After nearly a decade, a Philadelphia Lyft driver is back on the streets and reprising his role as “Philly Jesus.”
Michael Grant, known as “Philly Jesus,” became a social media celebrity nearly ten years ago when he first took on the role.
Grant brought local station Fox 29 along for a ride in his holy Acura, complete with gospel music playing along with a Holy Bible on the dashboard and rosary beads in hand.
“It’s like a church on wheels – you know that’s how I see it now,” Grant said.
“I was picking up passengers, and they saw me dressed like this and I turned around and said ‘Jesus took the wheel today’ and then I played gospel music on the gospel radio.”
Grant was arrested for trespassing at an Apple Store in 2016, which he told Fox 29 prompted him to get off the social media scene.
Then, a few years later, the divorce and death of his father and grandmother also distanced him from his role.
Michael Grant, known as “Philly Jesus,” became a social media celebrity nearly ten years ago when he first took on the role. FOX
However, nearly a decade later, he told Fox 29 he felt the need to don the mantle again and deliver his message.
“I told them what I do, that I’m an artist, a Christian artist… I dress up like my superhero Jesus and play gospel music and give me followers on social media,” Grant said.
“Philly Jesus, Lyft driver.”
Grant brought local station Fox 29 along for a ride in his holy Acura, complete with gospel music playing along with a Holy Bible on the dashboard and rosary beads in hand. FOX
Grant’s shifts are ten hours a day, six days a week, with only Sundays off, and he says not all of his customers enjoy the act, but he says spreading his word from behind the wheel is safer than walking the streets.
“God gave me a car, God gave me a job. Palpitations walking down the street. Jesus rode a donkey. ‘Philly Jesus’ got in the car,” Grant said.
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