Industry Impresarios Sammye-Ruth Scott, Summer Walker & Amber Grimes Honored At Atlanta’s ASCAP Women Behind The Music [Exclusive]

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#BlackGirlMagic
recently
reached
a
fever
pitch
in
Atlanta
when
three
industry
impresarios
were
honored
for
impacting
the
music
industry.

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On
Friday,
Sammye-Ruth
Scott,

Summer
Walker,
and

Amber
Grimes
were
honored
by
the
American
Society
of
Composers,
Authors,
and
Publishers
(ASCAP)
during
its
15th
annual
ASCAP
Women
Behind
the
Music
event
in
Atlanta.

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Presented
by
the
ASCAP
Rhythm
&
Soul
department,
ASCAP
Women
Behind
the
Music
recognizes
and
encourages
female
trailblazers
in
the
music
community
by
honoring
songwriters,
artists,
and
executives
across
the
industry.

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This
year’s
honorees
were
hand-selected
for
their
strides
in
music,
business,
and
entertainment
culture
via
their
leadership,
art,
and
contributions.

To
celebrate
their
achievements,
ASCAP
packed
out
the
city’s
Atrium
restaurant
amid
sounds
from
DJ
Tee
Y
who
entertained
ASCAP
executives,
artists,
and
entertainers
ahead
of
a
personalized
plaque
presentation.

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Seen
on
the
ASCAP
Women
Behind
The
Music
scene
was
honoree
Summer
Walker.

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The
Grammy-nominated
singer
and
songwriter
looked
pretty
in
pink
and
posed
for
the
cameras.

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She
was
joined
by
fellow
honoree
LVRN
Executive
Vice
President
and
General
Manager
Amber
Grimes.

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The
ATL
native
told
BOSSIP
that
she
was
especially
excited
to
be
honored
in
her
hometown
and
raved
about
doing
so
alongside
Summer
who
she
worked
with
on
the
track
“Karma”,
her
favorite
song
from
the
songstress.

“It
feels
very
cool
because
we’re
doing
this
in
the
town
where
I’m
from
and
where
I
found
my
success,”
said
Grimes.
“I’m
just
honored,
I’m
here
with
Summer
Walker—I
not
only
get
to
work
with
her
but
I’m
being
honored
with
her
and
she’s
one
of
the
most
talented
voices
coming
out
of
Atlanta,
and
Sammye’s
like
my
sister.”

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She
also
added
that
her
favorite
thing
about
being
a
Black
woman
in
the
music
industry
is
switching
the
power
dynamics
and
giving
orders
to
men,
instead
of
the
other
way
around.

“‘Listen
to
me,
I
said
what
I
said!’”
joked
the
exec.

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Sammye-Ruth
Scott
was
also
seen
on
the
scene
being
honored
at
ASCAP
Women
Behind
The
Music.

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During
the
event,
the
Atlantic
Records
Senior
Director
of
A&R
expressed
her
excitement
to
BOSSIP
about
being
a
woman
in
the
biz.

“Being
a
Black
woman,
being
able
to
literally
change
the
world,
change
the
dynamic,
set
the
precedent
for
the
next
generation
of
women
that
are
coming
out,”
said
Scott.
“I
went
to
Spelman
College
so
I’m
all
about
women’s
empowerment,
giving
back
to
the
younger
women,
giving
back
to
the
younger
generation
in
general,
it’s
one
of
my
goals.”

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Nicole
George-Middleton,
ASCAP
Senior
Vice
President
of
Membership
and
ASCAP
Foundation
Executive
Director
was
also
on
hand
and
she
expressed
her
excitement
about
the
women-centric
celebration.

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“This
is
an
event
that
we
throw
annually
to
highlight
the
accomplishments
that
women
have
made
to
music,
particularly
from
our
community
because
oftentimes
we
don’t
get
the
recognition
we
deserve,”
the
exec
told
BOSSIP.
“We’re
giving
women
their
flowers
while
they
can
smell
them
and
letting
them
know
how
much
we
appreciate
them
and
how
proud
we
are
of
them
and
how
much
we’re
rooting
for
them.”

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“Women
are
amazing,”
she
added.
“We
are
smart,
we
are
creative,
we
are
nurturers,
we
are
loving
and
I
just
love
being
in
this
industry
and
being
able
to
pour
into
people
in
that
way.

I
feel
like
only
women
can
do
that
and
I’m
grateful
to
be
in
this
position
to
support
other
women,
support
creatives,
and
pour
into
them
all
the
love
that
I
can.
”

Previous
ASCAP
Women
Behind
the
Music
honorees
include
Grammy-winning
singer-songwriters
Kandi
Burruss
and
Kelly
Rowland,
Roc
Nation
Co-President
Shari
Bryant,
Grammy-winning
artist
and
songwriter
Joelle
James,
Co-Head
of
A&R
at
Interscope
Geffen
Nicole
Wyskoarko,
hip-hop
legends
Salt-N-Pepa,
Grammy-nominated
singer-songwriters
Jazmine
Sullivan
and
Victoria
Monét,
legendary
musician
and
singer
Sheila
E.,
Capitol
Records
Vice
President
of
Artist
Relations
Brittney
Davis,
Grammy-winning
production
and
songwriting
duo
Nova
Wav,
EVP
and
Head
of
Urban
Music
at
Columbia
Records
Phylicia
Fant.

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Congratulations,
ladies!

What
do
YOU
think
about
the
2023
ASCAP
Women
Behind
the
Music
honorees?