Snoop Dogg, Drake, Wiz Khalifa To Attend BMI Urban Awards 8/26

11th Annual BMI Urban Awards is an awards show presented by U.S. performing right organization BMI honoring the songwriters and publishers of the most performed urban songs on U.S. radio and television for the past 12 months. The awards will be hosted by Del R. Bryant, President & CEO of BMI, and Catherine Brewton, Vice President, Writer/Publisher Relations.

The BMI Icon Award will be presented to Snoop Dogg, who will be saluted with an all-star musical tribute during the ceremony. As a BMI Icon, Snoop Dogg will join ranks that include George Clinton, The Jacksons, James Brown, Isaac Hayes, Little Richard, Chuck Berry, The Bee Gees, Willie Nelson and Carlos Santana, to name a few.

Also to be awarded that night will be the Urban Song of the Year, Songwriter of the Year, and Publisher of the Year. BMI will also honor the Top Urban Producers of the previous year, as well as the BMI songwriters whose songs have hit No. 1 on the Billboard R&B, Hip-Hop and Rap charts.

EXPECTED: 2011 BMI Icon recipient Snoop Dogg; Drake ("Best I Ever Had"); Wiz Khalifa ( "Black and Yellow"); Lex Luger ( Rick Ross "B.M.F"); Marsha Ambrosius ("Far Away"); Polow Da Don (Keri Hilson "Turnin' Me On"); Dawn Richard ( "Loving You No More"); Bonnie McKee ( Katy Perry "Teenage Dream"); Makeba Riddick (T.I. "Live Your Life"): Tyler "T-Minus" Williams ( Nicki Minaj " Moment 4 Life"); Gorilla Zoe ("Lost"); Tristan Wilds ("90210"); Zaytoven (Usher "Papers"); Kane Beatz (Young Money ft. Lloyd "Bedrock"); DJ Khaled ("I'm On One"); Ace Hood (" Hustle Hard"); Jim Jonsin (Kelly Rowland "Motivation"); Sean Garrett ("Turnin' Me On"); Mario Winans (Trey Songz "Can't Be Friends"); Busta Rhymes ( "Look at Me Now"); Alex Da Kid (Eminem "Love The Way You Lie); Tyga ("Bedrock").

WHERE: Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California.

ABOUT BMI:
Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI), a global leader in rights management, is an American performing right organization that represents more than 475,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers in all genres of music and more than 6.5 million works. BMI has represented the most popular and beloved music from around the world for 70 years. The U.S. corporation collects license fees from businesses that use music, which it then distributes as royalties to the musical creators and copyright owners it represents. BMI songwriters and composers were the most celebrated creative voices in awards presentations and on the charts during the past year, accounting for almost two-thirds of the Grammy Awards and dominating other key awards and honors presentations across all genres of music. www.bmi.com