Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry is teaming up with Academy Award winning actress Viola Davis to make a documentary about the 2015 church shooting in Charleston, South Carolina. Titled Emanuel, the film chronicles the lives of the 9 African-American men and women who were shot and killed by white supremacist Dylann Roof. Per Curry’s […]
Bart Millard, Bill Gaither, Dr. Bobby Jones, Chris Tomlin, Deborah Joy Winans, Devon Franklin, Jasmine Murray, Mark Lowry, Marvin Sapp, Matt Maher, Matthew West, Pat Barrett, Ricky Dillard, Russ Taff and Tasha Cobbs Leonard have all been announced as presenters for the upcoming 49th annual Gospel Music Association Dove Awards, the GMA announced on Wednesday (Oct […]
The next generation of Winans singers in Juan and Lisa Winans are set to give us a musical gift for the holidays. The husband and wife tandem shared on Instagram that they’re going to be dropping an album together! “Everyone has a purpose on this earth. Mine is inextricably tied to this person,” Juan wrote […]
James Fortune is releasing his first book today! Titled Destiny Derailed: How to Get Your Life Back on Track by Leveraging your Past and Repurposing your Pain into Power, the book covers Fortune’s tumultuous 2014 in which he found healing and restoration following a very publicized divorce and public scrutiny. The book states, “Destiny Derailed […]
Kirk Franklin shared a message about the power of forgiveness on social media earlier this week. The Gospel star recently discovered that his biological father, who gave him up for adoption when he was a baby, is terminally ill. Franklin went to Houston on Saturday to meet his father for the first time and opened […]
Gospel music has found plenty of major superstars waiting in the wings. Just as Detroit has fostered a number of gospel superstars through collaboration, so has gospel in general. Here’s a list of some of gospel’s biggest names, who used to be background singers for other major acts. RELATED: David Mann Delivers A Prayer For […]
WATCH LIVE: Aretha Franklin visitation in Detroit at Charles H. Wright Museum. Public visitations for Aretha Franklin will begin Tuesday at the Charles H. Wright Museum for African American History in Detroit. What to know about Aretha Franklin funeral visitations: Tuesday and Wednesday, Aug. 28 and Aug. 29: Public visitations Visitation: Franklin’s body will lie in repose at […]
After weeks of speculation, the official lineup for Aretha Franklin‘s memorial service has been announced. It reads like a who’s who of performers, a festival like group of singers ranging from different tenors and more. See the full list below. Stevie Wonder, Faith Hill, Ronald Isley, Chaka Khan and Jennifer Hudson are among the performers along with Fantasia, Yolanda Adams, Shirley Caesar, the Clark Sisters, Jennifer […]
The fourth daughter of Reverend C.L. Franklin may have been the daughter of a minister but she became something far bigger later one. Aretha Franklin may have earned the immortal title of Queen of Soul but she never let go of her gospel roots. “Aretha, like Al Green, is one of the few artists who is universally accepted […]
Award-winning writer, director and producer Je’Caryous Johnson is once again taking the nation by storm with his new stage play, Redemption of a Dogg. The highly anticipated follow up to his sold out stage play, Set It Off, Redemption of a Dogg, stars entertainment icon Snoop Dogg and features R&B hit maker and star of WE TV’s Braxton Family Values, Tamar Braxton. RELATED: Snoop […]