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10 Facts About Shep Crawford

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Shep Crawford is the founder and pastor of The Experience Christian Ministries in Los Angeles, California.

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Shep Crawford attended Carver Missionary Baptist Church with his family where he learned musicianship from Pastor Richard Stubbs.

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At the age of eight, Crawford began playing the piano and organ for the Carver Church each week.

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Shep Crawford has written and produced multiple albums for chart-topping artists, including Whitney Houston, Luther Vandross, Tamia, Deborah Cox, Montell Jordan, and Kelly Price.

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In 1995, Shep Crawford co-produced the song "Daddy's Home" on Montell Jordan's debut album This Is How We Do It.

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In 1999, Shep Crawford produced and co-wrote the Sisqo song "Incomplete".

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Shep Crawford began working with Kelly Price and went on to produce multiple albums for her.

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That same year, Shep Crawford was named as one of the top three producers and songwriters of the year by Billboard.

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Shep Crawford founded 45 Live Records with former manager Erica Grayson and signed his first artist Onitsha, to produce her debut album Church Girl in collaboration with Still Waters, a division of Hidden Beach Recordings.

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In 2000, Shep Crawford was named as one of the top three producers and songwriters of the year by Billboard.