JAY-Z to Receive President’s Award at 50th NAACP Image Awards

The NAACP today announced that globally dominant pop culture icon Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter will receive the prestigious President’s Award during the 50th NAACP Image Awards. The President’s Award is presented in recognition of a special achievement and distinguished public service with previous recipients including Jesse Jackson, Lauryn Hill, Soledad O’Brien, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, and Muhammad Ali among others. NAACP President Derrick Johnson will present the award to Shawn “JAY-Z” Carter during a LIVE TV special on TV One onSaturday, March 30, 2019 from the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, hosted by Anthony Anderson. Newly announced presenters will include Algee Smith, Cynthia Erivo, Danai Gurira, Issa Rae, Jimmy O. Yang, John Legend, Laura Harrier, Lupita Nyong’o, Marsai Martin, Mike Epps, Regina Hall, Ron Stallworth, Sanaa Lathan, Stephan James, Van Jones, Vin Diesel, Viola Davis,and Winston Duke. They join previously announced presenters Chrissy Metz, Kerry Washington, KiKi Layne, Lena Waithe, Letitia Wright, Malinda Williams, Mike Colter, Roshon Fegan, Thandie Newton, Tika Sumpter, and Trevor Noah.

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ACTRESS MALINDA WILLIAMS IS ENGAGED!

The beautiful and talented actress Malinda Williams (Soul Food, Daddy’s Little Girls, Idlewild, First Sunday) is ENGAGED!!! She just got engaged to her new fiancé’ Mr. Tariq M. Walker who popped the Big Question and “SHE SAID YES! or as Malinda will tell you, “WE SAID YES”!
Malinda says: “We are engaged and we couldn’t be more happy about spending our lives together. To be honest from the moment we realized we were made for each other, we also recognized the impact we had on one another’s desire to be better individuals, and inspired the best in each other. That is where “we said yes” came in. We said yes to encouraging each other to reach higher and deeper for greater.”

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Legendary Awards 2019

The Ninth Annual Legendary Awards were held Sunday March 17 at the prestigious Cobb Galleria. This years honorees were Mr. Louis Gossett Jr, Alton Glass, Heath Maven, Michele Piepoli, Mitch Faulkner, Evander Holyfield, Angie Stone, Stokley Williams, and Pastor Marvin Winans. Check out photos below from Kingsmen Media.

Mr. Louis Gossett Jr. – Pioneer Honoree
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ANTHONY ANDERSON RETURNS AS HOST FOR 50TH NAACP IMAGE AWARDS

 Today, the NAACP announced that Anthony Anderson is set to return as host for the 50th NAACP Image Awards. Anderson is a two-time NAACP Image Awards Winner for his role on blackish, and will be hosting the show for the 6th consecutive year. Winners for the 50th NAACP Image Awards will be revealed during the two-hour LIVE TV special airing on TV One on Saturday, March 30, 2019 at 9pm/8c from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

Anderson, is currently the star and Executive Producer of ABC’s multi-award winning sitcom, blackish, a four-time NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Comedy Series, Anderson is also set to star in the upcoming Netflix film Beats.

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