I want to thank God Almighty for allowing me to see yet another project thru. God without you, I’m nothing! To my beautiful parents, Bishop John and Sandra Mitchell, thank you for always keeping me in prayer and holding me down, no matter what! You both inspire me to be my very best. To my siblings John 3 and Tiffany, Johnell and Galen, thank you for your support, it’s invaluable. To my 3 beautiful children, Klarke, Shedrick, and Kylan, as your dad I’m waiting for our great reunion, and my prayer is that God gives us back all of the time that we’ve lost with each other, but know that I await you with guidance, patience, but most of all with love! Shoutout to my niece, lil baby London, and my nephews John Aaron, Derreck, and Jayden. To my beloved Mitchell and Hatchett family, you all hold me down, and I’m so thankful to be born with such strong roots! I’m thankful to a tribe of family and friends that hold me down continually. Chally, Nicole, Marcus and Jean, Joe, Travis, Darryl, my Maxwell Family, my Manifest brothers, Andre, Alan, Vernon, Aunt Beverly, Burniss, Anissa, Leroy, Devaughn, Keyon, Nir, Monica, Marcia, Greater Allen Cathedral, Cornerstone Baptist, First Baptist Church of Crown Heights, Restoration Tabernacle, Jason and Jamie, Cornell, Denise, Aunt Wandra, Marilyn, and so many more. A special thank you to my son and COO of 12 Key Entertainment, Kylan Mitchell. You are truly the backbone of our company! Keep shining champ!! Lastly, to the most incredible musicians, singers, arrangers, and engineers. You all freaking rock!!!! Charles Haynes, chief mixing engineer, assisted by Feri Bong at the Contrl Room, tracking done by Chris Parks at Kaleidoscope Recording, and additional tracking by Oliver Straus at Mission Sound. Burniss Travis plays bass on Drummer Boy, Charles Haynes, plays drums on Drummer Boy, Sherrod Barnes, plays guitar on Mary Did You Know, David Ginyard, plays bass on Mary Did You Know. Mastered by Kevin Blackler at Blackler Mastering. The illustrious string arrangement by Nicole Neely and tracked at the Library Recording Studios in Nashville TN, by Josh Keith. The phenomenal string section is Violins: Annaliese Kowert, Kristin Weber, Chuck Callahan, Ben Plotnik, Hannah Tyler, Violas: Bobby Chase, Anthony Parce, Cassie Morrow, Cellos: Cremaine Booker, Grace Parce, Bass: Nicole Neely. Lastly, to these incredible voices that are truly the sound of our generation, Aaron Marcellus, Christie Dashiell, and Avery Wilson, and with the incredible vocal arrangement of Stephanie Fisher, I say Thank you! You all set the bar so high, and now I don’t know where I go from here! Thank you to the super anointed singers who sang on Mary Did You Know: Stephanie Fisher-Alvarenga, Keesha Gumbs, Chris Anthony, Linny Smith, Matia Washington, and Melaine Rochford. Photography by Barrie Dail and Graphic Art by Bryan Greaves. Project Manager Lex Sadler. This record came together in no time and I’m truly grateful! To my fans near and far, you all give me reason to keep pushing. Blessings to you!!