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John Legend, Meek Mill, DJ Khaled, Kirk Franklin and more to honor Nipsey Hussle at the Grammys

The Recording AcademyThe late Nipsey Hussle will be remembered with a special all-star tribute at the Gra…

New ‘Respect’ teaser video gives first look at Jennifer Hudson as Aretha Franklin

MGMIf what you want is a first look at Jennifer Hudson portraying the Queen of Soul in the upcoming Aretha Franklin biop…

Gospel Music Association apologizes to Kirk Franklin for censoring his acceptance speech

Courtesy of GMA Dove AwardsThe Gospel Music Association is apologizing to Kirk Franklin for censoring his spee…

Never-before-seen photos of Aretha Franklin featured in new book, ‘The Queen Next Door’

Linda Solomon/Wayne State University PressNever-before-seen before photos of the Queen of Soul are featured in a new boo…

Cynthia Erivo to portray Aretha Franklin in ‘Genius’ anthology series

ABC/Eric McCandlessTony and Grammy award winner Cynthia Erivo will portray Aretha Franklin in Nation…

Kirk Franklin Makes History With Pandora!

Congratulations to Kirk Franklin who received the ‘Billionaire Honor‘ from Pandora! Only a small group of artists have received the honor and Franklin is the first Gospel artist to get it. The ‘Billionaire Honor‘ is for artist who reach over a billion streams and the Ft. Worth Gospel superstar has currently received 1.6 billion streams… Read more »