Lil Baby Wins Key Honor – Billboard | Biden News

Lil Baby will be crowned ASCAP Songwriter for the second year in a row at the 35th Annual ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Music Awards, which will take place Tuesday (June 21) through Friday, June 24 on @ASCAP and @ASCAPUrban’s social media channels.

Lil Baby co-wrote hits on which he sang lead and other songs on which he backed artists such as DJ Khaled, Rod Wave and Drake. These include “On Me”, “Every Chance I Get”, “Rags 2 Riches 2”, “Girls Want Girls” and “Wants and Needs”.

Lil Baby won his first Grammy in April as a featured artist on Kanye West’s “Hurricane,” which won Best Melodic Rap Performance. He has his third studio album out this summer.

Celebrating the songwriters and publishers of this year’s biggest hits in hip-hop, R&B and gospel, ASCAP’s Rhythm & Soul Music Awards return to a virtual format. Fans can participate by tuning in to @ASCAPUrban on Instagram and @ASCAP on Instagram Twitterand using the hashtag #ASCAPAwards.

Sony Music Publishing wins ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Publisher of the year award. This is the company’s third win at an ASCAP event in the past year, following their awards for Pop Music Publisher of the Year and Latin Music Publisher of the Year.

on accept Of the award, Walter Jones, Sony Music Publishing’s executive vice president, head of A&R, said, “None of this would be possible without our songwriters – they are the backbone of the music business and we appreciate their hard work day and night. For writing today’s biggest hits.”

The R&B/Hip-Hop and Rap Song of the Year Award was presented to ASCAP songwriter Orville “Bugs Can” Hall and Philip Triggerman Price (aka The Showboys), Dion “Devious” Norman, Trey Samuels and Dave Wellcome for “Go Crazy”. Performed by Chris Brown and Young Thug. Smash is over Billboardtopped the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart for two weeks and the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart for 29 weeks. Publishers are Beat Products, Protune Inc, Scared Life, You Art The Hunger, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chapel Music.

Gospel Song of the Year goes to co-writers Janata Austin and Jeremy “Tribishop” Hicks for “Speak to Me,” performed by Corinne Hawthorne. “Speak to Me” became Hawthorne’s second No. 1 single BillboardIts Gospel Airplay Chart. Publishers are Naked Under My Clothes Music, Sony Music Publishing and JCH Productions.

On Friday at 3 p.m. ET, the ASCAP Rhythm & Soul Awards will conclude with “Deconstructed: Ashanti Breaks Down Her Hits,” the ASCAP Experience conversation. Talk to Ashanti the weather Editor-in-Chief Datwan Thomas on the 20th anniversary of his debut album, Ashanti, And look at the creation of some of his greatest hits. The album topped the Billboard 200 for three weeks and won a Grammy for Best Contemporary R&B Album. The event will be broadcast on ASCAP’s YouTube channel. More information is available at www.ascapeexperience.com.

Other anticipated highlights this week include award winners Felisha King Harvey, Brian Warfield and production duo Black Tuxedo (Darius and Dominic Logan) breaking down their winning songs in a special Rhythm & Soul Awards edition of ASCAP Urban’s “Deconstructed” series.

A complete list of winners can be found at ASCAP.com.