Kirk Franklin brings out Kelly Price, Fantasia, Jonathan McReynolds, Tyrese, Le’Andria Johnson, and Melvin Crispell III kick off the “Saving Our Selves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort” special. You can Sing A Long! BET Network kicked off their “Saving Our Selves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort” special with Kirk Franklin featuring Kelly Price, Fantasia, Jonathan McReynolds, Tyrese, Le’Andria Johnson, and Melvin Crispell III with a remix of his hit song “Smile.” It’s going to make you smile… maybe even shout… and run! "I just keep trying and failing and I will continue to keep trying to see what I can do to try to keep people engaged in the conversation about our Lord and Savior, man," he said. Kirk Franklin Says Grammy Win Doesn't Define Him, Kirk Franklin Talks Kanye West's Song, 'Ultra Light Beams', Kanye West Focuses on Humility, Calls Ego His Worst Enemy, Kanye West Presents Fusion of Holy Bible and Quran in New Artwork, Singer Steven Curtis Chapman on Evolution of Christian Music (Interview), The Importance of an Integrated Approach to Theology, Philosophy, and Apologetics, Transforming Young Lives in India Partner, Calling All Christians for the Health of Our Nation, Michigan Gov. Kirk Franklin, Rickey Smiley, and Tamela Mann singing Silver and Gold also Singing Now behold the Lamb on Tbn in Dallas, Texas. The virtual concert streamed live on April 23 on BETNetworks’ YouTube channel. Kirk Franklin looks to brighter days as he sings “I Smile” with Melvin Crispell III, Kelly Price, Jonathan McReynolds, Tyrese, Le’Andria Johnson and many more for BET’s Saving Ourselves television special. (Photo by Rick Diamond/Getty Images), © 2020 Copyright Bonneville International. In an interview with The Christian Post last year, Franklin said he allowed insecurities to keep him from releasing new music. Franklin has been modest about his award-winning abilities for some time, but revealed that his pride halted the process in creating his Losing My Religion album.

The 46-year-old minister of music has made songs for some of the biggest names in Christian music. "The greatest gift God has given me past family and salvation is songwriting. Kirk Franklin, Kelly Price, Fantasia, Tyrese & […] A Zoom style Sing Along with Kirk Franklin and he brings out Kelly Price, Fantasia, Jonathan McReynolds, Tyrese, Le’Andria Johnson, and Sunday Best winner, Melvin Crispell III to kick off the “Saving Our Selves: BET COVID-19 Relief Effort” special. Please click here to learn how. A lot of it was fear, and then I really began to learn that spiritually fear is a form of pride," Franklin revealed to CP. His first single off of the new record titled, "Wanna Be Happy," made gospel music history last September when it became the best first-week digital single in the history of gospel sales. To enjoy our website, you'll need to enable JavaScript in your web browser. Kirk Franklin “Smile” A Zoom style Sing Along with Kirk Franklin and he brings out Kelly Price, Fantasia, Jonathan McReynolds, Tyrese, Le’Andria Johnson, and Sunday Best winner, Melvin Crispell III to kick off the “Saving Our Selves: BET … You can sing a long too! Gospel musician Kirk Franklin, together with some of his celebrity friends kicked off the BET COVID-19 Relief Effort special “Saving Our Selves” concert. Regardless of how his album is received, Franklin is willing to go through trial and error in order to keep people focused on God. Gospel music artist Kirk Franklin gathered fellow gospel singers and friends who are secular artists to create a remake of his song 'I Smile' via video call. Kirk Franklin. While he is grateful for God blessing him with the gift of songwriting, the producer and recording artist who utilizes the voices of others in his records, admitted his insecurities with doing that. "To be in a genre full of the best singers in the world and not being able [to sing] it like them has always left me insecure.