Gospel singer Kierra Sheard said she was “nervous as jacks” while paying tribute to one of her biggest vocal inspirations, R&B singer Brandy Norwood, and prayed to God for help. She took the stage at the 2019 R&B/Hip-Hop Awards where Brandy received the BMI President's Award.

James Ingram, the Ohio-born R&B singer who accepted Jesus as a child and never strayed from his father’s words or the Christian faith, has passed at the age of 66.