Honorees Include Media, Music, and Entertainment Legends Nelson George, Rocky Bucano, Ed Lover, Vernon \ Brown, Esq., Walt “Baby” Love, Jacqueline Rhinehart, Lionel Ridenour, Tracey Jordan, and Shanti Das
The Living Legends Foundation (LLF) will celebrate its annual awards ceremony highlighting the historic Hip-Hop At 50 milestone tomorrow, Friday, October 6, 2023, at Taglyan Cultural Complex, 1201 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, CA. The red carpet and cocktail reception begin at 6:00 p.m. with the awards dinner at 7:30 p.m.
The esteemed group of nine honorees include Rocky Bucano, executive director of the Universal Hip Hop Museum, who will be presented with the Hip Hop Visionary Award; Nelson George, author and filmmaker, will receive the Media Icon Award; Ed Lover, syndicated air personality of The Ed Lover Show with Monie Love, will be presented with the Jerry Boulding Radio Award; Vernon Brown, Esq., founder of V. Brown & Company, will receive the Entertainment Advocate Award; Walt “Baby” Love, radio legend and syndicated air personality of Gospel Traxx, will be presented with the Ray Harris Lifetime Achievement Award; Jacqueline Rhinehart, vice president of the Living Legends Foundation and founder of My Organic Soul Marketing, will receive the Creative Visionary Award; Lionel Ridenour, founder and CEO of Anchor Promotions, will be presented with the Music Executive Award; Tracey Jordan, a partner of Jordan/Lazin Productions, will receive the Mike Bernardo Female Executive Award; and Shanti Das, former music executive and founder of Silence The Shame, will be presented with the A.D. Washington Chairman’s Award.
The dinner and awards gala will be hosted by Tammi Mac, KJLH’s afternoon air personality, who will serve as the first-time gala host; and internationally renowned DJ Battlecat will serve as the entertainment.
The Dinner Chairs are Skip Dillard, brand manager and program director for Audacy’s WXBK/94.7, the Block, New York City; and Lady B, air personality of Classix 107.9 in Philadelphia.
The Living Legends Foundation, which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2022, continues to reflect the brilliance and excellence of today’s global music leaders and follow the traditions established by the organization’s past honorees, who are trendsetters, trailblazers, legends, and icons.
The foundation’s core mission is to honor the best in the ever-changing multimedia industry in the areas of broadcasting, film, recorded music, media, publishing, radio, publicity, and marketing.
“This year is particularly special because, in addition to our annual awards ceremony, we are also celebrating 50 years of hip-hop,” says David C. Linton, the chairman of the Living Legends Foundation. “We are the first generation of music executives to help break and recognize hip-hop as a global music art form.
Most of our board and advisory members were responsible for signing many of today’s hip-hop legends and icons to recording contracts and record label imprint deals, ultimately creating the phenomenon known to the world as ‘hip-hop culture.’
Additionally, for the past three to four decades, many of our board members have guided the careers of these legends and icons via management, marketing, radio promotions, publicity, sales, and A&R. We look forward to another powerful awards ceremony with the Rainmakers of Black music and hip-hop.”
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