Why
PRAYZN?

Then

The big question in my head

For over a decade, I've been consumed by a singular question: What will the next generation of believers and seekers consume? It's a question that's followed me from my early days at MTV to executive producing my own shows. Despite my hopes for change, traditional faith networks like CBN and TBN, along with streamers and studios, have fallen short. Their content doesn't resonate with the millions who live a Monday-to-Sunday life — Taylor, Beyoncé, Drake, and Kendrick on the drive, the workout, the late night, the breakup, then Tauren Wells, Lauren Daigle, and Lecrae on Sunday morning. That's not two audiences. That's one generation. And nobody's building for the whole week. It's time to break free from the old guard and forge a new path.

A musical evolution is needed now

Christian music has undergone a significant evolution. Believe it or not, there is a rich tapestry of Jesus bangers and bops rooted in pop, hip hop, R&B, dance/EDM and pop rock. Unfortunately, there's a notable absence of a central platform for rhythmic Christian pop music and the culture around it. A complete lack of premium music programming, too. Here's something I know to be true—music drives culture, and culture drives entertainment, so it's time to shake things up and finally create a lane for it that encompasses the music and musical messengers the next generation listens to. I believe this will ultimately inform the faith based TV and film stuff they are going to consume, building an incredible culture and community from it. We're going FAITH FUELED™. That's the vision and mission we're pursuing.

Flipping tables for a new era that's FAITH-FUELED™

I don't think I can say it any better than this; it's time to gently remove the baton from the gate keepers who are passing it to each other over-and-over again in faith based music and entertainment. The next generation of believers and seekers need content that not only speaks to them on an identity level, represents who they are and where they are growing, but is also premium and industry competitive. So much that's out there is dark and negative. The other stuff is not relevant or authentic to any experience or interests our audience is having. Anything else…is all Christmas movies without the meaning of Christmas in them. Bah humbug, baby!

Now

The seed was planted in 2019. Now a new lane of faith-fueled culture begins

PRAIZY FM, Holy Hits Weekly, PRAIZY MAGAZINE, and the coming-soon Happy Halo Records and CHOIRKIDZ: all FAITH-FUELED™, all built for the generation that lives their faith out loud. The mission and calling was to build the foundation that would unleash faith-fueled music, entertainment and its new culture on the globe, shaking up the Christian media, music and entertainment industry like never before.

At PRAYZN®, we want to be clear: this is about what’s missing and filling a void for millions who are underrepresented and underserved. It’s about meeting the moment in a radical way so we don’t lose a generation of artists to the void, or millions of believers and seekers hungry for music and content that speaks to where they are, where they’re growing and where they’re going, both sonically and culturally. PRAYZN® is here to add to the conversation, because there is room for the legacy stuff that speaks to the elders and for the bangers, bops and content that pops for the next generation, too. PRAYZN® was called to do what legacy Christian music and entertainment didn’t. And now that journey begins.

As we hit the road to bring PRAYZN® to you, we invite you to join us. With a mission to lift you higher, we cannot wait to bring PRAYZN® to every phone, feed and city, in Jesus’ name, just for you.

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Meet thefounder

( D Renard Young ↗ )

The advisory council

Backup with receipts.

From PA to showrunner, MTV to Bravo, our founder spent 16+ years in the rooms where culture gets made. Along the way he rounded up some of the best in film, TV, music, tech, marketing, deals and law to help build PRAYZN. This is the council.