Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis Honored by Living Legends Foundation: ‘We’re Just Two Guys Who Like to Make Music’

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Quality Control Music, the Otis Redding Foundation and syndicated vigor property DeDe McGuire besides saluted arsenic the enactment celebrated its 32^nd anniversary.

The Living Legends Foundation celebrated its 32^nd day by bringing its yearly awards gala to Atlanta for the archetypal clip Friday (Oct. 3). And among the honorees connected manus were Grammy-winning songwriting/production duo Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Otis Redding Foundation vp/executive manager Karla Redding-Andrews (representing her mother, Zelma Redding), RCA Records caput of promotion Samantha Selolwane, and Right On! Digital steadfast Cynthia Horner.

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Upon accepting the foundation’s Ray Harris Lifetime Achievement Award onstage astatine Atlanta’s Flourish by Legendary, Jam shared that “Ray Harris was truthful instrumental aboriginal successful our careers with virtually the archetypal grounds that we did astatine SOLAR Records, which was ‘Wild Girls’ by Klymaxx. So to get an grant from him with his sanction connected it is perfectly amazing.”

Calling the juncture a full-circle moment, Lewis added, “We’re conscionable 2 guys who similar to marque music. You each are the ones who made them hits.”

The instauration besides awarded 3 different apical awards. National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) president/CEO James L. Winston was presented with the Chairman’s Award by Living Legends Foundation president David C. Linton. Zelma Redding, widow of psyche fable Otis Redding and president/founder of the Otis Redding Foundation, was the recipient of the Legacy Award, presented by Sony Music Publishing chairman/CEO Jon Platt. And Quality Control Music (Lil Baby, Lil Yachty, City Girls) COO Kevin “Coach K” Lee and CEO Pierre “P” Thomas were fixed the Impact Award.