Mary J. Blige To Receive Entertainment Icon Award At Urban One Honors

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Mary J. Blige will receive the Entertainment Icon Award at the 2024 Urban One Honors. The Urban One Honors: Best In Black will premiere on Sunday, February 25, 2024, at 8 PM ET on TV One and will be simulcast on CLEO TV. The award adds to Blige’s several accomplishments as the Queen Of Hip Hop Soul. Blige has nine Grammys, an Emmy, two Academy Award nominations, two Golden Globe nominations, and a SAG nomination amongst her achievements. The singer and actress’s 15-album discography includes musical landmarks like her debut and sophomore albums, What’s The 411? and My Life, which affirmed countless Generation X women. Her musical legacy continues to influence contemporary singers and set the standard for the hip-hop and R&B collaboration. Michelle L. Rice, President of TV One and CLEO TV, says, 

“Urban One is thrilled to honor the incomparable Mary J. Blige as our 2024 Entertainment Icon. Mary’s immeasurable talent and award-winning music has shaped our culture and has had a profound impact on artists and music across all genres, but most notably the elevation of female artists in both R&B and Hip Hop across generations. She fully personifies the ”Best in Black” theme of this year’s Urban One Honors.”

Mary J. Blige joins previous honorees: Dionne Warwick received the Lifetime Achievement Award. Chlöe was recognized as the Generation Next honoree, Frankie Beverly was awarded the Living Legend distinction, and Donald Lawrence was celebrated for his inspirational influence. 

Angie Stone, Bebe Winans, October London, Teyana Taylor, Damon Little, Keke Wyatt, Chanté Moore and Nicci Gilbert are some of the performers and presenters at the event. Singer and actress LeToya Luckett will host the event’s Backstage Pass segment, where she will interview the honorees and stage talent. The 2024 Urban One Honors kicks off the celebration of TV One’s 20th anniversary. 

 




Watch The Encore Of The Annual Urban One Honors This Thursday

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Urban One, Inc. Celebrated 40 Years At Urban One Honors

The Urban One Honors took place Thursday, December 5th at the MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. Urban One founder and chairwoman Cathy Hughes and actor Chris Tucker hosted the star-studded event celebrating 40 years of Radio One. The taping will air January 20, 2020, at 8 PM ET on TV One.

There were additional performances from Brandy, Wale and new artist Jac Ross. Special appearances by Urban One CEO Alfred Liggins, III, veteran radio personality Tom Joyner, entrepreneur and TV personality Ray J, rapper/radio host Da Brat, TV host Egypt Sherrod, comedian George Wallace, and Reach Media/Radio One personalities Russ Parr, Willie Moore, Jr, Dyana Williams, Darlene McCoy,and Little Bacon Bearrounded out the show.

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Lil Kim, Missy Elliott, Da Brat

 

 

Ryan Jamaal Swain and Billy Porter

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Urban One Inc. Announces Honorees & Performers For Urban One Honors

Radio One personalities DJ QuickSilva and Russ Parr with Michelle Rice (General Manager, TV One), recording artist Jac Ross, Urban One Founder and Chairwoman Cathy Hughes, “Pose” actor Ryan Jamaal Swain, Kashon Powell (VP Programming, Radio One) and Radio One personality Little Bacon Bear attend the Urban One Honors “Press Supporting Press” Event at the TV One Headquarters in Silver Spring, MD on November 12, 2019. [photo credit: Nerissa Jones for Urban One
Cathy Hughes, Urban One Founder and Chairwoman, today announced the honorees, performers and presenters for the prestigious annual Urban One Honors event on Thursday, December 5, 2019, at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. The two-hour telecast will air on TV One, a division of Urban One, on January 20, 2020, the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

Cathy Hughes, Urban One Founder/Chairwoman

Urban One Honors is produced for TV One by Eric Tomosunas and Keith Neal of Swirl Films. Kashon Powell, Vice President of Programming for Radio One, is the Executive in Charge of Production, and Susan Henry, Senior Director of Original Programming and Production for TV One, is the Executive Producer in Charge of Production. Brigitte McCray is Senior Vice President of Original Programming and Production.

Tickets to the awards show are available to the public and can be purchased at
urbanonehonors.com.
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