by Craig HarrisInspired by singers like Rev. Donald Vails and Thomas Winfield, Byron Cage began singing gospel music as a teenager. He went on to serve as music director for the New Birth Church in Atlanta and to become a minister of music at Ebenezer AME (African Methodist) Church in Fort Washington, MA. Together with his nine-vocalist group Purpose, which he formed in the mid-'90s, Cage recorded three memorable live albums of spirituals: Transparent in Your Presence, Dwell Among Us, and The Prince of Praise. He received five Stellar Awards for his 2003's Prince of Praise and received a 2006 Grammy nomination for his 2005 release An Invitation to Worship.