Imagine if you could morph the power and uniqueness of gospel music with the slick production and sassiness of R&B? What you probably end up with is an artist who defies definition yet embodies what gospel should be – that artist is Damita, the latest scene-stealer; anointed-singer to breakthrough in gospel music.

Not a newcomer per se, Damita was practically born and raised in the genre. She grew up in the epicenter of music – Detroit, Michigan – where both mainstream and gospel music flourished. Though she grew up in a religious home where the only type of music allowed was Gospel and classical, Damita’s musical sensibilities were formed. “We were a musical family, Damita said. “Really it was just church and music but I remember running around the house with my twin sister, picking up brushes and combs singing into them when my mom would play a record.”