As we reported here, renowned gospel singer/pastor Kim Burrell came under some serious fire after going on a graphic homophobic rant during a recent sermon.

Once the video of her statements started making its rounds the ‘Try Me Again’ singer quickly tried to clean up the mess with a clarification:

I never said LGBT last night. I said S-I-N and whatever falls in the sin was preached.

Apparently it was too little, too late.  As of time reporting members of her faithful following on Twitter and Facebook – many of whom are members of the LGBTQ community – are roasting the revered songstress for her unwelcome remarks.  See highlights below:

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Scribbled in history books for some good and not-so-good reasons, 2016 brought with it some of modern music’s most memorable moments.  Now, as the year draws to a close, TGJ is reflecting on 31 moments that rocked – and to some degree shaped – the Urban and Pop musical landscape as we know it.

Next, we’ll reflect on 2016’s greatest stings as imparted by Beyonce’s beloved #Beyhive:

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Thanks to a $.69 “holiday sale” on iTunes, ‘Earned It’ singer The Weeknd (born Abel Tesfaye) has finally earned his third #1 single on the Hot 100.

14 weeks after its debut (and after a lengthy 8-week run at #2 behind rap duo Rae Sremmurd‘s smash single ‘Black Beatles’), ‘Starboy’ – the title track to Tesfaye’s third album (which hit #1 on the Billboard 200) – ascended to the tally’s perch on the wings of strong digital downloads and streaming performance.  Billboard reports:

[‘Starboy’ logged] the chart’s greatest week-over-week sales gain (up 28,000), surging by 49 percent to 86,000 downloads sold in the week ending Dec. 22. “Starboy” tops the Hot 100 after eight nonconsecutive weeks at No. 2, tying for the most weeks spent at No. 2 before leading the list. It matches Justin Bieber‘s “Sorry,” which ruled at last on the Jan. 23, 2016, chart, and OutKast‘s “The Way You Move,” featuring Sleepy Brown (Feb. 14, 2004).”

Congratz are certainly in order for Weeknd and his ‘Starboy’ co-stars Daft Punk.  The achievement marks the group’s first run at #1 in the U.S.

Tuck in below to see who else filled out this week’s refreshed Billboard Hot 100:

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Scribbled in history books for some good and not-so-good reasons, 2016 brought with it some of modern music’s most memorable moments.  Now, as the year draws to a close, TGJ is reflecting on 31 moments that rocked – and to some degree shaped – the Urban and Pop musical landscape as we know it.

Now, we’ll reflect on the collection of albums and singles whose barks were certainly bigger than their bites.  For, considering the hype that preceded them, great expectations were placed on their respective commercial performances.

Sadly, they failed to meet them…

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The Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Tiyon Christian has revealed that Beyonce played a part in the demise of his relationship with the vocal Bible Brandy.

What went wrong after he penned a number of ‘The Boy Is Mine’ singer’s songs?

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Sia has stepped out to condemn the Witch-Hop rapper Azealia Banks after learning that she had sacrificed chickens.

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Drake and Jennifer Lopez are keeping mum about their romance, however the last few days have seen their bodies do the talking.

Indeed, as reported, the duo set social media ablaze with their intimate snaps – a practice that is said to have seen Drizzy’s ex Rihanna unfollow J.Lo.

Now, they’ve been spotted at a party not only kissing – but dancing to a song some are speculating may be a duet.

Watch below…

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Jennifer Lopez‘ conscious coupling with Drake has ruffled the feathers of those who feel she is dating him to slight and spite her ex Diddy who Drake is feuding with.

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Trey Songz has been arrested.

Bad news below…

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Joe Budden thinks love has little to do with Drake‘s relationship with the Pop superstar Jennifer Lopez.

Why he thinks her former flame Diddy may have “inspired” the pair’s coupling?

Find out below…

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Are they? Aren’t they?

Jennifer Lopez and Drake seemed to silence the speculation today with a telling Instagram snap.

See what we mean below…

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Sales of George Michael‘s music have skyrocketed following his death.

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