Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There’s always a kerfuffle when gospel artists cross over to secular music, but Sapp’s new EP arrives under special circumstances.

MICHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: By the time Marvin Sapp was 10 years old, he was singing all the time. He sang in church. He sang R&B with his buddies. But then his mother told him he had to make a choice.

The video, taken at a Pentecostal convention in Baltimore, shows Sapp asking for $20 from each attendee to raise $40,000, and telling ushers to shut the doors. Social media users have responded with ...

Bishop Marvin Sapp says he has received death threats as a result of the resurfaced viral clip where he ordered ushers to close the doors at an international church convention while rallying for the ...

*Renowned gospel artist and pastor Marvin Sapp responded to controversial remarks made by Norman Gyamfi, CEO of Insignia Assets, the parent company of Maverick City Music. Speaking on “The Isaac ...

Gospel superstar Marvin Sapp is going secular — if only for a few songs. His new mini-album is called "If I Were an R&B Singer." MICHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: By the time Marvin Sapp was 10 years old, he was ...