ZAIN, MTV CONFIRM 2FACE, AMANI, BRICKZ, D’BANJ & THE MO’ HITS ALLSTARS, HHP, NAMELESS, PYPE, STL & ZEBRA & GIRAFFE FOR 10 OCTOBER SHOWDOWN
Nairobi, Kenya: MTV and Zain have finalised the thrilling performer line-up for the 2009 MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMA) with Zain. The latest artists to join the glittering performer roster include 2Face (Nigeria), Amani (Kenya), Brickz (South Africa), D’Banj & the Mo’ Hits Allstars, (Nigeria), HHP (South Africa), Nameless (Kenya), Pype (Nigeria), STL (Kenya) and Zebra & Giraffe (South Africa).
2FACE, Amani, Brickz, D’Banj, HHP, Mo’ Hits Allstars, Nameless, Pype, STL and Zebra & Giraffe will join previously announced performers Akon, Wyclef Jean, M.I., A.Y., Lizha James, Fally Ipupa, Blu3, Da LES, Lira, Nameless, Samini and Wahu on the stage at the Awards on 10 October 2009. The Awards, the ‘Oscars’ of the African contemporary music scene, will be filmed and broadcast for the first time in high definition, disseminating the scale and ambition of the African music scene to the rest of the world.
Nigerian superstar and 4-time MAMA nominee 2Face is nominated in the Artist of the Year, Best R&B, Best Male and Best Video categories. His fellow Nigerian and triple 2008 MAMA winner D’Banj will be making his second MAMA appearance after his electrifying duet with Kelly Rowland in Abuja last year. Performing with D’Banj will be his regular backing group the Mo’ His Allstars who are also nominated in their own right in the Best Group category.
Going head-to-head with 2 Face for the Best Male crown, D’Banj is also nominated for Best Performer and Artist of the Year in the 2009 Awards, and shortlisted in the Listener’s Choice category. The hottest new dancehall act from Nigeria, Pype, will also grace the MAMA stage in a sizzling collaboration with fellow countryman, M.I.
Africa’s exciting alternative scene will be centre stage in the shape of Zebra & Giraffe, the electro-rock brainchild of South African instrumentalist and composer, Greg Carlin, who is in the running for the Best Alternative award. South African urban hip hop will be well represented by kwaito star Brickz, shortlisted in the Listeners Choice category for his collaboration with Shugasmakx on their track ‘Imisebenzi Yakho‘, and HHP, nominated for Best Male, Artist of the Year and Best Video.
Kenyan Best Act nominee STL and Best Female/Listener’s Choice contender Amani join Kenyan songbird Wahu representing East African girl power at the Awards and adding some serious glamour to the MAMA main stage.
Also representing Kenya will be triple nominee Nameless, who will be aiming to emulate his wife’s (Wahu)’s success in the 2008 MAMA awards, where she won Best Female.
The MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain will air on DStv and MTV partner networks AIT, STV, CTV, WBS, TBC1, TV3, ZNBC and RTGA from 17 October 2009; it will also air on MTVNHD, MTV Network International’s high definition TV service which launched in September 2008, and which is currently available in 21 countries worldwide (Argentina, Belgium, Caribbean Islands, Chile, Columbia, Denmark, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, Venezuela, Uruguay, UK & Ireland).
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All coverage begins at 6pm... Check out my coverage last year of the very FIRST MTV Africa awards.
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