Maverick City Music is facing plenty of backlash following a recent collaboration with a rap artist.
The five-time Grammy award-winning and six-time Dove award-winning worship collective is featured on a song on GloRilla’s latest album Glorious alongside, Kirk Franklin, Chandler Moore and Kierra Sheard.
The song, ‘Rain Down on Me’ is the only song on the 15-track album that doesn’t feature explicit or inappropriate lyrics.
After hearing this news, fans of Maverick City quickly took to social media to react.
“Maverick City is featured on a song with Glorilla???? What an embarrassment for the Christian music industry. Come quickly, Lord,” said one fan.
Maverick City is featured on a song with Glorilla???? What an embarrassment for the Christian music industry.
Come quickly, Lord.
— Chuck (@Unashamed_Chuck) October 11, 2024
“These “Christian” gospel artists need to stop compromising. It’s PLENTY ways to reach souls. Kirk Franklin, Kierra Sheard & Maverick City Music being on Glorilla album is wild. God come get us,” said another.
On the flip side, others backed up the band saying there is an opportunity to minister.
“Objectively if Maverick City stayed true to their virtues and bring more people over from collabing with Glorilla i don’t see the issue. Joseph was under the Pharaoh(pagan) and still served God and brought people over,” said a fan on X.
Objectively if Maverick City stayed true to their virtues and bring more people over from collabing with Glorilla i don’t see the issue. Joseph was under the Pharaoh(pagan) and still served God and brought people over. https://t.co/TH8AmqW56C
— MannVs___ (@MannVs_____) October 14, 2024
Others praised the song, saying it was great and that it’s time to stop judging people.
The Glorilla ft. Kirk Franklin, Maverick City track is so good. Y’all can sit down, and stop judging people. You’re not God. You’re not perfect.
— Noémie (@nne_o_mah) October 11, 2024
In an interview with Complex Magazine, GloRilla, whose birth name is Gloria Hallelujah Woods, says she was born into a conservative Christian family of 10 kids. She was the second youngest and grew up listening to gospel artists like Kirk Franklin and Donnie McClurkin. Despite her parents’ beliefs, according to GloRilla, they have always backed her career choice.
This isn’t the first time Maverick City Music has been in the spotlight. In 2022, Maverick City Music cut ties with one of its artists, Dante Bowe due to behaviour that they said was inconsistent with their core values and beliefs.
Maverick City Music has yet to address this recent backlash.
