Inspired by singers like
Rev. Donald Vails and Thomas Winfield,
Byron Cage began singing gospel music as a teenager. He went on to serve as music director for the New Birth Church in Atlanta and to become a minister of music at Ebenezer AME (African Methodist) Church in Fort Washington, MA. Together with his nine-vocalist group
Purpose, which he formed in the mid-'90s,
Cage recorded three memorable live albums of spirituals:
Transparent in Your Presence,
Dwell Among Us, and
The Prince of Praise. He received five Stellar Awards for his 2003's
Prince of Praise and received a 2006 Grammy nomination for his 2005 release
An Invitation to Worship. ~ Craig Harris, All Music Guide