{"id":15745,"date":"2025-07-31T11:01:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/?p=15745"},"modified":"2025-07-31T11:02:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T15:02:31","slug":"new-york-city-mayor-eric-adams-prepares-to-celebrate-rb-icon-multi-award-winning-platinum-singer-songwriter-producer-and-humanitarian-johnny-gill-with-the-entertainers-key-to-the-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/?p=15745","title":{"rendered":"New York City Mayor Eric Adams to Honor R&amp;B Legend Johnny Gill with the Entertainers\u2019 Key to the City"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently announced the return of the \u201c<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/email.cloud2.secureclick.net\/c\/55687?id=455771.2933.1.af704ead58c31a204f53590fa15178a1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rise Up NYC<\/a>\u201d summer concert series, which will provide 10 free outdoor concerts to New Yorkers across all five boroughs this summer. Inspiring all New Yorkers to come together and celebrate the world\u2019s greatest city, the Adams administration\u2019s highly anticipated concert series will also feature shows in collaboration with the City Parks Foundation\u2019s SummerStage and Globe Star Media, as it expands significantly for its fourth season. The concert series builds on Mayor Adams\u2019 \u201cWe Outside Summer,\u201d his initiative to ensure New Yorkers have a safe, enjoyable summer outside through a series of announcements, events, investments, and new programming across the five boroughs.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"686\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_5062.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_5062.jpg 686w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_5062-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_5062-48x55.jpg 48w, https:\/\/femimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/img_5062-400x459.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 686px) 100vw, 686px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This Saturday, August 2nd,<\/strong> R&amp;B Icon, multi award-winning platinum singer, songwriter, producer and humanitarian,&nbsp;<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/email.cloud2.secureclick.net\/c\/55687?id=455771.2934.1.7b319870524cdd5aef3fcbfd9b11d6f5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Johnny Gill<\/a>, will receive the \u2018Entertainers\u2019 Key to the City of New York\u2019, from Mayor Adams.&nbsp;The presentation will take place in the borough of Manhattan, in Harlem on&nbsp;125th Street, with a celebratory performance in front of thousands of invited adoring fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201c&#8221;Someone once told me prayers the key to the kingdom and faith unlocks the door, this might not be the key to the kingdom of all kingdoms, but I\u2019m truly honored to receive a key that encourage and reminds me to keep the faith and stay the course, I\u2019m truly honored!!&#8221;&#8221; mentions Johnny.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On <strong>August 22nd<\/strong>,&nbsp;<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/email.cloud2.secureclick.net\/c\/55687?id=455771.2935.1.fafe3a8719d3d67fcfb4817d812c6219\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Johnny Gill<\/a>&nbsp;will be globally releasing his new single, &#8220;<a class=\"link\" href=\"#tbd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ONE NIGHT<\/a>&#8221; under his label partnership with&nbsp;The SRG Group | Virgin Music&nbsp;family. &#8220;<a class=\"link\" href=\"#tbd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ONE NIGHT<\/a>&#8221; is available for pre-orders now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>CONNECT WITH JOHNNY GILL:&nbsp;&nbsp;<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/email.cloud2.secureclick.net\/c\/55687?id=455771.2937.1.81db256880d14666643f3f11c40592fe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">IG |<\/a><a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/email.cloud2.secureclick.net\/c\/55687?id=455771.2938.1.6b0c237282a6c583e659b6a95d99cb3c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">META<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/email.cloud2.secureclick.net\/c\/55687?id=455771.2939.1.aa3ddeaeb94d8455d9daa7f5fbe31e05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">X<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Photo Credit: Alexander Parhm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently announced the return of the \u201cRise Up NYC\u201d summer concert series, which will provide 10 free outdoor&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1706,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-entertainment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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