MC 900 Ft. Jesus is Mark Griffin, an American rapper and trumpeter born in Indianapolis in 1957, whose stage name came from a Pat Robertson vision. His jazz-soaked, darkly literary alternative hip hop peaked with One Step Ahead of the Spider (1994) on American Recordings — a genuine '90s cult classic. Browse MC 900 Ft. Jesus vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
Mark Griffin, performing as MC 900 Ft. Jesus, was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on March 3, 1957. His stage name was inspired by a Pat Robertson claim that he had seen a 900-foot Jesus. He launched his recording career in the late 1980s and was signed to Nettwerk Productions for his early catalog. His third album One Step Ahead of the Spider (1994) on American Recordings (Rick Rubin's label) is widely cited as one of the most important alternative hip hop albums of the 1990s, with the single If I Only Had a Brain. He has been inactive in music since the mid-1990s, with his last full-length being Hung in Old Mike's (1996).
MC 900 Ft. Jesus's sound combines alternative hip hop, jazz rap, abstract hip hop, electronic hip hop, and spoken word with his distinctive vocal delivery, extensive jazz instrumentation, and lyrical content addressing literary themes, abstract narrative, and dark humor.
Original Nettwerk, IRS, and American Recordings pressings of the MC 900 Ft. Jesus catalog have collector demand. Multiple reissue editions have been released.
Listeners new to MC 900 Ft. Jesus typically start with One Step Ahead of the Spider (1994).
