INTERVIEW: DJ Cassidy Dishes On Details About His Mother’s Day ‘Pass The Mic’ Special

On Sunday (Could 9), BET is ready to rejoice Mom’s Day with DJ Cassidy’s Move The Mic: BET Mom’s Day Version. In celebration of moms world wide, DJ Cassidy will introduce a forged of iconic, legendary soul artists who will sing the hooks to a few of their most uplifting, heartwarming, and prolific songs. 

In an unprecedented transfer, Cassidy just lately revealed two of the contributors earlier than the occasion completely confirming to BET that he’ll go the mic to “The Godmother of Soul,” Patti LaBelle and R&B icon and New Version member, Johnny Gill. Over a dozen different shock legendary artists will be a part of LaBelle and Gill on this joyous celebration of moms and ladies worldwide. 

Throughout a latest interview with BET.com, DJ Cassidy revealed why he determined to make LaBelle and Gill part of his Mom’s Day version of “Move the Mic.”

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“Whenever you take heed to Johnny Gill’s music, you wish to dim the lights, gentle the candles, and you are feeling heat inside, you’re feeling fuzzy inside, and you are feeling like he’s speaking about love,” he mentioned. “You’re feeling it, even with out listening to his phrases. And for sure, the identical goes for Patti LaBelle. Also known as the ‘Godmother of Soul’, it was so obvious and vividly clear to me that she needed to be part of the Mom’s Day version.”

Sunday’s occasion, which begins at 9 p.m. EST on BET, will mark the second Move the Mic particular of 2023. Moreover, 4 extra will comply with. When requested about why the Mom’s Day version was significantly vital to him, Cassidy says it’s as a result of girls and moms are the backbones of society.

“This one is particular and distinctive in a number of methods,” he mentioned. “Initially, it celebrates moms and ladies. I do consider moms and ladies are our spine. They’re our basis. They’re the centerpiece of our world and so they make our world go spherical. I’m actually excited to be afforded the chance to provide one in every of my specials as a dedication to moms and ladies and rejoice this very big day.”

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He added: “Once I sat again and considered Mom’s Day and tips on how to musically translate Mom’s Day, I didn’t wish to select songs that have been merely about moms – that was too straightforward, too easy and admittedly too one dimensional. I needed to essentially create one thing that exuded the emotion of what we really feel on that day. And that’s love. A love for one’s mom is a love above all different love.”

From his turntables in his front room, Cassidy connects nearly and intimately with a few of the greatest R&B and Hip-Hop performers ever to grace a live performance stage, as they sing alongside seamlessly to their traditional data, every “passing the mic” to the subsequent artist. The result’s an emotionally uplifting, technologically modern musical occasion initially created throughout the pandemic final yr. Cassidy says his occasion could also be digital, however the mission stays the identical; to truly deliver folks collectively.

“In ‘Move the Mic,’ folks work together with their musical heroes in an unprecedented intimate and private manner. I drop one in every of their iconic data and so they sing alongside for a minute or two. And it’s so informal and so intimate and so private, and the viewer feels that. They really feel what I’m feeling – the thrill of connecting along with your heroes. I’m as huge of a fan because the viewer.”

This particular comes on the heels of BET and DJ Cassidy’s partnership to provide six DJ Cassidy’s “Move the Mic” specials all through 2023. The primary installment “DJ Cassidy’s Move the Mic: The BET After Social gathering,” adopted the 52nd NAACP Picture Awards on March twenty seventh to overwhelming reactions.