{"id":8187,"date":"2014-12-10T13:18:26","date_gmt":"2014-12-10T18:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ohsodj.com\/?p=8187"},"modified":"2014-12-10T13:18:26","modified_gmt":"2014-12-10T18:18:26","slug":"kanye-west-to-receive-honor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/?p=8187","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West To Receive Honor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/kanwest-ohsodj1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/kanwest-ohsodj1.jpg?resize=250%2C250\" alt=\"kanwest.ohsodj\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/kanwest-ohsodj1.jpg?w=250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/kanwest-ohsodj1.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Kanye West will be presented with the Visionary Award at BET Honors 2015. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A a recipient, Ye has been considered a young renaissance man, taking on several roles, all while producing innovative and thought-provoking music. The Chicago native will be recognized along with four other distinguished African-Americans (Usher, Phylicia Rashad, John W. Thompson, and Dr. Johnnetta B. Cole) who have made a difference in business, theater, art, music, and technology.<\/p>\n<p>According to BET\u2019s website, \u201cKanye West will be honored for his extraordinary contributions across the arts, including roles as a record producer, rapper, filmmaker and fashion designer. He\u2019s a multifaceted trailblazer and pioneer whose accomplishments are all marked by his unique and forward-thinking approach. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>The star-studded ceremony will be hosted by Wayne Brady at the legendary Warner Theater in Washing, D.C. BET Honors 2015 will tape on Jan. 24 and air on Feb. 23 at 9 p.m. on BET.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Kanye West will be presented with the Visionary Award at BET Honors 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7,15],"tags":[654,807,938],"class_list":["post-8187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","category-ohsodj-2","tag-kanye-west","tag-matrix","tag-ohsodj"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7qLKy-283","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.ohsodj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/kanwest-ohsodj1.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8187\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ohsodj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}