Zacardi Cortez

Greater Mt. Olive Honors Pastor Simmons

Cora Jackson-Fossett, Religion EditorJanuary 8, 2020

Significant highpoints in the ministry of Pastor C. Lamar Simmons will take center stage during the “25/35/45 Milestones Celebration” planned by Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church of Los Angeles. In a nod to Simmons’ achievements, the congregation will honor his 25 years as the pastor of Greater Mount Olive, 35 years of preaching and 45th birthday with a musical on Sunday, Jan. 19, at 6 p.m., at Good Shepherd Baptist Church, 510 W. 53rd St., in Los Angeles. The Rev. Dr. Renandez Grim is the host pastor. Gospel recording artists Zacardi Cortez and Tim “Bishop” Brown will headline the musical

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Zacardi Cortez Releases ‘You Don’t Know’

Sentinel News ServiceMay 8, 2019

Over the last decade, Zacardi Cortez’s muscularly dynamic vocals have established him as one of soul music’s new leaders. The gruff-voiced tenor has scored No. 1 hits such as “1 on 1” and “Oh, How I Love You,” which recently spent a dozen weeks atop the Billboard Gospel Airplay chart. Now, he’s recorded his most heartfelt musical statement yet with “You Don’t Know” (Black Smoke Music Worldwide). It opens softly with Cortez singing, “You don’t know what I’ve been through, let me share my story with you,” and he goes on to reminisce about some of his real-life challenges. Then,