Born on 26 January 1960 in Fort Worth, Texas, Kirk Franklin is an American
singer-songwriter who performs Christian hip-hop and contemporary gospel songs
and has had great chart success with 22 Grammy nominations and 12 wins. He first
gained attention with the Kirk Franklin & The Family choir in the early 1990s,
enjoying chart success and celebrating Grammy nominations with one win before
embarking on a solo career in 2001. He had learned to read, write and play music
as an infant and he sang in a local church choir. He studied music in high
school where he played the piano for t...