Kelly Price & Friends to Celebrate 3 GRAMMY(R) Nominations and Pay Homage to R&B Music

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - Feb 8, 2012) -

WHO:

R&B recording artist Kelly Price (Sang Girl Management) will celebrate nominations for three GRAMMY® categories including "Best R&B Performance" (Kelly Price and Stokley Williams), "Best R&B Song" (Not My Daddy) and "Best R&B Album" (Kelly).

Hosted by Faith Evans and Kenny Lattimore. Special invited guests include Prince, Whitney Houston, Loretta Devine, Tyrese, Brian McKnight, Regina King, Hill Harper, Ne-yo, Fantasia, Ledisi, Marsha Ambrosius, Donald Lawrence, Keke Wyatt, Monica, Lonny Bereal, Brandy, Chris Brown, Terrell Carter, Kelly Rowland, Keri Hilson, Johnny Gill and many, many more.

WHAT:

Kelly Price & Friends Unplugged: For the Love of R&B. Event will feature special performance of the GRAMMY® nominated song "Not My Daddy" by Kelly Price.

Mainstage will feature a musical jam session of surprise performances throughout the evening. Special tribute to honor late Don Cornelius, Etta James, Vesta and Heavy D.

Kelly Price is using this event to spark a movement to bring attention to the importance of R&B as a significant artistic genre in today's musical landscape. Price said, "R&B music is a movement, a political statement, the mood of a people and the voice of a culture."

WHEN:

Thursday, February 9, 2012, 9:00pm - 2:00am. Press check in 7:45pm - 8:45pm (please bring photo id for check in). Still photographers please bring step ladder. There will be two rows for arrivals. Red carpet arrivals 9:00pm - 11:00pm.

WHERE:

Tru Hollywood, 1600 N. Argyle Avenue in Hollywood

INFO:

Event by invitation only. Not open to general public. Industry executives may reserve VIP tables. Contact Malcom Harvest at 310-686-7289. Talent and media contact Jeanine Taylor or Echo Hattix. Space is limited.