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buzzz worthy. . .   McClurkin will sing a tribute to Andrae Crouch at 15 th Annual BET Awards June 28 And Returns as Judge on Season 8 All Star Edition of Sunday Best Premiering July 19 on BET   Los Angeles, CA   - RCA Records recording artist, Donnie McClurkin a trailblazer in the gospel music industry is set to pay tribute to gospel legend, Andrae’ Crouch at the 15 th Annual  BET Awards airing Sunday, June 28 5:00pm/PDT – 8:00pm/EDT LIVE from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.  An encore airing will premiere around the world on BET’s International Network on Tuesday, June 30 at 9:00pm BST/10:00pm CAT and will air live on MTV Australia for the very first time (check local listings).  Special Guests include: Janet Jackson, Smokey Robinson, Robin Thicke, Janelle Monae, Chris Brown, Kendrick Lamar and others. This year’s show will be hosted by Anthony Anderson and Tracee Ellis Ross.   While our nation will be celebrat...

buzzz worthy. . . THE DOUG BANKS MEDIA GROUP SIGNS URBAN INSPIRATIONAL MUSIC LEGEND DONALD LAWRENCE TO HOST A NEW WEEKLY MOTIVATIONAL RADIO PROGRAM Chicago, IL - The Doug Banks Media Group has signed Grammy Award winning Producer and Recording Artist Donald Lawrence to host a new syndicated, Urban AC motivational radio program entitled “Music Therapy with Donald Lawrence” that launches in January of 2015 with distribution to Urban Adult Contemporary (UAC) radio station formats. “I’m pretty excited about it,” says Lawrence. “I’ve always been committed to using music as therapy to inspire and encourage as well as to entertain and that’s what the Doug Banks Media Group recruited me to do with this show. It will be a mix of inspiring music by artists ranging from Jill Scott to the Sounds of Blackness. There will also be audience call-ins, motivational messages and daily words of wisd...