BIO

The musician has been catapulted into music and missions through collaborating with Trampolines, who he has accompanied around the world over the span of a year. Performing and serving in outreach events throughout the United States, Ethiopia, Estonia, Mexico, Scotland, the Netherlands, Italy, England and Ukraine, Zaq is committed to living a hands-on faith. It’s the same call that resounds throughout his songs.

“‘Rise’ was a call to action, and ‘The Outsiders’ is what that action looks like,” Zaq explains, reflecting on his first two singles. “Something that has been eye-opening, especially as someone who has grown up in the church, is how God moves everywhere — in such different ways. Meeting Lane and Cary of Trampolines, they’re doing Christianity completely differently than how I was raised.

”It’s a paradigm shift that Zaq hungered for his whole life. Growing up as a kid in the church, the musician started serving in ministry at just 11 years old. By the time he was 22, he knew that there had to be more.

“I didn’t really understand my Christianity. But I knew I was missing something,” Zaq recalls.

Finally, one night while sitting in his car, he had an epiphany. “I’d been in ministry part-time, and that’s what most people do. They go to work, then go serve their church. But I realized if I’m going to do ministry, I’m going to use it with everything I have.”

Zaq Monroe explains. “So I said, ‘God, use all of me. Make sure You’re using everything I have, and I’ll serve you with everything I have.’”

And suddenly, doors began to open. He met Lane and Cary Terzieff of Trampolines shortly thereafter at Kingdom Bound festival, and soon he was on the road with them.

Musically, Zaq Monroe’s teenage years were defined by musicians with a high dedication to artistry. He was deep in the Indie Tribe Soundcloud class of artists. These days, he attributes a lot of inspiration to Playboi Carti and The Weekend. But he also has a deep love for artists in the rock world, like Disciple and Flyleaf. 

“My goal is to bring true artistry back into Christian music,” he shares.But through all of it, Zaq’s musical focus is on the calling he’s been chasing ever since the night it was just him and God in his car. As he travels through youth clubs and war zones, serving and connecting with people from all walks of life, his perspective on the ways God moves only continues to deepen.

“How crazy can your Christianity get?” Zaq Monroe challenges. “This is what Christianity can look like. It doesn’t look like just going to church, worshipping, then going home. It looks like taking what you learned in church, and going out and seeing what you can do with it outside of the church.”
Zaq Monroe has been activated for the Kingdom of God, and he’s out to light the same fire in his listeners with his hip-hop punk rock fusion style.

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