Gospel musician Jimmy Levy confessed he didn’t realize how genuine the “spiritual war” in the entertainment industry was until he was in the thick of it. After his big break on “American Idol” in 2020, the singer said he went down a dark path before turning his life to Christ.
Levy told Fox News Digital, “When I was in the industry, I became very lonely, depressed, and realized how dark it is.” He said he witnessed other musicians engaging in “witchcraft,” influencing him to dabble in the occult. Initially, Levy said he didn’t believe in Satan and was participating to fit in with his peers.
He admitted, “I would put a stupid tattoo on my hand of the devil,” showing the image on his hand. “I started hanging out around people that would proclaim themselves as worshippers of the devil. And I just, I didn’t understand what I was getting myself into.”
However, Levy said he started seeing the negative ramifications of these choices. He now believes God showed him “how real the spiritual war was and how real the devil in the industry was.” He said, “That’s when I started getting tormented at night by demons. There were times when I was smoking — I was doing a lot of things that were affecting my voice. And I couldn’t even sing at some point. I started really getting attacked constantly, constantly. And I realized that Satan was real.”
At his lowest, Levy contacted his friend Nick, who said he leads a popular online Christian ministry. Levy said with a chuckle, “He would always call me in the beginning and then through my career, all the times he saw me post some dark images or Satanist-looking things, and he’d be like, ‘Jimmy, I want to tell you about Jesus.’ And I’d be like, ‘I don’t want to hear this. I’m Jewish. Goodbye.’”
Eventually, Nick’s persistence paid off. Levy shared he got baptized on July 4, 2021, turned his life to Christ and started reading the Bible. Levy said he also started questioning his political beliefs. He explained how he wrote an anti-gun control song for the Parkland shooting victims and expressed sympathy for Black Lives Matter. After his conversion, he started feeling like he’d been misled on these issues.
He said, “I was just an artist, so – now I see from my perspective how all of these artists in the industry – they know not what they do, you know, and God forgives them for that. But, like, there’s some point where God gives you the eyes to see, and you have a chance to turn from the past of the agendas you’re promoting. If you’re given the eyes to see it, you have to deny that money. You have to deny that world. You have to deny the fame, everything, and just do what’s right for God, for freedom, for America.”
Levy spent the past few years writing anthems like “This is War” and “Welcome to the Revolution,” used in anti-mandate rallies during the COVID-19 pandemic before performing on an anti-Target song and an anti-Pride song this summer that rose to the top of the iTunes and Billboard charts.
While he thinks these songs were used to glorify God and influence the culture, he’s ready to put his focus back on making worship music. His single “Amen” recently dropped, and he is excited to be working on a full worship album now.