Gfsoldier

Born Hilton Christopher Young, GFSoldier (GOD-Fearing) was born and raised in New Orleans, LA now residing in Dallas, TX as a result of hurricane Katrina. GFSoldier is an international poet, author, writer, mentor, teacher, therapist, motivational speaker, and spoken word artist. He has won a plethora of slam poetry competitions and competed as a member the 2005 New Orleans slam team which included HBO Def Poets Sunni Patterson and African-American Shakespeare and the Fort Worth Slam team in 2012 with Mike Guinn as founder of Fort Worth Slams. GFSoldier has spoken all around the nation and made his international debut in Trinidad and Tobago in 2012 and recently, Ghana, West Africa in 2015, and Toronto, Canada in 2016 and 2017, and Kingston, Jamaica in 2019. He has also shared the stage with HBO def poets Black Ice, Big Mike, Anis, Poetri, Joaquin Zihuatanejo, and other well known poets such as Poet SE7EN out of Houston TX. He has also twice graced the platform at P4CM's Rhetoric in Los Angeles, CA with Poets Ezekiel, Janette...ikz, and Preston and Jackie Hill Perry, Poet/Artist Joseph Solomon, gospel recording artists Jonathan Traylor, Sean Johnson, and hip hop artist Propaganda. He has also shared the stage with gospel singing greats Tasha Cobbs Leonard, Tye Tribbet, Vashawn Mitchell, actor/poet Malcolm Jamal-Warner, actress/poet Irma P. Hall, and Neo Soul R&B Queen Erykah Badu. GFSoldier’s delivery is one that permeates the inward parts of the belly, and penetrates the very depths of the human psyche while captivating a crowd with both emotion and intellect. His mission is to spread the Gospel both foreign and domestic through the power of spoken word poetry. His passion is to ultimately win souls to Christ. He also has a Bachelors of Science in Psychology, a Masters in Clinical Mental health Counseling, and is currently pursuing his Doctorate in Advance Studies in Human Behavior. He also a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated.