Cheryl Fortune, Estranged Wife of Admitted Former Abuser & Gospel Singer James Fortune, To Release New Single "Fighters!" - After the Altar Call
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Houston-based recording artist Cheryl Fortune is set to embark on her solo recording career with the release of her Lucius B. Hoskins-produced debut single “Fighters” set to impact gospel radio January 2017. “With this single I created an anthem for women that would offer a sense of hope, strength and boldness,” Cheryl.
Cheryl Fortune is widely known throughout the gospel music industry as a former member of her husband’s GRAMMY-nominated and Stellar Award winning recording group James Fortune & FIYA. As the sound of the ensemble Cheryl lended backing vocal, co-writing and vocal production on projects such as, LIVE THROUGH IT (2014), GRACE GIFT (2012), IDENTITY (2012), ENCORE (2010) and TRANSFORMATION (2008). Cheryl contributed backing vocals on other artists projects including Kirk Franklin (Hello Fear), Shirley Caesar (Good God), Zacardi Cortez (The Introduction, Reloaded), Bishop T.D. Jakes (Sacred Love Songs, Vol 2) and Isaac Carree (Uncommon Me). She recorded a song “Running To You” (composed by Terence Vaughn) for the 2013 released compilation project KINGDOM MUSIC, VOL 1 (FIYA World/Light) among many other compilation projects as well. Most recently she toured with Kirk Franklin on the 20 Years In One Night World Tour.
As a songwriter Cheryl is most notable for co-writing the Billboard #1 smash hit single “I Trust You” which maintained that position for 28 consecutive weeks on Billboard’s Gospel Airplay chart. She also co-wrote the song “Hold On” which features Fred Hammond and R&B singer Monica. Additionally, Cheryl wrote the current single “God Held Me” (Lucius B. Hoskins) recorded by Zacardi Cortez.
A vocal prowess full of grace, style and poise, Cheryl is ready for her next chapter in life through song with the ability to speak and help battered and broken women about overcoming and surviving all types of abuse, form of cancer, or any challenge life has thrown ones way. Her estranged husband James Fortune admitted to CBN News in the June 2016 story Gospel Artist James Fortune Opens Up: ‘I Was an Abuser’ by Efrem Graham that he was an abuser as he pleaded guilty to a October 2014 assault of his wife in court earlier this year, resulting in “five years probation, five days in jail, and 175 hours of community service” for his domestic violence. He also told CBN News that he has been in therapy since the incident of domestic violence, allowing the news outlet in a meeting. Finally, Fortune revealed that “he and Cheryl are legally separated and moving forward with a divorce. Legally, they can have no contact with each other for the next five years. He spent six months separated from his four children.”
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