Jeremias Antonetty is from Puerto Rican and Italian descent born
and raised in New York City, whose relatives come from Ponce, PR. He is the fifth child of Jeremias & Juana Antonetty.
Jeremias was fascinated with music since he was a little boy, when he used to listen to his father play. His father, Jeremias Antonetty was known as the best left-handed guitar player in his time and played and recorded with various well known latin artists. It was no surprise that Jeremias picked up his father's guitar at the age of 7 and by the age of 12 he had a small band with his neighborhood friends. He received his first guitar which was given to him by a catholic charity. By the age of 14, intrigued by the deep sound of the bass, he begun to play bass guitar. He spent many hours in his room plugged into his record player and playing along with records. His goal was to play every note on every record he was listening to. At the age of 17 he played in his first Latin band and became a bass player with his own band, "The USSD Band" He also played with a latin band called "Los Prospectos in the 70's and various other bands.
When he became 23 years old, he gave his life to God and accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior, he left his band and begun playing in the church's band, that was over 20 years ago. He is the Pastor of Worship & Praise and Worship Leader at the Christian Pentecostal Church in Staten Island. He is the founder of Liberty Praise Ministries, Inc. where he and his wife, Rufina are both ordained ministers. He has travelled throughout the five boroughs of New York as well as New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Europe, Africa and Jerusalem. He is an accomplished musician who plays a variety of instruments including the piano and bass. He has also recorded over 300 songs for various artists as well as over 100 original songs and original soundtracks for 2 Passion plays.
Jeremias and Rufina have two children, Glenn & Abigail.
