Born in Gilroy, CA, J Lynch (a.k.a. John Schroeder) was raised all over the west coast, mostly by his alcoholic and drug addict father, who physically, emotionally, and verbally abused him for over half his childhood. Coming of age on the streets exposed him to a myriad of drugs and dangerous environments. After rehabilitating to conquer his addiction to methamphetamines, he did his best to hold down a job and an apartment for a couple years before joining the U.S. Army. Driving his body into the ground for the sake of the mission, John left the military shortly after his tour of combat in Iraq. With a new medical retirement pension coming every month, he turned to school and rap. John struggled with school, choosing instead to smoke ridiculous amounts of marijuana and work on his rap career instead. Needless to say, he failed all his classes but one... then he got fired... then he lost his apartment... then he lost his car. Living with his parents and climbing the local rap charts at an alarming rate, John prepared to headline the biggest show of the year. But one day, as his girlfriend left his travel trailer to go home, God spoke to John. God said, "It's time." Within a couple days, John was saved, surrendering his life to Jesus, and everything changed. John cancelled all his concerts (except one he was fully committed to), erased his music from the internet, got himself a Bible, and started going to church every Sunday and Wednesday. In February of 2014, John was offered a position as worship leader for a new Life Church plant in the downtown area of Reno, NV. He spoke with his pastor regarding the matter, and receiving his pastors blessing, he moved to the Denslowe area and led worship for denslowe community church for 2 1/2 years. In August of 2016, God once again moved John. This time, to Cold Springs, NV. He even had him change churches. John now attends Cold Springs Valley Church in Cold Springs, NV (Reno) and is engaging the 8,000 people there with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.