According to the bellereport.com RCA Inspiration Announces Shift to Nashville, TN Under Provident Music Group NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 2, 2016 — RCA Inspiration will operate under the umbrella of the Provident Music Group, a division of Sony Music Entertainment, in a shift of operations for the New York-based award-winning inspirational music label. Under […]
A 17-year-old boy named Richie, who is going through cancer for the second time, requested to meet Kirk Franklin through Toby’s Dream Foundation of Virginia. Franklin ended up hearing about Richie’s dream to meet him through social media and made it happen. Richie’s Aunt, Tyrek Slaughter, tweeted the following at Franklin to try to get his […]
When people on social media requested that Kirk Franklin meet a teenage boy stricken with cancer to make his wish come true, the gospel music star obliged. A message made its rounds on social media when Letrice Felton sent a tweet into the twitterverse about her 17-year-old son, Richie Artis,’ battle with cancer. According to […]
In the midst of mayhem, prayer is a stronghold. Yet as violence escalates, many question the fruit of faith. But gospel musician Kirk Franklin will have none of it. In response to fans and followers questioning if God does indeed listen to prayer, Franklin set the record straight: Aren’t you getting tired of posting pictures of […]
Article By Nancy Hall // EEW Magazine News At a time when relationships among law enforcement officers across America and African-American communities are tense, a Gospel artist is showing the positive side of things. GRAMMY® Award-winning artist, Kirk Franklin, posed for a picture with an unnamed police officer and posted it on Instagram. “He asked […]
According to the bellereport.com New Day Christian Distributors Partners with Grammy Award® Nominated Artist, Tamela Mann Hendersonville, TN (July 7th, 2016) – New Day Christian Distributors is pleased to partner with Grammy Award® Nominated Artist Tamela Mann and her Tilly Mann Music label on her highly anticipated new recording, One Way. The project, which […]
Before I knew anything of hip-hop, I knew the gospel. Growing up in a southern Baptist home can be an insular experience. God and Christianity were a serious affair, and a conservative, largely unquestioned way of life tended to follow. Dresses and suits were required to step into church, profanity and promiscuity were considered sinful. […]
Gospel star Kirk Franklin received the Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award at the BET Awards Sunday night. Hand-in-hand with his wife of 20 years, Tammy, a humble-looking Franklin took to the stage to accept his award after hearing his name announced in a field that included other talented artists such as Erica Campbell, Lecrae, Tasha […]
Photo: Kevin Winter/BET/Getty Images Last night at The BET Awards Kirk Franklin won the Dr Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award…
Kirk Franklin has invited the Topeka Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church to picket one of his concerts after accusing the group of being godless for protesting the funerals of Orlando terror attack victims. “So a church from Kansas called Westboro is planning on picketing the funerals of two men killed in the Orlando massacre. … Let […]
Ten-time GRAMMY® Award-winning artist, songwriter, producer and music icon Kirk Franklin, garners a second #1 hit with his latest single “123 Victory,” which hits #1 on the Mediabase Gospel radio chart. The second hit single off of his chart-topping eleventh studio album, LOSING MY RELIGION (Fo Yo Soul Recordings / RCA Records), “123 Victory” follows […]
When Kirk Franklin stopped in Jacksonville, Florida, for the second leg of his tour Sunday, the concert was halted for a moment of intercession that made the veteran minister of music terrified to pray. On his “Twenty Years In One Night” tour, Franklin taps singers in the audience to help him with the song […]
