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Bono, Blige Support Franklin's New Effort

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Posted Aug 13, 1998 12:00 AM

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(NEW YORK) - Kirk Franklin's Gospo Centric album The Nu Nation Project, due Sept. 22, includes the star-filled track "Lean On Me." |

The new song, written and produced by Franklin, features Mary J. Blige, R. Kelly, Bono and Crystal Lewis. There will be no commercial single.

According to a statement, Franklin, Gospo Centric, and its partial owner, Interscope, are donating $250,000 to the Burned Churches Fund of the National Council of the Churches of Christ, "in anticipation of profits" from the album.