2018 Pure Heat Community Festival

Princess Love And Ray J, Demetria McKinney & Milan Christopher Attend Atlanta’s Pure Heat Community Festival

Atlanta’s 7th annual  Pure Heat Community Festival also known as a free “day of unity”, took place this weekend at Atlanta’s Piedmont Park. This year’s festival included special award presentations to Ray J Norwood who was given the Humanitarian Award with his daughter Melody Norwood and wife Princess Love by his side.

V103 Atlanta host, Miss Sophia was given the Legacy Award….

singer/actress Demetria McKinney was also given the Humanitarian Award…

and rapper/TV Personality Milan Christopher was given the IMPACT Award.

The free cultural event is equipped with market and food vendors, live celebrity and local performers, entertainment, educational forums, prizes & giveaways all designed to bring together the spirit of community, pride, and vision. In partnership with The Vision Community Foundation, a portion of proceeds from the weekend’s festivities are used to benefit homeless LGBT youth and those infected/affected with HIV/AIDS.

This year the event was hosted by Bishop Oliver Clyde Allen III, Rashad Burgess and Melissa “DJ M” Scott and featured live performances by Bre-Z (“Empire”),

Akbar V, D Woods and Shanell, Estelita, Trent Crews and more.

2017 festival honoree actress Amiyah Scott returned to encourage fans to tune-into “Star” season 3 on Fox.

Additional notable VIP’s in attendance included Sonja Norwood, Dr. Heavenly, Shekinah Anderson, Kore Stacks, Trinity Kardashian-Bonet and more.

More from the Pure Heat community festival on the flip.

Milan Christopher was ecstatic to accept his award after previously being berated with homophobic slurs on social media.