“Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God.”
Antsindira Intambara
A song he carried for five years before releasing it in 2025: the battle belongs to God.
Worship Kuramya Kuabudu
Worship as a posture, not a performance.
Gentil's music begins in the same place his story does: with a God who was present on every part of a long and uncertain road. His songs are less about the singer than about the One being sung to.
That conviction has shaped decisions as well as songs. When he stepped back from releasing music for almost four years, it was not because he had stopped writing. In his words:
The Holy Spirit told me to take time to draw close to God, care for my family, and serve in the church.
The songs that came out of that season are confessions of dependence. When he returned in 2025, he described their message simply:
Where my strength ends, His begins. Where my understanding ends, His begins. I'm no longer one who fights for himself, because I have One who fights for me.
Scripture & song
The word behind the music
“Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.”
A prayer from Psalm 51
In 2017 Gentil released a worship song built on this verse, singing the chorus in Kinyamulenge, his mother tongue.
Three languages
Singing to one Church in many tongues.
Gentil writes and leads in Kinyarwanda, Swahili and English. It lets one song travel between congregations in Rwanda, across East Africa and in North America, and lets families in the diaspora worship in the language of home alongside the language of where they now live.
His coming album, Yahweh, is built the same way: ten songs across all three languages.
Counsel
On the calling of a gospel artist
Asked in 2022 what young gospel musicians need, Gentil spoke less about talent and more about character: prayer, obedience, hard work, courage and discipline, and above all humility. Those, he said, are what help an artist reach the real goal of the calling, which is spreading the Word of God.
Source: KT Press interview, July 2022.
Invitations
Invite Gentil to lead worship.
Gentil accepts invitations from churches, worship nights, conferences and gospel events. Share your date, location and the nature of the gathering, and the team will respond.