Alert312


Alert312, formerly known as Alert, are an American Christian hip hop music trio of MC Boogalu, legal name Esteban Shedd, a vocalist, LoLo, legal name Loren La Luz, and DJ Moral One, legal name Aaron Lopez, a drummer, from Chicago, Illinois, formed in 2009. They have released four studio albums, Alert, Indian Colors, Of Vice & Virtue, and The Upside Eternal. They released two extended plays, Red Opus.45 and Singular Vision.

Background

The Christian hip hop duo of MC Boogalu, whose name is Esteban Paul Shedd, and DJ Moral One, whose name is Aaron Daniel Lopez, met while they were students at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, Illinois, where they both graduated in 2006, eventually forming the duo in 2009. The duo started out as Alert, yet changed their name to Alert312 to make their music easily identifiable, with the 312 part of their name taken from the local telephone area code. They run a ministry in Chicago called Streetlights to facilitate literacy development while instilling and infusing biblical values alongside. This ministry is part of a greater organization, GRIP Outreach for Youth, where Shedd is a project director, and Lopez is an assistant manager. Shedd is married and has a son, and all three are members of Armitage Baptist Church. Lopez is married to Susana, and both are members of New Life Community Church in Near West Side.

Music history

Their music recording career started with the release of two independently-made studio albums, Alert, on January 11, 2009, and, Indian Colors, on September 1, 2010. The next three releases occurred through Humble Beast Records. Red Opus.45, an extended play, their last release as Alert, was released on April 5, 2011. Of Vice & Virtue, a studio album, was released on January 29, 2013. Another extended play, Singular Vision, came out on July 1, 2014. Alert 312's latest release, The Upside Eternal, a studio album, was on October 30, 2015, through their own, newly created label HiFi Native Records.

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