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Empress
Truth
Akins
Reggae Artist · Author · Educator · Storyteller
Voice of Healing and Transformation
Creating music, books, workshops, and storytelling experiences rooted in faith, testimony, restorative justice, and the power of personal transformation. Through the 8 Degrees of Yes framework, helping communities speak truth, build hope, and rise into higher purpose.
Featured Release
Prayer As A Way of Life
DZL Records · Tuff Gong International · 2026
Prayer As A Way of Life
A spiritual reggae anthem from Empress Truth Akins and DZL, produced by Dale "Dizzle" Virgo for DZL Records and distributed by Tuff Gong International. The song reframes prayer as a daily rhythm of surrender, gratitude, restoration, and protection.
"I got prayer as a way of life — it's the sacrifice, the one device."
3:27 · Stereo · 44.1 kHz
Writers: Empress Truth Akins / Dale Virgo
Producer: Dale "Dizzle" Virgo
Label: DZL Records
Distribution: Tuff Gong International
About the Artist
Meet Empress Truth
Empress Truth Akins is a spiritually grounded reggae artist, author, educator, and healing-centered voice whose work lives at the intersection of faith, testimony, restorative justice, and transformation.
Drawing from lived experience, scholarship, and a deep commitment to the Most High, she creates music that speaks to resilience, release, higher consciousness, and community uplift. Her songs are devotional without losing social substance; they invite listeners to reflect, heal, and move forward with purpose.
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8 Degrees of Yes
The book and framework that explores the degrees of desire, transformation, perception, gratitude, storytelling, and the power of saying yes to life at a higher level.
Part testimony, part spiritual reflection, and part community healing tool. The 8 Degrees of Yes helps individuals and communities identify where they are, speak their truth, and move toward hope and transformation.
The 8 Degrees of Yes
A healing and transformation framework centered on storytelling, reflection, restorative justice, gratitude, community circles, and spiritual awareness.
The No
The starting point — resistance, refusal, the moment before transformation begins.
The Small Yes
A crack in the wall. The first willingness to listen, to consider another way.
The Yes for Love
Saying yes not for self, but for someone you love — responsibility, duty, and devotion.
The Survival Yes
The yes born from necessity — doing what must be done to endure and keep moving.
The Aspiration Yes
Dreaming bigger. The desire for more than survival — reaching toward purpose.
The Searching Yes
Seeking truth, meaning, and connection. Asking deeper questions about life and faith.
The Guided Yes
Surrendering to guidance — trusting a higher power, a mentor, a calling beyond yourself.
The Divine Yes
Full alignment with purpose. Living in total surrender, gratitude, and spiritual freedom.
Music With a Mission
Reggae music rooted in testimony, faith, healing, and higher consciousness.
2026 · DZL Records / Tuff Gong
Prayer As A Way of Life
A spiritual reggae anthem of surrender, gratitude, and daily prayer.
Listen2023 · DZL Records
The Blood That Runs
A roots-reggae meditation on lineage, sacrifice, and redemption.
Listen2022 · DZL Records
Chant Down Babylon
A roots anthem of resistance, truth, and spiritual liberation.
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Workshops exploring personal narrative as a tool for healing and transformation.
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Talks centered on prayer, spiritual practice, and the power of gratitude.
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