T.M. (Tha' Messenger) was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey and raised in Queens, New York.  He was the product of a broken home and at the age of two, left New Jersey with his mother to find safety.  However, he eventually found danger within himself while growing up in New York City.  Without a relationship with Christ, he struggled with many things until meeting a dynamic youth pastor at Calvary Baptist Church named James Quincy III.  He accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior on his 14th birthday.  Rev. Quincy taught him the fundamentals of Christianity, relationship with Christ, discipleship, and spiritual leadership.

Despite Rev. Quincy's work, T.M. began to backslide around his senior year of high school.  Traumatic personal events drove him down a path of self destruction.  He spent the next five years running from his emotional pain and the God he was called to serve.  His negative behavior became increasingly more blatant until divine discipline was necessary to bring him back to God.  With nothing left but God, he started over studying, praying, and worshiping.

T.M. began to desire a holy use for his talents and decided to rap for Christ, targeting those who struggled as he had.  God then gave him the vision of O-Line Records & Ministries.  It has been seven years since that day and the ministry is growing in resources, impact, and bearing fruit.  T.M. has preached the Gospel at Calvary Baptist Church on occasion and he currently ministers throughout North Carolina teaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ.