By Jake Crates
Broadcast Music, Inc is awarding Snoop Dogg with the BMI Icon Award at the 11th Annual BMI Urban Awards at the end of this month.
BMI, which represents more than 475,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music and more than 6.5 million works, conducts the Annual BMI Urban Awards to honor the songwriters and publishers of the most performed songs on U.S. radio and TV over the last 12 months.
This year the awards will be hosted by Del R. Bryant, President & CEO of BMI, and Catherine Brewton, Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations.
Snoop Dogg is in good company for his award, as he is joined by a list of previous honorees that includes artists like George Clinton, The Jacksons, James Brown, Isaac Hayes, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, The Bee Gees, Willie Nelson and Carlos Santana, to name a few.
Those expected to be in attendance include Drake, Wiz Khalifa, Lex Lugar, Marsha Ambrosius, Polow Da Don, DJ Khaled, Jim Jonson, Ace Hood, Sean Garrett, Zaytoven, Mario Winans, Busta Rhymes, Tyga, Gorilla Zoe and many more.
The event will take place at the Pantages Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles, California on August 26th.
allhiphop.com
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment