MICHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: By the time Marvin Sapp was 10 years old, he was singing all the time. He sang in church. He sang R&B with his buddies. But then his mother told him he had to make a choice.

*“A softer side of me,” said Bishop Marvin Sapp (“Never Would Have Made it”) about the release of his debut R&B EP “If I Were an R&B Singer” (Elev8 Entertainment). “Normally people say I have a church ...

Gospel superstar Marvin Sapp is going secular — if only for a few songs. His new mini-album is called "If I Were an R&B Singer." MICHEL MARTIN, BYLINE: By the time Marvin Sapp was 10 years old, he was ...