Babyface, Usher honored at the Apollo’s 2024 Spring Benefit

13-time Grammy winner Babyface was honoured on Monday (Jan.10).

He was inducted into The Apollo’s legendary Walk of Fame.

Since its opening in 1914 and the introduction of the first Amateur Night contests in 1934, The Apollo theatre has played a major role in the emergence of jazz, swing, bebop, R&B, gospel, blues, and soul.

“Thank you to all my fans that are out there. It’s been amazing. I have to say thank you to the Apollo for even giving me this honor to begin with. I never imagined that I would get this. I never saw myself, actually, being here at the Apollo. I didn’t want to perform here because I didn’t want to get booed,” he said smiling.

“When I got the call that the…