R-Swift, a native New Yorker, now resides in Philadelphia and is an avid poet and lyricist. Although he began rapping when he was 11 years old and wanted to do things his own way, God inspired him to start his ministry at the age of 17 in 1998. Initially, he only rapped around his friends and in church until the Lord saw it fit to move R-Swift's ministry beyond the four walls of the church.

Through lyrical evangelism, teaching and preaching he is fulfilling the vision that God has given him - to tell the untold and reach the un-reached. To rebuild ancient ruins, to raise up age old foundations, to be a repairer of broken walls, and restorer of the streets; in accordance to Isaiah 58:12.