Oakland, CA (PRWEB) April 18, 2007 – The Black Music Association Academy of America has honored songstress Jimmie Reign with a Bay Area Black Music Award for Best Hip Hop Soul Vocalist. Other nominees for this prestigious award included Keyshia Cole, Zuri & Kenisha Fisher, but it was "The First Lady of the Bay" who took home the prize. Jimmie was also nominated as Best Female R&B Performer and gave a
breathtaking performance at the event.
About Jimmie Reign:
Jimmie Reign hails from the Bay Area and is following in the successful footsteps of other Bay Area native's Keyshia Cole and Goapele. Her singles "Tryin' To Be Your Girl" and Superstar are receiving radio airplay on 106 KMEL, WILD 94.9, KBMB, KSFM, KVEG and the Sirius Radio Network. Jimmie recently opened for Keyshia Cole,
Jagged Edge, Latoya London, & Bilal and is featured in the January/February issue of Right ON! Magazine and the February/March issue of Stash Magazine. She recently was awarded a Bay Area Black Music Award for being the Best Hip Hop Soul Vocalist.
Her mixtape "Go Girl" has been downloaded over 5,000 times and is sponsored by 106 KMEL, Right ON! Magazine and Singersroom.com.
For more information on "The First Lady of the Bay" please visit www.myspace.com/jimmiereign1 or www.jimmiereignworld.com.