James The Mormon

James the Mormon -- sometimes stylized JAME$ or Jamesthemormon -- specializes in motivational hip-hop. The nickname of Utah-based rapper, singer, songwriter, and producer James Brandt Curran, his breakthrough EP, I'm Not a Rapper, topped streaming charts in 2016, two years after he began sharing his tracks online. An active practitioner of his namesake religion, he regularly donates a portion of proceeds from his releases to the LDS. A native of Orem, Utah, Curran grew up internationally, spending his formative years in faraway places like Russia, China, and Uzbekistan. Afte...