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Kirk Franklin

Kirk Franklin has been played over 40 times on NTS, first on 22 January 2015. Kirk Franklin's music has been featured on 45 episodes.

Kirk Franklin (born January 26, 1970 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a platinum-selling musician who blended gospel, hip hop, and R&B in the 1990s. He released his first gospel album, Kirk Franklin & Family, in 1993, and is known as the leader of contemporary gospel choirs such as Kirk Franklin & the Family, Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation, and God's Property.

A native of Fort Worth, Texas, he was raised by his aunt, Gertrude Franklin. He developed a talent for music early, playing the piano at age four and becoming music director of his church at age eleven. After getting kicked out of school in his teenaged years, having a girlfriend become pregnant, and after a friend was shot to death he returned to the church. After leading the DFW Mass Choir at the 1990 Gospel Music Workshop of America Convention, he organized "The Family", a seventeen-voice choir, in 1992 and began his recording career.

He has integrated hip hop styles with gospel themes in albums such as The Nu Nation Project and God's Property, which achieved success on the Billboard Pop Album, R&B and gospel charts. Franklin has collaborated with the biggest names in gospel music, including Tonex, Donnie McClurkin, Richard Smallwood, Crystal Lewis, Pastor Shirley Caesar, Jaci Valesquez, and Willie Neal Johnson. He also has displayed a willingness to collaborate with artists in the secular realm, including Bono, Mary J. Blige, Crystal Lewis, and R Kelly in the hit single, "Lean on Me."

On October 4, 2005, his new long-awaited album Hero was released, with latest single Looking for You. Franklin's songs are published by Zomba Music Publishing, a division of BMG Music Publishing.

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Kirk Franklin

Kirk Franklin has been played over 40 times on NTS, first on 22 January 2015. Kirk Franklin's music has been featured on 45 episodes.

Kirk Franklin (born January 26, 1970 in Fort Worth, Texas) is a platinum-selling musician who blended gospel, hip hop, and R&B in the 1990s. He released his first gospel album, Kirk Franklin & Family, in 1993, and is known as the leader of contemporary gospel choirs such as Kirk Franklin & the Family, Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation, and God's Property.

A native of Fort Worth, Texas, he was raised by his aunt, Gertrude Franklin. He developed a talent for music early, playing the piano at age four and becoming music director of his church at age eleven. After getting kicked out of school in his teenaged years, having a girlfriend become pregnant, and after a friend was shot to death he returned to the church. After leading the DFW Mass Choir at the 1990 Gospel Music Workshop of America Convention, he organized "The Family", a seventeen-voice choir, in 1992 and began his recording career.

He has integrated hip hop styles with gospel themes in albums such as The Nu Nation Project and God's Property, which achieved success on the Billboard Pop Album, R&B and gospel charts. Franklin has collaborated with the biggest names in gospel music, including Tonex, Donnie McClurkin, Richard Smallwood, Crystal Lewis, Pastor Shirley Caesar, Jaci Valesquez, and Willie Neal Johnson. He also has displayed a willingness to collaborate with artists in the secular realm, including Bono, Mary J. Blige, Crystal Lewis, and R Kelly in the hit single, "Lean on Me."

On October 4, 2005, his new long-awaited album Hero was released, with latest single Looking for You. Franklin's songs are published by Zomba Music Publishing, a division of BMG Music Publishing.

Original source: Last.fm

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Ultralight Beam
Kanye West feat. Chance The Rapper, Kirk Franklin
G.O.O.D. MUSIC, Def Jam Recordings2016
Melodies From Heaven
Kirk Franklin
Fo Yo Soul Entertainment, Gospo Centric Records2006
Revolution
Kirk Franklin
Gospo Centric Records1998
Looking For You
Kirk Franklin
Gospo Centric Records2005
Love (Remix)
Kirk Franklin
Gospo Centric Records1998
Stomp (Remix)
God's Property, Kirk Franklin's Nu Nation feat. Cheryl James, Kirk Franklin
B-Rite Music, Fo Yo Soul Entertainment1997
The Storm Is Over Now
Kirk Franklin
Fo Yo Soul Entertainment, Gospo Centric Records2006
Imagine Me
Kirk Franklin
Gospo Centric Records2005
Chains
Kirk Franklin
Gospo Centric Records2007
Still In Love
Kirk Franklin
Gospo Centric Records2007