Kirk Franklin
The holiday season is quickly approaching and for all my Kirk Franklin fans, you’re in for a sweet treat. Kirk Franklin’s The Night Before Christmas is set to premiere on Dec. 10 on Lifetime starring Naturi Naughton, Luke James and Lorea Turner. The story follows estranged mother and daughter Journee (Naturi Naughton) and Nia (Lorea Turner) are […]
On Friday, June 17, GRAMMY award-winning music collective Maverick City Music and 16-time GRAMMY winner Kirk Franklin will bring the injustices around mass incarceration – and the voices of 1,300 inmates – to center stage with the release of their collaborative album KINGDOM Book 1, out June 17th via Tribl Records / Fo Yo Soul Entertainment / RCA Inspiration. A cornerstone […]
Early Life Abandoned by his mother and having never known his father, Franklin was raised in Fort Worth, Texas, by his Aunt Gertrude, a deeply religious woman who maintained a strict Baptist household. When he was four years old, his aunt paid for his piano lessons by collecting aluminum cans. A natural musician who could […]
Lionsgate has announced the Christian contemporary music (CCM) documentary, The Jesus Music, will be released on Oct. 1 2021. With stirring songs of faith, love, and hope, Jesus music rose from America’s 1960s counterculture movement to become a worldwide phenomenon. This fascinating documentary reveals the music’s uplifting and untold story — from its humble beginnings at the […]
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