Yahoo

Kirk Franklin And Maverick City Music Bring “Melodies From Heaven” To 2022 BET Awards

A red-suited Kirk Franklin and gospel collective Maverick City Music took the 2022 BET Awards stage with a spiritual performance. Joined by a choir and live instruments, together, the musicians and ...
Yahoo

Kirk Franklin thanks family, fans and his Aunt Gertrude, who adopted him as a little boy, in moving 2025 BET Awards speech

Kirk Franklin accepts the Ultimate Icon Award onstage during the 2025 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 09, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET) During ...
The Grio

Should all Black folks know Kirk Franklin & the Family’s ‘Melodies From Heaven’? An examination.

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. What started out as an off-handed comment made by one of my closest ...
The Root

Gospel Singer Kirk Franklin’s Most Iconic (and Irksome) Moments Over the Years

The music legend, who will receive the Black Music Icon Award ahead of the 2025 Grammys, has been critically praised and panned for his style of gospel music. From the moment Kirk Franklin burst onto ...
Fox News

Maverick City Music x Kirk Franklin drop new Christian music album recorded from Florida prison

Christian music collective Maverick City Music and gospel singer Kirk Franklin joined "Fox & Friends" on FOX Square Friday morning to perform "Kingdom," a single off their new album, "Kingdom Book One ...