Q&A: Marvin Sapp Talks Live Recording Event in Chicagoland This Friday

The 11-time Grammy-nominated gospel legend returns to record his 16th album at Valley Kingdom Ministries.This Friday, one of the world’s most revered Gospel recording artists is about to have a homecoming back in the Chicagoland area where family, friends, history, music, love and support reside.Marvin Sapp, the ardent and soulful 11-time Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter, is recording his 16th album this Friday evening at Valley Kingdom Ministries in Oak Forest.His return to the area could represent a full circle moment for the veteran artist—a preacher, leader and teacher—born three hours west in Grand Rapids, Michigan.Some 30 years after selling CDs, records and tapes — remember those? — and being signed to a major record label for the bulk of his career, Marvin Sapp finds himself in newer territory, the terra firma where an established artist continues to enjoy success decades in as an independent act.He shared all that and more when he recently spoke to The Defender about his connection to Chicago, the span of his glorious career and the historic live recording event at Valley Kingdom Ministries.Regarding his Friday homecoming, Sapp said everyone from the area is invited.“I just want Chicago, the south suburbs, the West Side, everybody and they mama,...