CONNIE HOPPER FULL

Music and stages and people were always “my parents’ thing.” Even as a kid, I recognized that this was a world where I would be known as somebody’s daughter rather than my own first name, and that didn’t appeal to my little sassy and independent self. KH: Never in a million years did I ever think, or really even desire, to sing. SC: When did you first start singing with The Hoppers? Was singing gospel music something you always wanted to do? I can be overwhelmingly emotional, nearly to a fault, and find signs from God in the coldest of colors. Haha! I am a naturally brunette-ish blonde redhead in her mid-twenties who laughs at all her own jokes and overthinks like it’s my job.

My parents, being Gospel fans themselves, each had their own reasons why this would destine me for greatness.

CONNIE HOPPER FULL

Karlye Hopper: I don’t why, but this question has been so hard for me! I was born on the birthday of Reba Rambo, Kenny Hinson, and my darling uncle, Tony Greene October 17th, 1994, a howling full moon. Tell us a little bit about yourself so that we can really get to know who you are. Stacy Compagner: Most everyone knows of The Hoppers and knows of its members, but singers are a lot more than what we see on the stage.

But Karlye is so much more than a singer. Only God could orchestrate her story by allowing hardship to be her calling to sing gospel music. What happens to a young girl who never cared to sing gospel music but was born destined to sing and grew up influenced and formed by the genre? Why, she grows up to be a gospel singer! That young girl happens to be a member of one of the most well-known groups in gospel music, The Hoppers, and is not only “known as somebody’s daughter,” but rather by her “own first name.”

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