The program features musical performances by female recording artists in the R&B and Soul music genres. īLACK GIRLS ROCK! also holds an annual BLACK GIRLS LEAD conference for girls and hosts educational STEM programs through its platform Girls Rock Tech! Award Show Įach year, BLACK GIRLS ROCK! celebrants are recognized in categories including, but not limited to, 'The Rock Star', 'Social Humanitarian', 'Who Got Next?', 'Living Legend', 'Shot Caller', 'Trailblazer', 'Motivator', 'Young, Gifted & Black', 'Star Power', 'Icon' or 'Visionary' award. A second BGR!Fest was held in 2020, The Kennedy Center announced that the BGR!FEST will return in March 2022 and BLACK GIRLS ROCK! is currently collaborating with the National Symphony Orchestra to produce another event at the John F. The three-day celebration was timed to coincide with International Women's Day, and included a dance party and a weekend of music performances. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC, BLACK GIRLS ROCK! hosted BGR!Fest. In 2019, in collaboration with the John F. MuMu Fresh D.C.'s all-woman go-go band Bela Dona Grammy Award-winning gospel singer Tasha Cobbs Leonard celebrity DJ Active and an exclusive collaboration with Chaka Khan and Def Leppard lead guitarist Phil Collen. The BGR!TV Networks first program was the BLACK GIRLS ROCK! 15th-anniversary Fundraising Gala which was headlined by Chaka Khan and featured Grammy-nominated artists Alice Smith and Maimouna Youssef, a.k.a. In 2021, Beverly Bond, launched BGR!TV Networks, which streams original content celebrating Black women and girls including the BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Awards. The award show aired on BET from 2010 through 2019. In 2010 BLACK GIRLS ROCK! collaborated with BET to bring its annual award ceremony to television. In 2008 Regina King hosted the award show again and in 2009 the award show was co-hosted by Regina King and Tracee Ellis Ross. The organization continued to independently produce its annual award show in New York City until 2009. For the second annual BLACK GIRLS ROCK! Awards the organization honored Missy Elliott, Sylvia Rhone, and DJ Diamond Kuts at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City with actress Regina King as its host. The inaugural BLACK GIRLS ROCK! AWARDS ceremony honored rapper MC Lyte and DJ Jazzy Joyce at powerHouse Arena, an art gallery and powerHouse Books location in DUMBO, Brooklyn. History īLACK GIRLS ROCK! was founded by celebrity DJ and model Beverly Bond in 2006. BLACK GIRLS ROCK! also has a nonprofit arm that teaches leadership skills and develops confidence in teenage girls through its annual 'BLACK GIRLS LEAD' conference. The company hosts an annual award show of the same name that honors and promotes Black women's achievements. BLACK GIRLS ROCK! is a company founded by executive producer, businesswoman, celebrity DJ, and former model Beverly Bond.

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