*This month, the Dwelling Legends Basis celebrated 50 years of hip-hop at its annual gala! EURweb was there and has the inside track.
This previous Friday, October sixth, the inspiration celebrated by honoring the unsung heroes making strikes in music.
The gala, held in Hollywood on the Taglyn Leisure Complicated, honored 9 people who’ve impacted the tradition outdoors of being artists.
A number of the honorees included Rocky Bucano (govt director of the Common Hip Hop Museum), Ed Lover (TV and radio persona), Nelson George (writer, and filmmaker), Tracy Jordan (co-founder of Jordan/Lazin Productions), and extra.
Through the pink carpet, we spoke with a few of the honorees and visitors in attendance.
“I by no means thought it could occur. When you may have the talent and also you’re fortunate on the similar time it’s a phenomenal mixture,” mentioned Lover about being honored for his work.
The presence of Black media personalities is essential, to verify the precise narrative about our music and tradition is put out to the world. Earlier than social media, the job of a Black media persona was to introduce us to new expertise. An instance of that may be “Yo! MTV Raps” which was hosted by Lover. Again within the day, a TV or radio host may make your profession, they have been the heartbeat of the tradition.
It’s about time these media personalities are acknowledged for his or her affect. “All people is aware of the celebrities, however no one is aware of the star makers, and that’s what this group is about,” mentioned David Linton, board member of the Dwelling Legends Basis.
The group not solely acknowledges those that might not be within the public eye as a lot as artists. Additionally they assist to develop new expertise behind the scenes. They provide scholarships to these within the subject of media and manufacturing. A number of of their scholarship recipients have been in attendance that night time taking in what could possibly be their future.
Nicely-known TV and radio persona Tammi Mac was the host of the gala.
“Celebrating Black individuals behind the scenes is extraordinarily vital as a result of we all the time appear to get ignored of American historical past. It’s good to have an area and place the place we will go and know that our historical past is being preserved,” mentioned Mac.
To study extra, go to livinglegendsfoundation.com
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