\nThree big news on one of Nigeria\u2019s biggest music awards shows, the highly respected HipHopWorld Awards: One, the award will not hold in May this year. Two, the highly anticipated event will not hold in Lagos State. And three? The show is undergoing a total name change!<\/p>\n
The show\u2019s organizers Smooth Promotions announced this in a News release issued on Tuesday, April 19, 2011.<\/p>\n
Now in its sixth year, HipHopWorld Awards (HHWA for short) has been since its inception known to reward individuals who have excelled in their various fields in the Nigerian Music Industry and has become one of the most sought after awards.<\/p>\n
This will be the second time we\u2019re leaving Lagos. We had the show in Abuja in 2009 and Abuja showed us love. Since then there\u2019s been clamour from different regions for us to come stage the awards there. And as a truly and proudly national brand we\u2019re very open to moving the show all over Nigeria. So when the opportunity came to move again, we happily grabbed it\u2019, Ayo Animashaun, CEO of Smooth Promotions commented.<\/p>\n
So, where\u2019s the gig moving to this year? Calabar? Bayelsa? Port Harcourt? or Abuja again? The organisers say their \u2018lips are sealed\u2019 for now.<\/p>\n
On the change of name from HipHopWorld Awards to \u2018THE HEADIES\u2019, Animashaun says: \u2018It was just a matter of time. Everyone in house has been calling the award that name forever; because that\u2019s what we christened our plaque. I think the name is more hip and trendy, and it helps us place proper focus on the prize, which is the plaque; the headies; the prize to die for\u2019, Animashaun, who is also the founder of the awards back in 2005, explains.<\/p>\n
No official date has been set for this year\u2019s edition but we can confirm that it will not be next month, as many has been expecting. \u2018The whole of April and May have been consumed by campaigns, elections and swearing-in\u2026. So, we\u2019re forced to step back a bit for all that to get over so we can have a great show\u2019<\/p>\n
The awards for pop music and urbane culture boasts of a long list of winners, including Dbanj, Psquare, 2face Idibia, Wande Coal, Asa, 9ice and Timaya.
<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Do you have a story\/gist for publication? Please email it to story@nigeriafilms.com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\nLink:
\nHipHopWorld Awards Moves Out of Lagos Again!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Three big news on one of Nigeria\u2019s biggest music awards shows, the highly respected HipHopWorld Awards: One, the award will not hold in May this year. Two, the highly anticipated event will not hold in Lagos State<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-383314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
HipHopWorld Awards Moves Out of Lagos Again! - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/hiphopworld-awards-moves-out-of-lagos-again\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"HipHopWorld Awards Moves Out of Lagos Again! - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Three big news on one of Nigeria\u2019s biggest music awards shows, the highly respected HipHopWorld Awards: One, the award will not hold in May this year. Two, the highly anticipated event will not hold in Lagos State\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/hiphopworld-awards-moves-out-of-lagos-again\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/hiphopworld-awards-moves-out-of-lagos-again\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"HipHopWorld Awards Moves Out of Lagos Again!\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-21T07:50:31+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/hiphopworld-awards-moves-out-of-lagos-again\/\"},\"wordCount\":407,\"commentCount\":0,\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/hiphopworld-awards-moves-out-of-lagos-again\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/hiphopworld-awards-moves-out-of-lagos-again\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/hiphopworld-awards-moves-out-of-lagos-again\/\",\"name\":\"HipHopWorld Awards Moves Out of Lagos Again! - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-21T07:50:31+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/hiphopworld-awards-moves-out-of-lagos-again\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"HipHopWorld Awards Moves Out of Lagos Again! - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/hiphopworld-awards-moves-out-of-lagos-again\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"HipHopWorld Awards Moves Out of Lagos Again! - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"Three big news on one of Nigeria\u2019s biggest music awards shows, the highly respected HipHopWorld Awards: One, the award will not hold in May this year. Two, the highly anticipated event will not hold in Lagos State","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/hiphopworld-awards-moves-out-of-lagos-again\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/hiphopworld-awards-moves-out-of-lagos-again\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"HipHopWorld Awards Moves Out of Lagos Again!","datePublished":"2011-04-21T07:50:31+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/hiphopworld-awards-moves-out-of-lagos-again\/"},"wordCount":407,"commentCount":0,"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/hiphopworld-awards-moves-out-of-lagos-again\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/hiphopworld-awards-moves-out-of-lagos-again\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/hiphopworld-awards-moves-out-of-lagos-again\/","name":"HipHopWorld Awards Moves Out of Lagos Again! - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-04-21T07:50:31+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/21\/hiphopworld-awards-moves-out-of-lagos-again\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383314"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383314\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}