Advisory Board member James Leach is Vice President of Creative Services & West Coast Operations for SESAC. Since joining the company in 2001, James helped launch the Los Angeles office and has established a solid reputation as a respected music ...
BMM 2021 – Our 2016 Honorees
Our 25th anniversary was in 2016 and we had found a home at the Taglyan Cultural Center in Hollywood. In honor of #BlackMusicMonth & our 30th Anniversary, we are remembering our past awards dinners and honorees. DJ Y-Not was on the turntables and ...
LLF Celebrate Board Members – Michael Dawson
Michael Dawson, Esq. is one of our recent Advisory Board members. He has been practicing entertainment law for more than 20 years. He has represented artists, executives and entities in all facets of the entertainment business. Michael has advised ...
BMM 2021 – Our 2015 Honorees
The year is 2015 and we’re back at the Taglyan Cultural Center in Hollywood. In honor of #BlackMusicMonth & our 30th Anniversary, we are remembering our past awards dinners and honorees. After announcer Michael Nixon introduced our host, Jammin’ ...
LLF Celebrate Board Members – Jay Johnson
Jay Johnson, Advisory Board member, is a veteran radio programmer. “Super Jay” was an institution at WTLC in Indianapolis and, in our estimation, one of the reasons the station and the Indiana Black Expo was so successful! He created promotions and e ...
BMM 2021 – Our 2014 Honorees
After a 3 year hiatus with no dinners, we made the decision to take the gala to the West Coast. In honor of #BlackMusicMonth & our 30th Anniversary, we are remembering our past awards dinners and honorees. The Music Industry Legends & Icons ...
LLF Celebrate Board Members – Vinny Brown
Vinny Brown is a native New Yorker who we are honored to have on our Board Of Directors. Vinny is a successful radio Air Personality, MD, PD, Operations Manager & L.A. Station Executive VP. Brown’s unprecedented achievement in NYC Urban Radio re ...
LLF Celebrate Board Members – Ken Johnson
Board of Directors member, Ken Johnson is an award-winning programmer. His last corporate position was VP of Urban Formats for Cumulus and he’s programmed or hosted multiple formats - Sports, Oldies (Elvis and the Beatles), Urban Hip Hop, Urban Adul ...
BMM 2021 – Our 2011 Honorees
Happy Juneteenth, as we remember our past awards dinners & honorees during #BlackMusicMonth and our 30th Anniversary! We didn’t have a dinner in 2010 and came roaring back in 2011 The Highland Ballroom in NYC had been good to us and we were gett ...
LLF Celebrate Board Members – George Daniels
As the founder & proprietor of George’s Music Room, George Daniels is known as a merchant, philanthropist, visionary, “Uncle George” and “The Music Man”, as well as for his dapper style. He grew up in NYC, where his family owned and operated Sou ...