Morehouse College Grammy Nominees Celebration

GRAMMY NOMINEES CELEBRATION THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH, 2019 LOS ANGELES

Morehouse College is celebrating the nomination of five alumni at the 61st Annual Grammy Awards for their outstanding work in music in 2018. This unique opportunity will bring together alumni, supporters and friends in the entertainment industry for a few hours of celebration and networking.

These nominees will receive an official acknowledgement from their alma mater, Morehouse College, regarding their nomination. Additionally, this creates an opportunity for Morehouse to begin building a better connection to alum and friends in the arts and entertainment industry. Morehouse College will use this and other similar opportunities to ultimately engage them in strategic discussion that can help shape the future of programming at the college and careers in the creative arts.

The celebration will ideally be held at a venue in West Hollywood on Thursday, February 7th for an audience of 75-100 influencers and difference makers.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR

BEST REGGAE ALBUM

“DIRTY COMPUTER” Chuck Lightning

“44/876” Kameron Corvet & Kennard Garrett

Producer, Songwriter

Prodcuers, Songwriters

Nate ‘Rocket’ Wonder Producer, Songwriter, Engineer

BEST R&B PERFORMANCE BEST TRADITIONAL R&B PERFORMANCE BEST R&B ALBUM BEST POP DUO/GROUP PERFORMANCE PJ Morton

The mission of Morehouse College is to develop men with disciplined minds who will lead lives of leadership and service. A private historically black liberal arts college for men, Morehouse realizes this mission by emphasizing the intellectual and character development of its students. In addition, the College assumes special responsibility for teaching the history and culture of black people.

Founded in 1867, Morehouse College is located in Atlanta, GA and has over 16,000 alumni living throughout the world. Notable alumni include Martin Luther King, Jr., Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee, John David Washington, Bakari Sellers, Metro Boomin’, Killa Mike, Shaun King, Geoff Bennett, Ben Jones, PJ Morton, Jerome Boger, Maynard Jackson among others.

To learn more about Morehouse, please visit, www.morehouse.edu.

Morehouse College Contacts:

Joe Carlos Associate Director of Alumni Engagement - 404.713.0864 - joseph.carlos@morehouse.edu Torian Robinson Director of Development for Business, Math and Science Department - torian.robinson@morehouse.edu