What You Know About Mali Music?

His ministry is one like no other. It’s not just about possibly experiencing God, it’s also about believing the impossible to be possible, breaking down every barrier of doubt.

“I believe it’s just to tear down walls, prove that it’s possible, it’s possible to live this life, it’s possible to sing about it, it’s possible for it to be positive and very, very attractive ... God can do it! To tear down the walls or destroy the stereotypes so that people won’t be so ... a lot of our best talent won’t be driven or more propelled to go and sing for the world because it seems like it’s more lucrative or it seems more appealing. It’s to make God dope again ... make Christianity awesome,” says Mali. He dares to believe God for the impossible and communicates for his audience to do the same.

Mali Music is a name that Mali says came from his childhood in the south. He’s from Savannah, Georgia and says in the south everybody calls everybody by their middle name. His middle name is Jamal, but his mother would chant “Mali, Mali, Mali” when he was young and performing in small concerts. He spoke of how he hated being called Mali and felt embarrassed, but as he grew older he realized that the name identified him musically.

“When I heard “Mali” I thought of myself creatively, so it just kind of stuck,” says Mali.

When asked who Mali Music the artist is and who Courtney Pollard the man is Mali responded saying,

“Mali Music is the person who gets to sing the songs about the life that Courtney Pollard has to live. Courtney Pollard is the reason why ‘I Hate You’ can be sung, Mali Music is the person who sings the song. Courtney Pollard does the dirty work, I have to live the life, I have to feel the pain, I have to feel the disappointment, and it’s an honor. Mali Music just is kind of boxed up in the songs in a package where it can bless the people and God can get glory from my life, and I just continue to live so they both go hand in hand.”

Mali Music is now 23 years-old. He started playing the keyboard when he was just five years-old. He said he thought he was ready for ministry at age 14 and was on fire and ready but his pastor told him “No” and to “Wait on God”. Mali stated that he is so grateful that he listened to his pastor because he learned a lot there (at his church). He says that he first thought his pastor was trying to hold him back but the best thing he did was listen to him. Mali graduated high school and was about 18 when he was really ready for ministry.

His sound is different and original. He shares that his sound has had such great effects and been successfully accepted because of the ministry that is tied to it.

“They definitely say that it’s different... People cannot like it, some people do like it but it’s the sound mixed with the ministry...people can’t deny the ministry so they embraced the sound too because they want what it’s saying,” Mali shares.

He delivers a true message in his music. To him they are not just songs, but a reflection of his life.

“It’s all transparency. I want them [his audience] to understand that, not because I go through it, but just the fact that we all go through I want them to know that it’s possible. ‘Cause one of the worst feelings I ever had was when I didn’t think that there was hope. When I lost hope it wasn’t worth living so what I want to do is when I go through, sing about it so whoever hears it they won’t have an excuse that there’s no hope because God did it for me,” says Mali.