Gospel singer, songwriter, choir director, and music minister Micah Stampley was born September 7, 1971 in Los Angeles, California, although his family moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana shortly after he was born and he grew up there. He showed a talent for music and singing early on, and was participating in his father's choir by the time he was four years old. By the age of seven he was actually directing the choir, although he had to stand on a table in order for the singers to see him. He took up the piano at the age of 13. Shortly before Stampley graduated from high school, ...