The Living Legends Foundation Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary At The Annual Award Gala
Friday, October 7 in Los Angeles!
WHAT: Living Legends Awards Gala and 30th Anniversary Celebration
WHEN: Friday, October 7, 2022
- Media Check-In: 5:15 pm-6:15 pm (exceptions local news crews)
- Red Carpet Open: 6:30 pm
- Red Carpet Closes: 7:45 pm
WHO: The 2022 honorees. Celebrity and MORE include:
- Ronald “Slim” Williams and Bryan “Birdman” Williams, co-founders of Cash Money Records
- Charlamagne Tha God, co-host of the nationally syndicated radio show, The Breakfast Club and host of the late-night television show,
Hell of Week with Charlamagne Tha God - Curtis Symonds, CEO of HBCUGO.TV
- Geo Bivins, CEO of Port Perry Entertainment
- Johnnie Walker, founder, and CEO of the National Association of Black Female Executives in Music & Entertainment, Inc. (NABFEME)
- Tuma Basa, Director of Black Music and Culture at YouTube
- Sharon Heyward, founder, and CEO of The Solutionist LLC and music industry legend (formerly of Perspective, Virgin, and Harmony Records).
- Hank Caldwell, founder, and CEO of Expert Fixer and music industry legend (formerly of WEA, SOLAR, Epic, and Death Row Records)
- Johnny Gill, R&B Recording Artist
- YoYo, Rapper, and Actress
- Siedah Garrett, Songwriter, and Singer
- Tavis Smiley, Media Personality Talk, Radio Host, and Owner
- Polow Da Don, Record Producer, and Rapper
–The 30th Anniversary honorees reflect the brilliance and excellence of today’s global music leaders and follow the tradition of the organization’s
past honorees, who are trendsetters, trailblazers, legends, and icons.
The Living Legends Foundation (LLF), announces its 30th-Anniversary celebration and the 2022 honorees for the Annual Living Legends Awards Gala.
This year’s event will be held on Friday, October 7, 2022, at 6:30 p.m. at Taglyan Complex, 1201 N. Vine Street, Hollywood, CA.
Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Ray Harris, added,
“The Living Legends Foundation is the oldest Black Music organization around today. It’s no small feat that we have been able
to survive for the past thirty years and for many years, we were the only Black organization standing. As the founder of this
organization, I am humbled and profoundly grateful to the current and past Chairmen, Board of Directors, Advisory Board
Members, honorees, and all the people who volunteered and kept the vision of this organization alive, especially during the
mean and lean times. I think we have done a few things right. We look forward to gathering with our music industry family and celebrating each other.”
WHERE: Taglyan Complex, 1201 Vine Street, Hollywood, CA
ABOUT THE LIVING LEGENDS FOUNDATION
Founded in 1991 and incorporated in 1992, the Living Legends Foundation, LLC is a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt organization and has
been funded primarily with corporate contributions and individual donations. The 30-year-old organization has expanded its mission to assist those
who have served the music industry and who have a confirmable need. This assistance is provided in a manner that maintains the dignity of those who
may receive financial help. Many former music industry employees worked during a time when 401Ks and retirement packages were not available—
and even today, in this era of downsizing and mergers, the uncertainty of career stability within the industry has grown.
Proceeds from the event will enable the LLF to continue to aid those in need.
During the three-year pandemic, the LLF continued its work and implemented new ideas. In addition, to meet the financial needs of many of its
constituents, board members of the organization created the Music Day Podcast/Vodcast, an informational and educational interview show
featuring artists, industry insiders, and music executives, highlighting the business of Black music and its impact on music globally. The
podcast is available on all digital platforms, and the vodcast is shown on the Living Legends Foundation YouTube channel.
The foundation also continues to support the next generation of music creators and executives through the Scholarship Fund at historically
Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) including Texas Southern University (Houston, TX) and Shaw University (Raleigh, NC).
The Living Legends Foundation will follow both California and Los Angeles mandates for COVID-19 protocols for the anniversary event, which
we will be announcing in the coming months.
Over the past 30 years, the foundation has also recognized and honored more than one hundred distinguished leaders in music, radio, retail, and media.
Past honorees include, in alphabetical order:
Brenda Andrews, Larkin Arnold, Clarence Avant, Lee Bailey, Big Boy, Jamie Foster Brown, Troy Carter, Ray Chew
and Vivian Scott Chew, Hymen Childs, Keith Clinkscales, Sheila Coates, Sheila Eldridge, Kenny Gamble,
Jack “The Rapper” Gibson, Tony Gray, Ethiopia Habtemariam, Jeffrey Harleston, Denise Brown, Esq., Stephen Hill,
Leon Huff, Cathy Hughes, Don Jackson, Hal Jackson, Larry Jackson, Cynthia Johnson, Varnell Johnson, Quincy Jones,
Larry Khan, Mathew Knowles, Morace Landy, Karen Lee, Vicki Mack Lataillade and Claude Lataillade, Miller London,
Michael Mauldin, Rushion McDonald, Sidney Miller, Kendall Minter, Esq., Jon Platt, Gwendolyn Quinn,
Antonio “L.A.” Reid, Ruben Rodriguez, Aundrae Russell, Pat Shields, Eddie Sims, and Belinda Wilson, Dedra Tate,
Phil Thornton, Herb Trawick, Charles Warfield, Dr. Logan H. Westbrooks, Maurice White, Dyana Williams, Tyrone Williams,
and numerous others.
THE LIVING LEGENDS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Living Legends Foundation’s Officers and Board Members include Chairman David Linton, founder and Chairman Emeritus Ray Harris,
President Varnell Johnson, Vice-President Jacqueline Rhinehart, Recording Secretary Pat Shields, co-founder and Treasurer C.C. Evans, |
and General Counsel Kendall Minter, Esq. Board Members include Vinny Brown, Sheila Eldridge, Tony Gray, Shannon Henderson, Ken Johnson,
co-founder Barbara Lewis, Miller London, Kathi Moore, Jon Platt, Gwendolyn Quinn, Azim Rashid, Vivian Scott Chew, Sam Weaver,
Colleen Wilson, and Tony Winger.
THE LIVING LEGENDS ADVISORY BOARD
The Living Legends Foundation’s Advisory Board includes a list of music and entertainment executives including Monica Alexander, Don Cody,
George Daniels, Brad Davidson, Michael Dawson, Esq., Skip Dillard, Kevin Fleming, Mark Hill, Jay Johnson, James Leach, Kiona Lewis,
Vicki Mack Lataillade, Gail Mitchell, Brittany O’Garro, Lionel Ridenour, Kevin Ross, Phil Thornton, Brian Wallace, Tyrone Williams,
and Buzzy Willis.
THE LIVING LEGENDS DINNER CHAIRPERSONS & COMMITTEE
The Living Legends Foundation’s Event Chairpersons for the 30th Anniversary Awards Dinner and Gala are TT Torrez, Vice President of
Artist and Label Relations, Hot 97 Radio in New York, NY; and Wayne Barrow, CEO of Brooklyn’s Finest and CEO of Barrow Films
and Co-Owner of ByStorm Entertainment. The LLF Officer Patricia Shields will serve as the Dinner Committee Chairperson, along with the LLF
Committee members Shannon Henderson, Mark Hill, James Leach, Kiona Lewis, Miller London, Kathi Moore, Brittany O’Garro,
Azim Rashid, Jacqueline Rhinehart, Vivian Scott Chew, Sam Weaver, and Colleen Wilson.
For additional information on the Living Legends Foundation, please visit the website at livinglegendsfoundation.com
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