New York, NY (Top40 Charts) It's ladies night at SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2014! Today, CENTRIC announced that the Grammy Award-winning
Queen Bee herself, Lil' Kim; Grammy Award-winning double platinum artist, Missy Elliott; and the first female solo rapper to ever go platinum, Da Brat, will join the list of all-star performers and presenters at this year's awards show. Also new to the performance lineup are music fan favorites
Tamar Braxton,
Bobby Brown, Tank and Sevyn Streeter, who join previously announced hit-makers Chris Brown, Ma$e,
Aloe Blacc and Nico & Vinz. Additions to the roster of presenters are LisaRaye McCoy, Bill Bellamy,
Keith Sweat and Leon, who will be joining Wendy Williams at the Orleans
Arena in Las
Vegas on November 7, 2014. The show airs on CENTRIC and BET Networks on November 30, 2014 at 8PM ET/PT.
Funk icons Kool & the Gang will be honored with the Legend Award, which recognizes individuals for their outstanding achievements and contribution to soul music. There's no better way to pay homage to one of the most-sampled bands in history than with top notch performances. Get ready, because hip hop's legendary MC's Lil' Kim,
Missy Elliott and
Da Brat will perform their 1996 platinum single, "Not Tonight," the remix from Kool & the Gang's first platinum album and same-titled single, "Ladies Night." The tribute also includes a performance by soulful singer Joe. In addition to the celebration during the awards show, Kool & the Gang will headline a live musical event during Centric Presents: The Soul
Train Review on Sunday, November 9, 2014.
"We are keeping the momentum going with hit-making musical acts from different decades and are thrilled Missy Elliott, Lil Kim and DaBrat chose SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2014 for their reunion," said Paxton Baker, General Manager and Executive Vice President, CENTRIC. "We are humbled to honor Kool & the Gang with the Legend Award this year. They've set music trends that are sampled still today, and I know they, along with the other performers, will bring the Celebration to
Vegas throughout the weekend!"
This year's theme will celebrate the history of dance, from the classic Soul
Train line and the electric slide, to the Dougie and this year's breakout, the Nae Nae. To keep the party going throughout the show, international DJ and King of Crunk, Lil Jon, has been tapped as the house DJ. His voice has been heard over radio waves for decades, so it only makes sense to have Big Tigger as this year's official celebrity announcer.
SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2014 is directed by Tony McCuin and produced by BET Event Productions and Sunseeker Media. Executive producers of the network telecast are as follows: Paxton Baker, Tami Arasli, Derek Lewis from Centric; Bart Phillips from Sunseeker and
David Koff and Jerry Letter from Soul
Train Holdings; Doug E. Fresh;
Kevin Hunter and Wendy Williams from Wendy Williams Productions, Inc.
For show information, please visit BET.com/SoulTrain, the official site for SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2014.
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SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2014 is part of Centric's Soul
Train Weekend at the Orleans Hotel & Casino. The weekend includes the following events:
Thursday, November 6: Kick-Off Reception with meet and greets featuring SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2014 and Comedy
All Stars Show talent
Friday, November 7: SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2014 with host Wendy Williams
Saturday, November 8: Centric Comedy
All Stars Show hosted by Bill Bellamy featuring comedic geniuses Kim Coles, Faizon Love, Donnell Rawlings, Malik S. and Cocoa Brown
Sunday, November 9: Centric Presents: The Soul
Train Review, a live musical event with Kool & the Gang
Opportunities to watch a live rehearsal and access the red carpet at SOUL TRAIN AWARDS 2014
For additional information and to purchase tickets for all of the exciting events, visit www.SoulTrainWeekend.com.
*All talent subject to change
