Grammy-winning songwriter/producer Jermaine Dupri is being honored by the Otis Redding Basis. Dupri will probably be introduced with the Otis & Zelma Redding Award of Respect on the basis’s upcoming King of Soul Music Competition (Sept. 8-9) in Macon, Georgia.
The second annual pageant, a fundraiser for the Otis Redding Middle for the Arts, may even double as a celebration of late icon Redding’s 82nd birthday (Sept. 9).
“We’re thrilled to honor Jermaine Dupri at this 12 months’s King of Soul Music Competition,” mentioned Karla Redding-Andrews, vp/government director of the Otis Redding Basis, in an announcement asserting the information.
“Jermaine and his father Michael Mauldin have been linked to the Redding household since he was a younger man visiting the Large ‘O’ Ranch together with his dad. And we’re so happy with his outstanding contributions to the music business as a songwriter, producer, DJ, and entrepreneur. He was very near my brother Otis III, who handed away in April, and credit him with educating him to make beats. Jermaine aligns with Otis Redding’s spirit and the inspiration’s mission to encourage and empower younger artists.”
Dupri — who additionally based pioneering label So So Def Information — mentioned, “The Reddings and Otis III turned my musical household earlier than the world knew of Jermaine Dupri. Whereas I perceive the household is honoring me, in my thoughts I’m additionally honoring them for all they’ve allowed me to do, see and be part of at a time once they didn’t need to.”
Atlanta’s esteemed Orchestra Noir will get the festivities underway Sept. 8 with “An Night of Respect” live performance on the historic Macon Metropolis Auditorium. Based in 2016, Orchestra Noir is understood for paying tribute to the cultural legacies of African American music pioneers by means of vibrant performances encompassing classical, jazz, blues, R&B and hip-hop. The subsequent night will characteristic The Large “O” Homecoming Present & Dance on the Capitol Theatre. Throughout each nights, famend artists and musicians will salute Redding’s enduring musical legacy.
Proposed to open in late 2024, the Otis Redding Middle for the Arts will home the Otis Redding Basis’s numerous music and humanities applications for college kids. That slate consists of the annual Otis Music Camp for college kids between the ages of 12-18, Camp DREAM for these aged 5-11, music schooling workshops, non-public and group classes and the prospect to carry out on legendary phases akin to Nashville’s Ryman Theatre. The muse itself was established in 2007.
For extra details about the pageant, tickets, the Otis Redding Middle for the Arts and the Otis Redding Basis, go to otisreddingfoundation.org.
