16-Year-Old Ghanaian Artist Draws And Gifts Kirk Franklin A Pencil Portrait

• A 16-year-old Ghanaian artist gifted gospel singer Kirk Franklin a pencil portrait during the Kingdom Live World Tour in Accra
• The US legend praised the young artist, showcasing the portrait on Twitter and insisting on paying for it despite it being a gift
• The video has since gone viral, earning Jefferson widespread applause for his talent and Kirk Franklin for his kind reaction

A young Ghanaian artist gave American gospel singer Kirk Franklin a pencil portrait as a gift.

16-year-old Jefferson created pencil portraits of every artist who performed at the Kingdom Live World Tour on August 18, 2024, at the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) Christ Temple East.

Kirk Franklin and the Maverick City Music brought their Kingdom Live World Tour to Accra.

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Other Ghanaian artists who ministered at the event were Luigi Maclean, Joe Mettle, and Team Eternity.

Kirk reacts to portrait by young Ghanaian

In a video shared by Kirk Franklin on Twitter, he praised Jefferson, the young artiste, while holding up the portrait for everyone to see.

The gospel legend also said he would pay for the piece even though it was meant to be free.

"This young man, during the concert, while the concert's going, he's doing just like pencil art of every artiste. He gave this to me for free, but I gotta pay him. This is too crazy. Beautiful. Look at this; he got the big nose and everything. Thank you, Ghana. I love you," he said.

Watch the video below:

Ghanaians comment on Kirk’s portrait

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The video has gone viral, and several social media users applaud Jefferson for his talent and Kirk Franklin for his appreciation. YEN.com.gh collated some reactions below:

@catalinamloza said:

“Please come back on a Kirk Franklin tour. The Kingdom Tour was nice but we didn't experience your music as much as we would have loved to.”

@thealbertmoses_ wrote:

“God bless you @kirkfranklin for the immeasurable encouragement and support and also for the token of $100 to push our lil champ”

@laqquan said:

“@thealbertmoses_ big moves, I see you bro 😉”

@That_Yao_Guy wrote:

“Kirk always comes through as a real one and beautiful human, stay beautiful man we need our black role models”

@EbongDi said:

“Thank you Kirk for appreciate art 🎨 Some will just take it forgetting that people also paid to see them perform. He was performing while you performed. So paying him for his craft was the right move even if he didn't ask for it. You've given him publicity money can't buy.”

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Enil Art drew a market woman

Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that Enil Art made some market women emotional when he drew one of them and then gave the picture to her.

The woman was surprised and her reaction to the art got others coming to take a look, with many showing appreciation for the artist's skills.

Proofread by Bruce Douglas, senior copy editor at YEN.com.gh

Source: YEN.com.gh