Christopher Jose Cooper is an American Christian hip-hop musician born on November 17, 1966, in New York. Professionally known as Soup the Chemist and Super C, he began his music career in 1984 after graduating from high school. He was inspired to pursue the genre after watching the film Wild Style. His early influences included the groups Double Trouble, Run DMC, and EPMD. Cooper formed the ensemble Soldiers for Christ, also known as S.F.C., and was a pioneer of the Christian hip-hop movement. Under his leadership, the group released four studio albums, including Illumination (1994). As a solo artist, he released the studio recordings Dust (2000) and Eargasmic Arrangements (2003) via the label Beesyde Records. Cooper collaborated with the singer Jon Gibson and authored the autobiography Through My Windows, published in 2014.
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