*Kirk Franklin caught flack from many colleagues and Christians when Kanye West revealed that the gospel singer would be featured on his new album, “The Life Of Pablo.”
According to a New York Times review of the record, the first song on the album, “Ultra Light Beams” features Franklin praying, and Kanye has referred to the track as “a God dream.”
“You know this album is really a gospel album and the first song ‘Ultra Light Beams’ said ‘this is a God dream’ — and this is something, like all y’all 20,000 people here right now, that couldn’t happen without God really holding me down,” West told the Madison Square Garden audience, E! News reports. “I’ll forever appreciate Jay-Z for that, I’ll forever appreciate Adidas for that, and I’ll forever appreciate my wife and her family for supporting me.”
Kirk says he was heavily criticized for participating on West’s album, and now he’s defending his relationship with the tortured rapper saying, “Kanye is not me. I am not him. He is my brother I am proud to do life with.”
You can check out Kirk’s lengthy IG message below, in which he addresses those quick to judge and condemn.
Kirk also joined Kanye Saturday night on SNL to perform “Ultralight Beam” alongside Chance the Rapper, Kelly Price and The-Dream. Check it out below:
Kanye West has RUINED ANY CHANCE TLOP had for becoming a successful ALBUM. Between the ABSURD TWITTER RANTS combined with him talking about Taylor Swift and the DUMB IDEA TO PROMOTE TIDAL INSTEAD OF TRYING TO get as many sales first for the album TLOP WILL BE A FLOP WITH ABOUT 1000 SELLS. Kanye created the DISASTER THAT WILL FOLLOW TLOP. KANYE NEEDS MENTAL HELP. By Thursday everyone will have moved on to something else
I think Kanye is trying his best to over compensate for his insecurities. Kanye has talent he just needs constant “you are the man” pats. I think talking to someone other than his crew of ‘yes men and women” that will really get him to open up and understand he can be happy with all that he has already done and that people cannot be great with everything. I pray for him it is clear he needs emotional support.