MEET SASHA P, THE FIRST LADY OF HIP-HOP IN AFRICA.

Sasha P at the MTV pre-awards press conference last Friday

Sasha P started 7 years ago and when I was in Nigeria in 2005, I was studying this young lady. She is very determined. Her real name Yetunde Alabi aka rapper Sasha P is now MTV Africa's Best Female artist of the Year 2010. Congrats. Hard work pays. They really do love her!

ROCKER JOEL MADDEN FINALLY MARRIES NICHOLE RITCHIE AT LIONEL'S MANSION.

Nicole Richie and Joel Madden are man and wife after exchanging vows on Saturday.The pair wed in front of friends and family during a romantic ceremony at Richie's father Lionel's Beverly Hills, California estate, according to People.com.Madden's twin brother and Good Charlotte bandmate Benji served as best man while the socialite's pal Samantha Ronson was among the bridesmaids. Other guests included Gwen Stefani, Ashlee Simpson and Kris Jenner.The happy couple's children, Harlow, two, and 15-month-old Sparrow, were also at the ceremony.Richie and Madden have been dating for four years exchanging vows on Saturday.

The pair wed in front of friends and family during a romantic ceremony at Richie's father Lionel's Beverly Hills, California estate, according to People.com.Madden's twin brother and Good Charlotte bandmate Benji served as best man while the socialite's pal Samantha Ronson was among the bridesmaids. Other guests included Gwen Stefani, Ashlee Simpson and Kris Jenner.The happy couple's children, Harlow, two, and 15-month-old Sparrow, were also at the ceremony.Richie and Madden have been dating for four years.

Congrats to them, now Paris Hilton better get her life together too.

CELEBRATING TWO YEAR WITH OUR US PARTNER HIP-HOP NEWS 24-7

A very Happy Birthday to our US partner Hip-Hop news 24/7! Two years and nothing "terrible" about that! Props to the Futuristic blogger and the entire staff. If you have not been there yet, bring your own bottle and come on in. LOL!

THE 2010 MTV AFRICA AWARDS ARE LIVE FROM NIGERIA.

2Face is #1. Best Male and Artist of the Year

Officer Ricky in the motherland

BET's Nneka is from Nigeria too

Banky rocked that Ne-Yo look on the red carpet

We love you Eve for coming to Africa to host our show!

As a second time venue, Nigeria is once again hosting the MTV Africa awards. Philadelphia Rapper Eve is hosting with international stars like Rick Ross, T-Pain and even Chuck D all in Africa. The African artist are dynamic with the old timers TuFace, D'Banj and the newcomers Sasha, Jozi, Barbara Kanam, Fally Ipupa, banky, Daddy Owen and more. Seems like the Nigerian artists are dominating year after year. I am a Nigerian and I know the strenght of our artists if they are not censored by the evil government. A press conference was held yesterday followed by rehearsals and then the show tonight.

As one artist rushed the stage wrapped in Nigeria's green-and-white flag, Africa's most populous nation ran away with the awards Saturday night during the MTV Africa Music Awards.Nigerian singer 2 Face, known for his catchy, fast-paced pop song "Implication," claimed both the artist of the year and best male performer awards during the ceremony held in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos. He also dominated during a live performance, throwing himself into the crowd and running away from two scantily clad dancers dressed as police officers."One love to Nigeria," the artist said as he held the golden MTV award, to the applause of the audience.

His singing often includes words in the Yoruba language, heard throughout southwestern Nigeria.National pride ran high as rapper Banky W took to the stage carrying the country's green-and-white flag, later tossing it over his shoulder during his performance.

The country's musicians fared well during the ceremony—Nigerian act P Square won for Best Group, Nigerian singer Sasha won as best female performer and Nigerian rapper Mo Cheddah won for best new artist. Among other winners were Fally Ipupa, a singer from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who received the best video award for his song "Sexy Dance." U.S. rapper Eminem won best international artist, but did not attend the event.

Africa has long featured a vibrant music scene, but artists have had difficulties breaking nto overseas markets. Famous African artists include Senegal's Youssou N'dour, Nigerian Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti and South African impresario Miriam Makeba, who died in November 2008.Both Makeba and Kuti's names were mentioned during the ceremony, as MTV gave an award in the South African singer's memory.

Rapper Chuck D of Public Enemy recognized the tradition of music being used as a weapon against injustice, drawing a cheer when mentioning Kuti. He earlier led others in a rendition of "Fight the Power," the song ending with the artists raising closed fists into the air. "You have everything you need right here," Chuck D said. "Recognize your legends; recognize your history."

Yet as Nigeria approaches a critical presidential election next year and corruption still pervades life, no one mentioned it in the air-conditioned comfort of the hotel ballroom where the ceremony took place. MTV's regional music channel MTV Base reaches 48.5 million viewers across sub-Saharan Africa via satellite and local television stations. A big congratulations to Slim Shady!! This is Eminem's what 8th Best hip-hop artist award now? He's got 10 Grammy nominations and I am interviewing his Engineer next week.

With files from Jon Gambrell AP and Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo Keminications Media


MAMA 2010 WINNERS IN FULL

• Best Anglophone – Daddy Owen (Kenya)
• Best Francophone – Fally Ipupa (DRC)
• Best Lusophone – Cabo Snoop (Angola)
• Artist of the Year- 2Face (Nigeria)
• Best Female – Sasha (Nigeria)
• Best Male – 2Face (Nigeria)
• Best Video – Fally Ipupa (DRC): “Sexy Dance”
• Best Group – P-Square (Nigeria)
• Brand New Act – Mo’Cheddah (Nigeria)
• Best Performance – Big Nuz (South Africa)
• Song of the Year – Liquideep (South Africa): “Fairytale”
• MAMA Legend – Miriam Makeba (South Africa)
• Best International – Eminem (USA)

TODAY IS THE MTV AFRICA AWARDS IN LAGOS, NIGERIA.

Today, we bring you all the highlights and coverage of the MTV Africa Awards from Lagos, Nigeria. Rapper Eve is hosting with performances with T-Pain, Rick Ross, Parlatones, Teargas, D’Banj, Banky W, Daddy Owen, Fally Ipupa, 2FACE, DJ Arafat, Cabo Snoop, Jozi, Wande Coal, P-Unit, Sasha and a lot more African artists!

MIRIAM MAKEBA PRONOUNCED “MAMA LEGEND” AT 2010 MTV AFRICA MUSIC AWARDS WITH AIRTEL.

Recording artist and civil rights campaigner Miriam Makeba has been honoured by MTV at the third annual MTV Africa Music Awards with Airtel. The life and work of the South African singer and civil rights activist, who died in November 2008, will be celebrated at the MTV Africa Music Awards with Airtel in Lagos on Saturday 11 December 2010. Makeba, whose stellar career spanned more than 50 years, was honoured by MTV for her musical talent and for her role in bringing African music and rhythms into the global spotlight. In her long and glittering career, Makeba performed for John F. Kennedy, dueted with Harry Belafonte and Paul Simon, brought African political issues into the mainstream consciousness and won comparisons with Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra. A victim of oppression herself, Makeba fought tirelessly to ensure that others would be free from oppression, and was appointed a UN Goodwill ambassador in 1999.

Commented Alex Okosi, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, MTV Networks Africa, “Miriam Makeba is a true legend and rightly celebrated throughout the world for her beautiful voice, fighting spirit and pioneering interpretation of African music.” Miriam Makeba follows in the footsteps of previous MAMA Legend award winners Fela Anikulapo Kuti (2008) and Lucky Dube (2009). The MTV Africa Music Awards 2010 is sponsored by Airtel in association with MasterCard. Other partners supporting the MTV Africa Music Awards with Airtel include Arik Air and the Lagos State Government.

NICKI MINAJ CELEBRATES HER BIRTHDAY WITH HER PALS.

I LIKE this picture of Nicki, Amber and Cassie. WOW! That's all I can say. The whole Young Money clan were in full presence. When is Nicki coming into Canada? Boy she is very talented and good looking. Keep doing what you are doing. KJ is nuts about her. Only his birthday and Nicki's are on the family calender.

KJ AND HIPHOSSIP COVERED WEDAY 2010

Founded by Craig and Marc Kielburger, Free The Children’s We Day is more than just one day of celebration and inspiration. It’s a one-of-a-kind event and part of an innovative year-long program created to celebrate the power of young people to create positive change in the world.

We Day is a day-long event with speakers and performers that kicks off a year-long program of action called We Schools in Action. The program helps students develop and implement one local and one global project to help youth who do not have access to basics like food, clean water and education. The goal is to encourage young people to take local and global action throughout the year.

KJ THE KID REPORTER was the only kid media present and also one of the 6 media outlets privileged to cover the red carpet interviews alongside media greats like The Canadian Press, MuchMusic, MTV Canada, Aux TV and CTV. He was also interviewed by MuchMusic. KJ got to interview musicians "Down with Webster", K'naan, the cast of MTV's Buried Life, Olympic skier Alexander Bilodeu, Ghanaian singer Rocky Dawuni, the Kielburgers Craig and Marc who founded WeDay, young singing phenomenom Greyson Chance and also Jacob Hoggard of Hedley.

Several dignitaries and speakers include Rev Jesse Jackson, Former US VP Al Gore, Former British first lady Cherie Blair, Spiritual leader Deepak Chopra and more. The event lasted from September to November 2010 in three Canadian cities Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. Enjoy KJ's pics.

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THE LATEST ON MISSING CANADIAN RAPPER DY.

MuchMusic's Red Hot Blog writes...."Yesterday we brought you a video of Danny Fernandes mourning the disappearance of his friend, collaborator and CP labelmate DY (aka Forrest Schab). Today, the missing Vancouver rapper’s family issued a statement.“We knew Forrest was not going to be available for 2 weeks, and we didn’t know if he was coming home or staying down there. We didn’t want to draw unnecessary attention that may embarrass him”, expressed his sister Jessica Schab, “We just kept thinking give it one more day and we’ll hear from him. We never expected that he was missing.“We thought Forrest might turn up any day and didn’t want to negatively affect his career while he was gone.”

“Forrest has always wanted to inspire others in challenging circumstances to make it and he would want to continue to inspire people and get his music out to the world,” she added.In keeping with what they felt DY would have wanted, both his family and his record label CP have agreed to resume with the release of DY’s second single “That’s My Spot,” which also features D Woods formerly of Danity Kane.In a statement Tony Sal, CEO of CP Records, said, “We have spoken with the Schab family and sympathize greatly with them. At their request, we will continue with the release of DY’s single ‘That’s My Spot’ immediately as his family believes there is nothing more important to DY than to have his music heard.”

DY will come home one day. Remember what that kid Beiber says...Never say Never. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and his family.