Smokie Norful is one of the brightest lights on the current gospel scene. The son of an African Methodist Episcopal minister, Norful spent his first 14 years in Muskogee, OK, where he absorbed music ranging from sacred gospel to the secular soul that was popular at the time. By the age of two he was picking […]

“GETTING IT DONE” August 19 – 21, 2021, Chicago, IL https://thegospelindustrynetwork.ticketlocity.com/TheGinSummit2021 Chicago, IL – June 1, 2021 — The Gospel Industry Network 2021 Summit (G.I.N.) is excited to host its inaugural live and in person 3-day Summit, on Thursday, August 19 – Saturday, August 21, 2021 in Chicago, IL., as the country gradually reopen its […]

(CHICAGO, IL) August 9, 2020 – The “Greatest Night in Gospel Music” returns to television when the 35th Anniversary Stellar Gospel Music Awards premieres on BET Networks as a two-hour virtual special on Sunday, August 23 at 6 p.m. ET. Also simulcast on BET Her, the virtual production will acknowledge all award winners from the Stellar Awards pre-show and main show, with select categories being […]

Chicago, IL – February 12, 2020 — The Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards is back at the Orleans Arena in celebration of its 35th Anniversary. The show will be taped in front of a live audience and will be hosted by Jonathan McReynolds & Koryn Hawthorne. Annually, the Stellar Awards recognizes the accomplishments of Gospel […]

Chicago, IL – February 12, 2020 — The Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards is back at the Orleans Arena in celebration of its 35th Anniversary. The show will be taped in front of a live audience and will be hosted by Jonathan McReynolds & Koryn Hawthorne. Annually, the Stellar Awards recognizes the accomplishments of Gospel […]

 FOR INSPIRING ANTHEM “KEEP THE FAITH” The Multi-Award-Winning Artist Will Perform on The Urban One Honors Which Airs 1/20 on TV One Over the last few years, Charles Jenkins, has provided the world with some of the most inspiring and uplifting modern-day gospel anthems such as the No. 1 radio hits “Awesome,” “Grace” and “War.” […]

LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — May 1, 1972 was a whirlwind day of celebration in Marvin Gaye’s hometown of Washington, D.C. Designated “Marvin Gaye Day,” it began with Gaye giving a speech to students at Cardozo High, the school he’d attended, before he and his parents were ushered by motorcade to other points around […]

R. Kelly will finally get his side of his story with Gayle King in a two-part interview that will air on CBS This Morning on Wednesday and Thursday.

R. Kelly was released on bail today. A sea of media waited for the “I Believe I Can Fly” singer outside Cook County Jail.

According to the most recent reports, Jussie Smollet’s”Empire” screen time is getting slashed.  All of this in the wake of a growing concern that the rising star may have actually staged the entire ‘attack’ incident According to Production sources that spoke with TMZ … “Jussie was supposed to have 9 scenes and a big musical […]

The America we live in today continues to show their divide and this time on”Empire” actor Jussie Smollett.  The singer and rising star was attacked early Tuesday morning in what Chicago police are now calling a possible hate crime. According to police report, Smollett was attacked by two white men wearing masks “yelling out racial […]

Following Jonathan McReynolds’ first #1 single at radio, we are very excited to release “Make Room”, the title track, to radio! “ Make Room” is a personal testimony of how Jonathan creates space in his own life for time with God. The song opens up with these poignant lyrics, “I find space for what I […]