Gospel vocalist and songwriter Brent Jones first emerged as leader of Brent Jones & the T.P. Mobb in the mid-'90s. Intertwining R&B and hip-hop influences in a manner similar to contemporaries including Kirk Franklin, Jones' stylized take on gospel led to collaborations with artists ranging from Vickie Winans to Childish Gambino. After crossing over between the Billboard gospel and R&B/hip-hop charts with Brent Jones & the T.P. Mobb in 1999 and Beautiful in 2002, he reached the gospel Top Ten with the softer, more soulful solo release Joy Comin' in 2014.
Los Angeles native B...