TWO GREAT AWARD-WINNING ARTIST

DOORS OPEN AT 6 PM / CONCERT STARTS AT 7 PM

MORNING STAR BAPTIST CHURCH

5340 JEWELLA AVENUE - SHREVEPORT, LA 71109

MONDAY, JULY 10, 2023, AT 7PM

Marvin Sapp

 Singing since age four, he has shared the stage with many gospel notables and his gift is celebrated across musical genres. He began singing with the gospel group Commissioned in 1990. In 1996, God led him to go solo. He released his first CD “Marvin Sapp”, then Grace and Mercy”, then his CDs were as follows: “Nothing Else Matters”, “I Believe”, “Diary Of A Psalmist”, “Be Exalted”, “Thirsty”, “Here I Am”, “I Win” and in 2013 he released his Christmas Card CD that featured his three children. The backdrop for the CD “I Win” came from him mitigating the pain of the loss of his wife through conversations with God. The title “Here I Am” for gospel star Marvin Sapp is more than a little ironic when one considers that, “Never Would Have Made It” from his 2007 release “Thirsty” has been among the most ubiquitous gospel and R&B songs. According to Billboard, Marvin Sapp single “Best In Me” matched the 2008 peak of his seminal “Never Would Have Made It.” The mega-selling “Never Would Have Made It” held the #1 slot on Gospel and R&B radio for over a full year; topped the Urban AC chart (the first to do so since Yolanda Adams’ “Open My Heart”) and has the top selling ringtone and ring back (2 million sales), and propelled “Thirsty” to the top of the gospel charts for 28 weeks. From 2000-2010, he was the Billboard Artist of the decade.  But for the 13-time Grammy Award nominee and celebrated pastor, Marvin Sapp, being dragged to the depths of his grief and drowning was never an option. Bishop Sapp is a multiplatinum selling artist who has enjoyed a decorated music career receiving 13 Grammy nominations, 24 Stellar Awards, 2 Soul Train Music Awards, 2 BET Awards, 4 Dove Awards, 8 BMI songwriter’s awards for sales, Black Music Honors Gospel Music Icon Award along with many other accolades and honors from national, regional, and local institutions.

Kierra Sheard-Kelly

A Grammy- and Dove Award-winning gospel artist with an up-to-date, R&B- and hop-hop-influenced sound and attitude, Kierra Sheard (billed early in her career as Kierra "Kiki" Sheard) topped the Billboard gospel albums chart with her 2004 debut album, I Owe You. While maintaining a presence among the elite artists of the gospel world, she later broke into the Top 40 of the Billboard 200 with back-to-back releases, 2011's Free and 2014's Graceland. Her six full-length, 2020's Kierra, featured an appearance by none other than Missy Elliott. Sheard continued to combine gospel with hip-hop and R&B dance beats on 2023's assured All Yours.