Darey...Best male vocalist and Wande had 5 awards in the kitty
Stories by Lolade Sowoolu
D-day has come and gone and thankfully there were more
applauses than disappointments even though some surprises
weren ’t so pleasant. Last Saturday in Lagos, all trooped out for the
very anticipated and prestigious Hip Hop World Awards 2010.
The Yellow Carpet was brilliant. The organisers, Smooth
Productions, seem to have perfected the art of setting up red
carpets which they dub ‘yellow carpet’ after their sponsors of three
years-MTN, whose corporate identity is expressed by the yellow
hue. Celebrities across different disciplines, especially the arts graced
the carpet which was set around the expansive pool side of Eko
Hotel & Suites.
A zillion camera flashes from a horde of cameramen, microphones,
reporters, presenters, blinding lights, stern looking security men,
rich cocktail all spiced up the yellow carpet. It lasted for more than
three hours and kept the awards proper from starting on time.
Limos were made available to convey VVIP guests from the
accreditation ground to the yellow carpet entrance. Many who had
bought the VIP tickets for N20, 000 were disappointed when they
found out only VVIPs could walk the yellow carpet. For some, it
was the beginning of upsets for the night, especially when the event
proper did not start until 11:15 pm - four hours behind schedule. It
dragged for another four hours, to end a few minutes past 3 am
Sunday morning.
Without an anchor, the ceremony took off featuring performances
from Goldie, Kefee, YQ, General Pype, Obiwon, Artquake. Jesse Jagz
featuring Muna, D ’Prince and Wande Coal.
Some of the boos of the night came when Terry Tha Rapman was
announced winner of Best Rap Single for his song Sample (remix)
and when Skuki went on to win the Next Rated category. Speaking
on performances, only Gen. Pype delivered a live performance. All
the others merely lip-synched- a big minus
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