Joey Bada$$ Receives Three Generations Tequila Impact Award

On Thursday (Sept. 6), Billboard and Tres Generaciones presented Joey Bada$$ with the Tres Generaciones Tequila Impact Award at the 2024 Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Vitality Gamers Event.

Held at the Edition Hotel in Times Square, Billboard Deputy Director of R&B/Hip-Hop Carl Lamarre presented Bada$$ with the award for his impact on the community, courtesy of his newfound program, Impact Mentorship.

“It diagram plenty. Here’s my first time being honored with any form of award,” Joey informed Billboard. So that goes to take into accounta good diagram for me, for my portion. It feels right to be acknowledged. It’s reassurance and confirmation that I’m doing what I’m alleged to be doing.”

Created in 2023 by Bada$$ and aged hip-hop manager and creator Sophia Chang, the mentorship program for Gloomy and Brown men over 18 attempting to acquire steering in diversified sectors, including sports, fashion, tune, leisure and more. Over the summer season, Bada$$ held the first Impact Summit at Columbia University, which included actor Malcolm Mays, up to the moment American artist Jahlil Nzinga and co-founder of the culinary-and-arts collective Ghetto Gastro, Jon Gray.

Megan Thee Stallion, Playboi Carti and Teezo Touchdown were also honored at some stage in the evening’s festivities. Megan and Carti bought R&B/Hip-Hop Artist of the 300 and sixty five days for his or her respective runs in 2024, while Teezo earned R&B/Hip-Hop Rookie of the 300 and sixty five days. Victoria Monet became available in the market to recent her manager, Rachelle Jean-Louis, with the Executive of the 300 and sixty five days, making her the second lady to acquire the award after Beyonce in 2019.

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