{"id":79841,"date":"2024-04-18T21:03:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T01:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/04\/18\/living-legends-foundation-to-honor-donnie-simpson-l-londell-mcmillan-more-at-2024-awards-dinner-and-gala\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T21:03:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T01:03:06","slug":"living-legends-foundation-to-honor-donnie-simpson-l-londell-mcmillan-more-at-2024-awards-dinner-and-gala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2024\/04\/18\/living-legends-foundation-to-honor-donnie-simpson-l-londell-mcmillan-more-at-2024-awards-dinner-and-gala\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Legends Foundation to Honor Donnie Simpson, L. Londell McMillan & More at 2024 Awards Dinner and\u00a0Gala"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tThe Living Legends Foundation has set Oct. 4 as the date for its 2024 awards dinner and gala. The event, also celebrating the foundation\u2019s 33rd<\/sup>\u00a0anniversary, will take place at Taglyan Cultural Complex in Hollywood.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis year\u2019s slate of industry honorees includes:<\/p>\n

\n\tDonnie Simpson<\/strong>, Jerry Boulding Radio Award: The legendary radio and television personality signed off the airwaves earlier this year after a 55-year career that began at Detroit\u2019s WJLB-FM and included tenures at Washington, D.C., outlets WKYS-FM, WPGC-FM and WMMJ-FM. Also known for his long-running stint as host of BET\u2019s\u00a0Video Soul<\/em>, Simpson is a Radio Hall of Fame and National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame inductee.<\/p>\n

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\n\tL. Londell McMillan<\/strong>, Kendall A. Minter Entertainment Advocate Award (renamed after the noted industry attorney who died last year): The chairman\/CEO of The McMillan Firm and veteran entertainment attorney is currently co-managing the Prince Legacy (one of two holding companies overseeing the star\u2019s estate). McMillan\u2019s list of clients over the years has included Michael Jackson<\/a>, Aretha Franklin<\/a> and Stevie Wonder<\/a>. Under the firm\u2019s NorthStar Group division, McMillan also serves as executive publisher of\u00a0Source\u00a0<\/em>magazine.<\/p>\n

\n\tJoi Brown<\/strong>, the inaugural Impact Player Award: Brown is the founder\/CEO of Culture Creators, whose same-titled foundation has awarded more than $300,000 in scholarships over the past two years in keeping with its mission of being a vital link between global cultural leaders and the next generation of diverse creators.\u00a0Through its annual Innovators and Leaders Awards brunch, Culture Creators has honored industry executives and creatives such as Byron Allen<\/strong>, Swizz Beatz<\/a>, H.E.R.<\/a> and Epic Records chairwoman Sylvia Rhone<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tChris Chambers<\/strong>, Media Executive Award: Founder\/CEO of The Chamber Group, Chambers has represented star clients in music, entertainment, fashion and sports such as Usher<\/a>, Mariah Carey<\/a>, OutKast<\/a>, Drake<\/a>, Naomi Campbell<\/a> and Kelly Rowland<\/a>. His firm has also worked with corporate and lifestyle clients ranging from Versace and HBO to Netflix and the Essence Music Festival. Prior to launching The Chamber Group, Chambers served as a publicity executive for labels such as Mercury, Interscope, Arista and LaFace Records.<\/p>\n

\n\tMike Kelly<\/strong>, Music Executive Award: A radio broadcaster and record label executive of more than 40 years, Kelly served as PD of legendary St. Louis station KATZ-FM. He then segued into record promotion at various labels, including Arista, Motown, Elektra, Warner Music Group and Atlantic. His resum\u00e9 lists working projects by artists such as Whitney Houston<\/a>, Missy Elliott<\/a>, Bruno Mars<\/a> and Jack Harlow<\/a>. Kelly currently works as a radio consultant via his company, Real One 24\/7 Promotion and Marketing.<\/p>\n

\n\tGwen Franklin<\/strong>, Mike Bernardo Female Executive Award: Before her latest venture as founder\/CEO of empowerment organization B. Lifted Up! Inc., Franklin helmed senior executive posts in radio promotion, marketing, sales and artist development\u00a0through stints with Casablanca, A&M, Capitol, Mercury and RCA Records. The list of artists she\u2019s worked with includes Quincy Jones<\/a>, Donna Summer<\/a>, Janet Jackson<\/a>, MC Hammer<\/a> and SWV<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a release announcing the upcoming awards dinner and gala, Living Legends Foundation chairperson David Linton<\/strong> commented in part, \u201cAs we reflect on the brilliance and excellence of today\u2019s global music and entertainment leaders, we\u2019re pleased that the organization remains the longest-standing Black music organization to date, founded in 1991 by Black music executives. And as we approach another milestone year, we\u2019d like to further cement the organization as the key stakeholder in Black music by reclaiming our mission of \u2018protecting and preserving the legacy of those who create, market and elevate Black music,\u2019 which includes R&B, hip-hop, jazz, blues, country, reggae and world music.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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The Living Legends Foundation has set Oct. 4 as the date for its 2024 awards dinner and gala. The event, also celebrating the foundation\u2019s 33rd\u00a0anniversary, will take place at Taglyan Cultural Complex in Hollywood. This year\u2019s slate of industry honorees includes: Donnie Simpson, Jerry Boulding Radio Award: The legendary radio and television personality signed off […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-musique","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79841\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}