Gospel hip-hop recording artist Kirk Franklin made some huge and bold announcement lately saying he is about losing his religion these days and that it his mission to have other people do the same. This goes hand in hand with the release of his new album called, "Losing My Religion."

After 4 years, Franklin is back in releasing a new album and according to Christian Post, he made a teaser via Instagram by posting the cover art of his upcoming album along as he talks about the concept of religion. He captioned it with, "In the beginning religion created a MASK ... for generations church was where we went to go HIDE .... rules without relationship is empty INSIDE. ... There's room at the cross for everyone even ME ... religion is a prison, but truth sets us FREE," Franklin wrote. "The next time you THINK America, PLEASE include ME. ... The preacher isn't God, religion's first MISTAKE ... 'm losing my religion, THANK GOD ... Helping YOU lose yours is my job."

The album would be out officially on the 13th of November, while a pre-release event is on October 16. The first single coming out from his latest project is called, "Wanna Be Happy," which premiered during the BET's Sunday Best finale. It is a talent show that he also produces and even hosts.

In an earlier report by the same publication, they wrote that Franklin was a bit afraid in releasing the single of his new album. The singer emphasized on the topic about people being confined with their beliefs. He said, that people must be in tune with what's going on with the world's culture and not just focus on the lifestyle they have in church.

He even made this very interesting statement, "People don't live at church, they live in the real world. So music has to reflect how people live, what they're doing as they go through their trials in life," he said. "So I just hope and pray that we're always able to tap into that and be that voice for people."