“I was not encouraged to focus on my love for Black music,” Carey remarked Thursday night at the academy's Black Music Collective event in Los Angeles, where she and Lenny Kravitz were given the Global Impact Award.
In doing so, I discovered a new sense of freedom and fulfillment.”Stevie Wonder presented Carey with the award.
I'm here because I do love you.”Along with Wonder, several others paid tribute to Carey by singing renditions of her songs.
I want to be like Lenny Kravitz,’" she said as the audience applauded.
I love this music because it feeds our hearts and strengthens our resolve to keep our hope.
Persons:
Mariah Carey, ” Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Stevie Wonder, Carey, serenaded, ” Wonder, Debbie Allen, “, Tori Kelly, ” Yolanda Adams, Busta, Babyface, Aretha Franklin, Kravitz, ”, ‘, ’, “ Lenny, Duke Ellington, Jackson, Miles Davis, Grandmaster Flash, Marvin Gaye, Rick James, Prince, John Coltrane, George Clinton, Quavo, Verdine White, Peppers, Chad Smith, Andra Day, Gabby Samone, Erica Campbell, Mary Mary, Davido
Organizations:
ANGELES, Academy, Global, “, rockstar
Locations:
Los Angeles, Nigerian