The Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and was inaugurated in January 2021. The goal of the monument is to honor African Americans, and Black people internationally, for their achievements in entertainment. The Walk of Fame is located in the historic Downtown Atlanta area, on the sidewalks of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive and Northside Drive.
Quincy Jones, Otis Redding, and James Brown were among the first to be honored, as "Foundational Inductees", and were inducted in June 2021. There are seven categories for induction; there are separate male and female categories in both hip-hop and mainstream (the Walk of Fame uses the term "mainstream" to differentiate R&B from hip-hop). While there's one combined male/female category for legacy artists, gospel and music & entertainment moguls. Thirty-five performers were nominated for the inaugural ceremony. The ceremony was set for June 17, 2021. Other inaugural inductees include Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Beyoncé, Usher, Missy Elliott and Outkast.
Honorees
NameNationalitySpecialtyDateRef.Quincy JonesFoundational June 17, 2021James BrownOtis ReddingStevie Wonder Michael JacksonLegacySean CombsMainstream mogulBeyoncéMainstream femaleUsherMainstream maleMissy ElliottHip-hop femaleOutkastHip-hop malesShirley CaesarGospel femaleKirk FranklinGospel maleFela KutiInternational February 17, 2022Smokey RobinsonFoundationalBerry GordyCicely TysonRay Charles Lionel RichieLegacyTyler PerryMainstream mogulMary J. BligeMainstream femalePrinceMainstream male(later upgraded to Legacy)Lauryn HillHip-hop femaleSnoop DoggHip-hop maleYolanda AdamsGospel femaleDonald LawrenceGospel maleNew EditionMainstream Male GroupTLCMainstream Female GroupBeBe & CeCe WinansGospel GroupBob MarleyInternationalJune 18, 2022Cathy HughesFoundationalDuke EllingtonGamble and HuffRun-DMCT. D. JakesRobert SmithPatti LaBelleLegacySteve HarveyMainstream mogulAngela BassettMainstream femaleCharlie WilsonMainstream maleNasHip-hop maleTamela MannGospel femaleDonnie McClurkinGospel maleThe Clark SistersGospel GroupBobby JonesFoundational February 28, 2023Andrew YoungDanny GloverDallas Austin October 27, 2023Jermaine DupriMahalia JacksonMarvin SappMagic JohnsonMainstream mogulQueen LatifahHip-hop femaleBusta RhymesHip-hop maleLil WayneDavido International June 1, 2026Ludacris Hip-Hop MaleOrganized Noize Hip-Hop DuoBishop Paul S. MortonGospel SingerJack the RapperDisk JockeyMaynard H. JacksonMainstream Mogul
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External links
Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame – Twitter Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame – Instagram Black Music & Entertainment Walk of Fame (Official Facebook Group)