Jill Scott to be honored at Motherless Daughters fundraiser

Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Jill Scott, who played the late James Brown's second wife DeeDee in the 2014 biopic "Get On Up," will be honored at the fifth annual Motherless Daughters Foundation gala, planned for 6 p.m. Saturday at the Georgia International Convention Center at 2000 Convention Center Concourse in College Park. Doors open at 5 p.m.

Tickets are $75 each and still available.

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Honorees also include author and speaker Taffi Dollar, co-pastor of World Changers Church International; poet Hank Stewart; and G ary Davis, founder and executive director of the Next Level Boys Academy.

Key supporters include Sarah-Elizabeth Reed, wife of Mayor Kasim Reed; and Trumpet Awards Foundation founder Xernona Clayton. The organization was founded by Rassalyn Willis, owner of Xclusive Hair Studio and Spa in historic College Park.

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