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[11/27/21 - 10:00 AM]
"Urban One Honors" Set to Premiere on MLK Day 2022
Jermaine Dupri, Marlon Wayans, and Tony McCuin will appear as presenters alongside performances by Tasha Cobbs-Leonard, Kelly Price, Tank, Vashawn Mitchell and Kim Burse with additional names to be announced.

[via press release from TV One]

URBAN ONE HONORS PRESENTED BY T-MOBILE FEATURES JERMAINE DUPRI, MARLON WAYANS, KELLY PRICE, TANK, TASHA COBBS-LEONARD, VASHAWN MITCHELL, KIM BURSE AND TONY MCCUIN TO THE STAR-STUDDED LINEUP OF PERFORMERS AND PRESENTERS

TV & RADIO PERSONALITY EVA MARCILLE IS THE EXCLUSIVE BACKSTAGE HOST

THE ANNUAL SHOWCASE CONTINUES WITH THE THEME "THE SOUNDTRACK OF BLACK AMERICA"

SET TO PREMIERE, MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2022, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DAY, ON TV ONE & CLEO TV

(SILVER SPRING, MD) - November 27, 2021 - Today, Urban One announced the return of the annual URBAN ONE HONORS taping in Atlanta, GA on Friday, December 3, 2021. Themed, "the Soundtrack of Black America," the two-hour telecast premieres Monday, January 17, 2022, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, on TV One and Cleo TV, a division of Urban One.

Wireless provider T-Mobile, America's 5G leader with the largest, fastest and most reliable 5G network, serves as Presenting Sponsor of the celebration with this year's honoree class recognizing an esteemed group of individuals that have left an indelible mark in the categories of Lifetime Achievement, Music Innovation, Entertainment Icon, Living Legend and Inspirational Impact. Jermaine Dupri, Marlon Wayans, and Tony McCuin will appear as presenters alongside performances by Tasha Cobbs-Leonard, Kelly Price, Tank, Vashawn Mitchell and Kim Burse with additional names to be announced. Additionally, TV & Radio Personality Eva Marcille will host a special backstage pass segment, featuring exclusive interviews with the show's honorees, performers and presenters.

"Every year Urban One Honors continues to raise the bar as a showcase to uplift and inspire our audience," stated Cathy Hughes, founder of Urban One. "We are excited to acknowledge the undeniable impact this crop of superstar talent has made across the globe by breaking barriers and continuously moving culture forward."

URBAN ONE HONORS is presented by TV One and Radio One's Washington D.C. market's cluster of radio stations: Majic 102.3 and 92.7, WKYS 93.9, Praise 104.1, WOL 1450, Spirit 1340, and The Team 980 and 95.9. The televised event heralds the accomplishments of individuals who have made extraordinary contributions in entertainment, media, music, education, and the community.

URBAN ONE HONORS is produced for TV One by Eric Tomosunas, Robert Boyd and Keith Neal of Swirl Films. Marilyn Gill is the Executive Producer. Kashon Powell is the Vice President of Programming for Radio One and Susan Henry is the Executive Producer in Charge of Production for TV One.

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ABOUT TV ONE

Launched in January 2004, TV One serves 43million households, offering a broad range of real-life and entertainment-focused original programming, classic series, movies and music designed to entertain and inform a diverse audience of adult black viewers. The network represents the best in black culture and entertainment with fan favorites including Unsung, Uncensored, Fatal Attraction, For My Man and Urban One Honors. Additionally, TV One is the cable home of original blockbuster films including When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story, Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story, The Bobby DeBarge Story and Don't Waste Your Pretty. TV One is solely owned by Urban One, Inc., formerly known as Radio One, Inc. [NASDAQ: UONE and UONEK, www.urban1.com], the largest African-American owned multi-media company primarily targeting Black and urban audiences.

ABOUT SWIRL FILMS

Swirl Films is America's "number one urban film production company," a full-service film & television production company with over 60 original productions in the past six years, focusing on urban content and programming, independent features and multi-camera productions. Swirl Films is a major content provider for TV One including the original productions: Love Under New Management: The Miki Howard Story (2016), which was TV One's first ever biopic, starring LisaRaye McCoy, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Darius McCrary, Indirah Khan and Teyonah Parris as Howard. According to the network, the film broke record ratings, undeniably becoming the top original film in the network's history drawing in 2 million views, resulting in the networks highest ratings week ever. Quickly surpassing those numbers is TV One's #1 original premiere of all time, When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story (2017), starring Lance Gross, Niatia Kirkland and Tami Roman, directed by actress Tasha Smith. Swirl Films previous production credits for TV One include Born Again Virgin, starring Danielle Nicolet, Meagan Holder and Eva Marcille; Here We Go Again, starring LeToya Luckett, Wendy Raquel Robinson and Kyndall Ferguson; Russ Parr's award-winning film, The Under shepherd, Hear No Evil and 35 & Ticking (Kevin Hart).





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