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Franklin in 1998. In 1992, Franklin organized "The Family", which was a 17-voice choir, formed from neighborhood friends and associates. [8] In 1992, Vicki Mack-Lataillade, the co-founder of fledgling GospoCentric Records label, heard one of their demo tapes and was so impressed she immediately signed up Kirk & The Family to a recording contract.
On June 23, 2022, Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin performed "Kingdom" on their Tiny Desk Concert performance as part of NPR Music's commemoration of Black Music Month. [25] On June 26, 2022, Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin did a live televised performance of "Kingdom" and "Melodies From Heaven" at the 2022 BET Awards . [ 26 ]
In September 2023, a 35-minute documentary called Father's Day: A Kirk Franklin Story premiered on Franklin's YouTube channel, the documentary serves as a visual accompaniment for the album which was only meant to be recording sessions and behind the scenes footage, however while filming the documentary, speculation about the real identity of ...
Franklin was a musical prodigy that changed the world. Franklin was born on Jan. 26, 1970, in Fort Worth and was raised by a great-aunt. Even at a young age, people in church knew there was ...
Johnathan Takiff of the Philadelphia Daily News wrote in a B- review, "Smooth school saxophonist Kirk Whalum gets into a Memphis mood on "Into My Soul". [3] Matt Collar of AllMusic remarked "On what is ostensibly his Memphis album, Whalum -- a Memphis native -- does evince a Stax-style soulfulness; unfortunately, he keeps the arrangements and his own playing so mild and light that nothing ...
On May 20, 2022, Tribl Records released the official music video of "Kingdom" by Maverick City Music and Kirk Franklin, featuring Naomi Raine and Chandler Moore, via YouTube. [12] The video shows Kirk Franklin, Naomi Raine and Chandler Moore performing the song alongside inmates at the Everglades Correctional Institution in Miami-Dade, Florida.
Don’t miss a very special episode of “Masters of the Game” with the legend Kirk Franklin. The episode premieres on TheGrio on Friday, Oct. 27, at 8 p.m. The episode premieres on TheGrio on ...
The choir's May 27, 1997 album, God's Property from Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation [10] with Franklin, won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Gospel Artist, the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Music Video, the Soul Train Music Award for Best Gospel Album and the Grammy Award for Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album in 1997. [11]