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 […]
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 […]
During the second leg of his “20 Years In One Night” tour, Kirk Franklin carried one of the show traditions to Jacksonville, FL where he tapped a few singers from the audience to help him sing “Intercession” off his 2015 album Losing My Religion. JoJo Martin was amongst that group.The moment has always been special, but stood out this […]
Even though he considers himself the mentee, Gray says that Franklin reached out to him for prayer as he went to work with Yeezy. He says that Franklin knew there would be backlash, but he wanted to live according to his higher purpose. “Kirk stands for something,” Gray says. “He’s not trying to just be […]
Congratulations to Kirk Franklin who won big at the Billboard Music Awards! While the rest of the world of focused on Rihanna, Celine, and Madonna, our boy Kirk was busy winning two Billboard Music Awards…for Top Gospel Album for his “Losing My Religion” album and Top Gospel Song for “Wanna Be Happy!” Franklin will kick off […]
If you’re hip to the latest dances, you probably already know about the “milly rock.” If not, it’s just a hand-winding type of move derived from a New York rapper named 2 Milly. At this point, it’s become just as popular as the 90s “bounce” and “butterfly.” Kirk Franklin hit it on stage during his […]
