


Kirk Franklin
Kirk Franklin Partners With Insignia Assets
Gospel legend Kirk Franklin partners with Insignia Assets as Chief Creative Officer.
Gospel music legend Kirk Franklin is partnering with Insignia Assets, a collaborative media and entertainment company founded by Norman Gyamfi and Jonathan Jay.
The deal:
The collaboration unites Franklin's Fo Yo Soul Recordings and his media production company CLTRE Lab with Insignia's portfolio.
That portfolio includes Christian and gospel label Tribl Records, the Maverick City Music collective, as well as R&B label Platform Sounds. It also contains a touring division in Undivided Entertainment, a marketing arm in Icho Group, and 3 Diamonds Entertainment for TV and film.
Franklin will serve as Insignia Assets' Chief of Creative Services.
Next moves:
To mark the deal Franklin will release his new single "Do It Again" on June 6.
CLTRE Lab and 3 Diamonds Entertainment will produce Den of Kings, a dinner conversation series hosted by Franklin that will debut on his YouTube channel on Father's Day.
What they said:
Franklin: "This partnership... is about building a platform where our stories, our faith, and our culture can live and breathe across every screen and stage."
Gospel music legend Kirk Franklin is partnering with Insignia Assets, a collaborative media and entertainment company founded by Norman Gyamfi and Jonathan Jay.
The deal:
The collaboration unites Franklin's Fo Yo Soul Recordings and his media production company CLTRE Lab with Insignia's portfolio.
That portfolio includes Christian and gospel label Tribl Records, the Maverick City Music collective, as well as R&B label Platform Sounds. It also contains a touring division in Undivided Entertainment, a marketing arm in Icho Group, and 3 Diamonds Entertainment for TV and film.
Franklin will serve as Insignia Assets' Chief of Creative Services.
Next moves:
To mark the deal Franklin will release his new single "Do It Again" on June 6.
CLTRE Lab and 3 Diamonds Entertainment will produce Den of Kings, a dinner conversation series hosted by Franklin that will debut on his YouTube channel on Father's Day.
What they said:
Franklin: "This partnership... is about building a platform where our stories, our faith, and our culture can live and breathe across every screen and stage."
Gospel music legend Kirk Franklin is partnering with Insignia Assets, a collaborative media and entertainment company founded by Norman Gyamfi and Jonathan Jay.
The deal:
The collaboration unites Franklin's Fo Yo Soul Recordings and his media production company CLTRE Lab with Insignia's portfolio.
That portfolio includes Christian and gospel label Tribl Records, the Maverick City Music collective, as well as R&B label Platform Sounds. It also contains a touring division in Undivided Entertainment, a marketing arm in Icho Group, and 3 Diamonds Entertainment for TV and film.
Franklin will serve as Insignia Assets' Chief of Creative Services.
Next moves:
To mark the deal Franklin will release his new single "Do It Again" on June 6.
CLTRE Lab and 3 Diamonds Entertainment will produce Den of Kings, a dinner conversation series hosted by Franklin that will debut on his YouTube channel on Father's Day.
What they said:
Franklin: "This partnership... is about building a platform where our stories, our faith, and our culture can live and breathe across every screen and stage."
Kirk Franklin
Insignia Assets
Norman Gyamfi
Jonathan Jay
Fo Yo Soul Recordings
CLTRE Lab
Tribl Records
Maverick City Music
Platform Sounds
Undivided Entertainment
Artist-Led Publishing Ventures
Gospel Music Industry Expansion
Joint Ventures
Gospel Partnerships
United States
Independent Label Consolidation
Executive Appointments
Record Labels
👋 Disclosures & Transparency Block
This story was written with information sourced from Insignia Assets’ website and reporting by Digital Music News.
We covered it because of the profiles of Franklin and Insignia.
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