Looks like Marvin Sapp had a few things to get off his chest during a Vlad TV interview and his efforts on stepping into gospel.
In a clip that is making rounds on social media Sapp answers a question about West receiving the 2021 Grammy award for Best Contemporary Christian Music Album amid gospel artists who not only “do this for the genre but as a lifestyle.”
The Grammy nominated gospel singer and songwriter initially responded saying he didn’t have an issue with West’s win, but after thinking about the question he said, he finds it unfair. “Do I think it’s fair? Now that I think about it, it’s not. I don’t think that it’s fair at all,” he said. “What happens is, it ends up eclipsing those of us who really do this for the genre and as a lifestyle.”
He added, “It’s kind of wrong for me to say it like this but I’ve been nominated for everything. I’ve won more awards than most people will ever win.
So I’m cool with it, I’m like ‘Hey whatever.’ Maybe I’m cool with it because I’m looking at it differently, but I can absolutely sympathize with up-and-coming artists when you look at Billboard and Kanye’s whole record is like 1-40 of our genre [Gospel].”
RELATED:Howard Stern Slams Kanye West For His Hitler Comment: ‘I Guess He Doesn’t Know He’s Black’
The gospal singer also used Lil Was X as an example when he released his hit song Old Town Road, “the country song he did, the rap song they threw him out of all the CMA stuff because they were like he’s not country. Only in gospel can you be a gospel artist, R&B artist you can be a hip hop artist and be nominated in our genre. So a lot of our people get offended that have done or that are doing gospel when people from outside our genre are given the opportunity to nominated for awards, in our genre.”