charts and No. 16 on the Billboard 200.
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A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
