The 2018 Black Music Honors: Bobby Brown, Faith Evans, BeBe & CeCe Winans and Dallas Austin to be Recognized

The third annual Black Music Honors which will be held in Nashville, TN and hosted by Comedian, Television and Radio Personality Rickey Smiley and Singer, Actress LeToya Luckett honors artists and musicians who have influenced and made significant contributions to American music.

The annual two-hour special honorees this year includes Bobby Brown, who will receive the R&B Soul Music Icon Award, BeBe & CeCe Winans, who will be co-honored the Gospel Music Icon Award, Dallas Austin, who will be presented with the Music Innovator Icon Award and Bad Boy’s First Lady of R&B Faith Evans, who will be receiving the Urban Music Icon Award.

“The vision of the Black Music Honors is to recognize the trailblazers in African American music who have paved the way for the artists of today. Many of these artists have never received their much-deserved recognition,” said Don Jackson, founder and CEO of Central City Productions.

The show is set to air on broadcast syndication on Sept. 8 - 30, 2018.

Ticket proceeds will benefit the 2019 opening of the National Museum of African American Music (NMAAM) in Nashville. NMAAM’s mission is to educate the world, preserve the legacy, and celebrate the central role African Americans play in creating the American soundtrack.

Tickets are available for purchase

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BET Reveals The Cast of 'The Bobby Brown Story'

BET recently revealed the full cast of The Bobby Brown Story. It was previously revealed that Woody McClain would reprise his role as 'R&B Bad Boy' Bobby Brown.
 

 

Mekhi Phifer will be playing Bobby Brown's brother and manager Tommy Brown. Laz Alonso is cast as the recording executive Louil Silas Jr., and Lance Gross is cast as Bobby Brown's late friend Steven Sealy. T.K. Carter and Darnell Rhea are cast as Bobby Brown's father and mother Herbert and Carolyn 'Coop' Brown. Maurii Davenport is cast as Bobby's sister Leolah Brown. Milton 'Lil Rel' Howery is cast as Bobby's business manager Brian Irvine. Gavin Houston who played Kenny 'Babyface' Edmonds in Lifetime's Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart movie will also play 'Babyface' for The Bobby Brown Story. Marlon Yates Jr. is cast as musical producer Teddy Riley and Gabrielle Dennis as the late great Whitney Houston. Algee Smith will also be reprising his role as Ralph Tresvant, as well as Tyler Marcel Williams as younger Bobby Brown. The miniseries will pick directly up from where BET's The New Edition Story left off and is expected to air in September 2018.