Johnny Gill, Bootsy Collins, Hezekiah Walker and Patrice Rushen will be acknolweged for their innovative and cultural contributions at the 2024 Black Music Honors.
The occasion, which is arranged to take location at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta on Saturday, May 18, commemorates Black artists who haveactually affected American music on a international scale.
The ninth yearly Black Music Honors gala will be co-hosted by vocalist/actress LeToya Luckett and comic/actor DeRay Davis, and will best on the Stellar Network on Saturday, June 1 at 8 p.m. ET and will rebroadcast at 10 p.m. ET that verysame night.
“We are exceptionally proud to bring more exposure to these incredible icons who have remained the course from simple starts to professions that period years,” Don Jackson, the Black Music Honors creator and executive manufacturer, revealed in a declaration.
“Their lives and stories are part of the gorgeous tapestry of Black music…which hasactually affected the world.”
Each of the 4 acts set to be granted at the 2024 Black Music Honors have an renowned history and are thoughtabout legends in their particular categories.
Hezekiah Walker is a two-time Grammy Award winner, receiving Best Gospel Album By Choir Or Chorus in 1994 and 2001, while Bootsy Collins has won a gramophone when, as a included artist on Fatboy Slim’s 2000 single “Weapon of Choice.”
Rushen and Gill have both been chosen for several Grammys, however have yet to be called a winner of any classification at the award program. Originally launc