⛪ 730 BOOM RADIO | BOOM SUNDAY KIRK FRANKLIN GOT THE STELLARS TONIGHT... SO GET YOUR CHURCH SHOES AND YOUR BET REMOTE READY! 🙌🏾😂

📍Charlotte, NC Baby, BOOM Sunday picked the RIGHT Sunday to be sanctified! 😂🙌🏾

The 41st Annual Stellar Gospel Music Awards hits BET tonight, Sunday, August 30, at 8 PM ET / 7 PM CT, with an encore at 10:30 PM ET. And who did they put in charge of hosting Gospel's biggest night?

KIRK. DAMN. FRANKLIN.

Well... maybe don't put the “damn” between his names on Sunday. 😭

But y'all know what I mean.

The show was actually taped August 15 at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte, North Carolina, and tonight we finally get the national BET broadcast. This year's theme is “Feels Like Home.” 

🙌🏾 AND BABY, THEY GOT EVERYBODY COMING TO CHURCH

This performance lineup ain't playing.

We're getting Jekalyn Carr, John P. Kee, Tye Tribbett featuring ABLAZE, PJ Morton, Darrel Walls, Marvin Sapp, Maranda Curtis, William Murphy, Lisa Knowles-Smith & The Brown Singers, Melvin Crispell III, Vincent Bohanan & SOV, plus plenty more.

And Kirk Franklin isn't just hosting.

HE PERFORMING TOO. 

Of COURSE he is.

You thought Kirk Franklin was gonna stand behind a podium all night?!

THAT MAN'S KNEES WOULD FILE A GRIEVANCE. 😭😭😭

Give Kirk approximately 17 seconds and he's gonna be running across that stage, jacket open, choir hollering, somebody's auntie crying and an usher looking for a sheet.

🎶ALL MY PEOPLE SAY. STOMP

🏆 AND THE HONORS ARE SERIOUS

Tasha Cobbs Leonard receives the Aretha Franklin Icon Award, while Pastor Mike Jr. receives the Thomas A. Dorsey Most Notable Achievement Award. 

Now THAT'S an honor.

Because if somebody hands you an award with ARETHA FRANKLIN'S NAME on it...

Baby, don't give me no 45-minute speech.

Just grab that trophy and whisper:

“THANK YOU, JESUS.”

Before somebody realizes they gave it to you and asks for it back. 😂

👀 AND WE ALREADY KNOW WHO WON...

Here's the funny part.

Since the ceremony was taped earlier this month, the winners have already been announced.

Darrel Walls took Artist of the Year, Jonathan McReynolds featuring Jamal Roberts won Male Artist of the Year, and Lisa Knowles-Smith won Albertina Walker Female Artist of the Year. Lisa Knowles-Smith & The Brown Singers also won Duo/Chorus Group of the Year. 

But DON'T be that person tonight.

You know that one friend who already Googled everything and sits there saying:

“I KNOW WHO WON.”

SHUT UP, SHARON.

WE TRYNA WATCH THE DAMN SHOW. 😭

🎶 AND THIS IS WHY WE GOT BOOM SUNDAY

Gospel music ain't one sound anymore.

Tonight's lineup stretches from traditional gospel and choirs to contemporary worship and artists blending gospel with R&B, hip-hop and other sounds.

And that's exactly what BOOM Sunday is about.

We can play the church mother who makes you sit up straight...

then play somebody who got an 808 under the Holy Ghost.

JESUS AIN'T SCARED OF A BASS LINE. 😂🙌🏾

📺 SO WHAT TIME WE WATCHING?

For Chicago:

TONIGHT, SUNDAY AUGUST 30 7:00 PM CT BET

And if you miss it, BET has an encore scheduled for 9:30 PM CT. 

So get your plate.

Get your remote.

Get comfortable.

And prepare for approximately 37 key changes, 14 people falling to their knees, Kirk Franklin running a 5K across the stage and at least ONE singer holding a note long enough for you to go make a sandwich and come back. 😭🙌🏾

Because tonight...

GOSPEL GOT THE AUX CORD.

⛪🎶 THE 41ST ANNUAL STELLAR GOSPEL MUSIC AWARDS

7 PM CENTRAL ON BET.

And before that, keep it right here with BOOM Sunday.

IT HITS DIFFERENT. EVERY TIME. BOOM! 💥