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gospel singer Marvin Sapp, who's also founder and senior pastor of Lighthouse
Full Life Centre Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, stirred controversy online
when he suggested that Christians should buy the music of gospel artistes even
if their private lives are questionable.
Sapp's comment comes in the wake of the success of rapper Jay-Z's much
publicized "4:44" digital-only album which was certified platinum, with sales of 1 million copies in the
U.S., less than a week after its June 30 release.
"'Jay-Z's
album went platinum and it hasn't even been released to the masses yet! It went
certified platinum just on tidal! Coming to Apple and all other outlets next
week! What is that saying?'" Sapp said he was asked in a post to his more than 2 million fans on Facebook .
