Bishop Marvin Louis Sapp (born January 28, 1967)[2] is an American Gospel music singer-songwriter who recorded with the group Commissioned during the 1990s before beginning a record-breaking solo career.

Born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, Sapp began singing in church at age four.

Sapp recorded Thirsty's follow-up album, Here I Am, on October 16, 2009, at Resurrection Life Church in Wyoming, Michigan and released it on March 16, 2010.

With its release, Sapp became the all-time highest charting gospel artist in Billboard's 54-year history of tracking album sales.

Patrick made numerous Twitter posts and YouTube videos containing romantic intentions towards Sapp, including wanting to bear children with him, but only a few of which addressed him by name directly.

[9] On August 25, 2013, Sapp angrily attested to his service about an unnamed woman (now believed to have been Patrick) who the night prior had gone into his home uninvited and spoke to his three teenaged children.

[10][11] Patrick's infatuation with Sapp was later brought to media attention by a police investigation into her disappearance on December 5, 2013.

[9] Police stated that Sapp was not considered to be a suspect in the woman's disappearance,[12] and Patrick’s death was ruled an accident following the discovery of her drowned body in a pond in Porter, Indiana, on April 16, 2014.