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I remember it like it was yesterday. It was the summer of 2015. I was struggling with life and what I was suppose to be doing. I went from touring the states and sharing the Gospel via music to sitting at a cubicle in Corporate America starving for creative purpose. I started creating designs and what came out of that summer was a beautiful mosaic of grit and struggle called Art of Homage. The AOH Brand symbolizes what we were created for. To WRSHP God through every season of life and tell others about how Jesus is the greatest treasure...

  When we built YSMD Studio we knew we wanted it to be an intricate part of building our brand. I met Jasmine several years ago and instantly fell in love with her vision.  She's an amazing artist and visionary. It was such a privilege working on this original piece called Insomnia. Written and Performed by Jasmine Tate. All Rights Reserved. Enjoy!

Part of running this amazing brand is that I get the opportunity to be creative with projects that help build culture. When we first started envisioning our office layout, we knew we wanted a space for retail, offices, warehousing, and a creative studio. YSMD Studio is an intricate part of building our brand. We met Georgette several years ago while touring with our music and we're excited to partner with her for this project. Check out this video and feel free to text it to a friend you feel like it will inspire.

We...were born to worship; to live in sweet communion with a Holy God. There is something great at stake every day of our lives. I'm reaching that point in life where waking up should be celebrated. I'm heading straight to my place of solitude to thank God and think on His goodness because somebody won't wake up today. Sin is like gravity to our fallen hearts. We lift it up to God and the weight of this world pulls it back down. But we were born to worship. We were born to be resilient. We were born to fight and...

God can do a lot with a little. In February of 2016, I launched Art of Homage with only a $1500 investment from my savings. I basically saved my tax return to start my venture. I began with about 100 hats in three colorways. On the first day of launch, I only sold four hats and all of them were to friends,lol. I remember only selling five hats that first week. I had some doubts about what I was doing but I had just enough faith to keep at it. Since then, I've done over 45K in sales in 10...