The 2024 Legacy Awards Highlights and Photography - Pt.2

 

The 2024 Legacy Awards Highlights and Photography - Pt.2

The Black Academy honoured the best and brightest in Black Canadian talent at The Legacy Awards, a star-studded live broadcast on CBC and CBC Gem, hosted by Adrian Holmes. Honourees included Cameron Bailey (Visionary Award), Kardinal Offishall (Icon Award), Weyni Mengesha (Trailblazer Award) and a special Athlete Tribute for recent Olympic Gold medallists – hammer throw champion Camryn Rogers and the men’s 4x100 metre relay team, Aaron Brown, Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney and Jerome Blake.

The Legacy Awards Fan Choice Digital Content Creator Award was presented to OT The OG, a fitness enthusiast, fitness coach, and owner of the Female-Only fitness facility, Club Enhergy. This award allows fans to choose their favourite Black-identifying Canadian digital content creators. 

OT The OG attained her undergraduate degree at the University of Toronto for Sociology & Psychology, and her post-graduate degree in Human Resources at George Brown College. After experiencing both parents suffer from severe illnesses, she was compelled to take control of her own health at a very young age. In 2018, she left the corporate world to pursue this passion and in 2020 she created a fitness brand for women called “ENHERGY,” an e-commerce business which sold fitness bands, apparel, and more. She now runs “CLUB ENHERGY,” a one-of-a-kind fitness facility which opened in August 2021

PARTYNEXTDOOR – 2024 Artist of the Year

For his pivotal role in reshaping the modern R&B and hip-hop sound and bringing Caribbean and dancehall influences to contemporary urban music; for his personalized lyrics and chart-topping collaborations with some of the biggest artists on the planet; and for his international influence, PARTYNEXTDOOR will receive the Artist of the Year Award.

 

Toronto R&B auteur PARTYNEXTDOOR, the Canadian-born, Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter/producer, has been churning out hits for more than a decade. In 2013, he made history as the first artist signed to Drake’s OVO Sound imprint. A prolific songwriter for the likes of Rihanna, Kanye West, Drake, Usher, Post Malone, and many others, he also crafts his own epic works including this year’s PARTYNEXTDOOR 4. His sound meets at the intersection of R&B and Hip-Hop, and he brings a sharp and intricate wordplay into his songwriting. His Grammy-nominated single “Come and See Me,” is certified Triple Platinum. PARTYNEXTDOOR’s projects have all shown an artistic evolution though his upcoming release proves to be his most intimate yet. As PARTYNEXTDOOR, Jahron Brathwaite's music incorporates personal experiences in relationships while tapping into Caribbean and dancehall influences. 

About The Black Academy

The Black Academy is a national, year-round Canadian organization that operates at the intersection of Black popular culture and social justice. The goals of The Black Academy are to showcase Black excellence and to share those achievements with all of Canada; to establish new spaces for Black Canadians to celebrate and network; and to kickstart careers through training and knowledge-sharing. Across all our initiatives, we inspire young people and generations to come. Co-founded by actors, producers, and Scarborough-born brothers Shamier Anderson and Stephan James, The Black Academy is born out of a longstanding commitment to their community and is dedicated to dismantling systemic racism in Canada. Gail Case serves as its Executive Director. Established in 2020, The Black Academy is based in Toronto and is a division of the not-for-profit B.L.A.C.K Canada. https://blackisnow.com; Instagram: @BLACKISNOWCANADA 

 

About The Legacy Awards

The Legacy Awards is executive produced by Shamier Anderson and Stephan James of The Black Academy and Bay Mills Studios. John Brunton, Lindsay Cox, and Shannon Farr are the executive producers for Insight Productions (a Boat Rocker company) and Jordan Rudder is the producer/talent producer. Daniel Abrams also serves as EP. For CBC, Sally Catto is General Manager, Entertainment, Factual & Sports; Jennifer Dettman is Executive Director, Unscripted Content; and Nic Meloney is Executive in Charge of Production, Unscripted Content. The Black Academy, Insight Productions, and CBC are committed to hiring Black senior staff and crew members for The Legacy Awards. 

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