Kirk Franklin Reveals He Didn’t Own His Publishing Early in His Career
Kirk Franklin is opening up about one of his biggest regrets in his career.
During an episode of his show, “Den Of Kings,” the gospel phenomenon shares with Tyler Perry and Jeezy how he regrets not owning his publishing when he first started out, ultimately costing him money.
“One of the biggest mistakes I made at 23-year-old is I messed up and didn’t own my publishing,” he began to tell the fellas while they fixed their plates from the food spread Franklin prepared.
“I did all of this music and didn’t have the money I could’ve had. I missed the opportunity to be a boss.”
Perry questioned which album was it where he didn’t own the publishing, to which Franklin reveals it was his first record, “Why We Sing,” with The Family, it went Gold.
“I just started to own my publishing,” Franklin said, he went on to share with the group that his first record where he owned his publishing was “Take Me To The King,” performed by Tamela Mann.
“From my twenties to my forties, I owned none of my publishing. I have my songwriting part, but I didn’t have the most important part which is copywriting. I didn’t always have the money I should’ve, a lot of times you have to act as if. You have to keep the kids laced and wifey laced, so you have to act as if everyone is expecting you to have something because of these plaques and awards. My opportunity to own something, I didn’t have the confidence to fight.”
The clip ends with Perry reminding the platinum selling gospel artist to give himself grace due to his age at the time.
You can watch the clip below.
