Rap heavyweights Dr. Dre, Missy Elliott and Lil Wayne will likely be honored by the Recording Academy and the Black Music Collective at a pre-Grammy occasion subsequent month.
The Grammy-winning performers, together with Epic Data CEO Sylvia Rhone, will obtain the Recording Academy World Impression Award on the Feb. 2 occasion at Hollywood Palladium. They’re incomes the honour “for his or her private {and professional} achievements within the music trade.”
“I’m so thrilled to honor and rejoice these 4 giants within the music trade,” academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. stated in an announcement. “Final 12 months’s inaugural occasion was such a spotlight throughout GRAMMY Week and now with Dre, Missy, Wayne and Sylvia there to pay tribute to this 12 months, it’s undoubtedly going to be one other evening to recollect. I proceed to be pleased with the work of our Black Music Collective because it’s a significant a part of what we do right here on the Academy.”
Final 12 months John Legend, MC Lyte, D-Good and the document label Love Renaissance (LVRN) — house to Summer time Walker, 6lack and different acts — acquired the Recording Academy World Impression Award.
Dre has gained seven Grammys and this 12 months picked up his first Emmy for his epic Tremendous Bowl halftime present efficiency alongside Mary J. Blige, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, 50 Cent and Kendrick Lamar. He’s produced all of his personal hit songs and in addition crafted hits for Snoop Dogg, Blige, Lamar, Eminem, 50 Cent, Jay-Z, Eve, Nas, Busta Rhymes, Gwen Stefani, Anderson .Paak and extra.
Elliott has gained 4 Grammys and like Dre, has produced her personal hits and songs for others, together with Aaliyah, Beyoncé, Whitney Houston, Monica, Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Ariana Grande, Future’s Youngster, Fantasia, Jazmine Sullivan, SWV, Complete, 702, Mya and Tweet. She was inducted into the Songwriters Corridor of Fame in 2019.
Lil Wayne has gained 5 Grammys and dominated the rap and pop music scene for years. His hits embrace “Lollipop,” “Stuntin Like My Daddy,” “6 Foot 7 Foot” and “A Milli.” He’s a extremely requested collaborator and helped launch the careers of Drake and Nicki Minaj.
Rhone has been been a high music govt since starting her profession within the ’70s. In 1994 she made historical past when she was promoted to chairman and CEO of Elektra Leisure Group — making her the one African American and the primary lady within the historical past of the recording trade to achieve the twin title. She additionally served as president of Common Motown Data and govt vice chairman of Common Data, and at the moment oversees Sony’s Epic Data.
The sixty fifth annual Grammy Awards will air stay on Feb. 5.
