The RRHP Touchdown concert tagged “100 Percent Hip-Hop in ur face!” held in Lagos and featured performances from Rooftop Clan, Provabs, Ceebloq, Rapsodee, Choice, XL2Letters, GameMan, Wallz and others. Check out the pictures
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The nominees for the landmark 20th Annual South African Music Awards were announced amid great excitement and anticipation at Sun International’s Carnival City in Ekurhuleni this morning.
David du Plessis, the Chief Operating Officer of the Recording Industry of SA (RISA), said this year’s event will be special in more ways than one: “Not only are we celebrating 20 years of South Africa’s premier music awards, we are also commemorating the country’s 20th anniversary of democracy.”
Du Plessis said that as a symbolic tribute to the first democratic elections, which were held on 27 and 28 April 1994, the SAMA 20 awards ceremony will take place exactly 20 years later, on 28 April 2014, at the Sun City Superbowl.
“Just as the country has evolved into a mature democracy over the past two decades, the SAMAs have also developed into the polished, professional and hotly anticipated industry event that they are today,” he added.
“This year’s crop of SAMA nominees perfectly encapsulate the rainbow nation in all its creative diversity and vibrancy. We are extremely proud to be sharing our 20-year milestone with the birth of the new South Africa as a nation.”
As always, all eyes will be on the Record of the Year category, which is determined by a public vote. The nominees for this award will be announced shortly, after which fans will have the opportunity to vote for their favourite song and artist of 2013. Prepare for a thrilling contest!
The Lifetime Achievement Awards, honouring the veterans and game-changers in the industry, will also be revealed prior to the awards ceremony.
The countdown to the 20th Annual SAMA Awards at Sun City on 28 April 2014 starts tonight with a bash of note at the official SAMA Celebration Party in Sandton, where Mzansi’s finest music makers of 2013 will come out to play – and dance the night away!
The nominees’ announcement and all the red-carpet glamour and excitement of the celebration party will be streamed live in real time on the SAMA 20 mobisite. For those who miss out on all the live action, packaged highlights will also be available for viewing on the mobisite (www.samatv.mobi) and on the official SAMA 20 YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/samusicawards).
For more information on SAMA 20, visit www.samusicawards.co.za. Get hold of the nominated albums now at iTunes.com/SAMA
The Annual South African Music Awards are organised by the Recording Industry of South Africa (RISA), a trade association of recording companies operating in South Africa.
Check out the nominees in the Gospel categories
• Best Traditional Faith Music Album
Andile KaMajola Chapter 6 ujehova ungibiyele
Deborah Umqhele
Lusanda Spiritual Group Uhambo Lwam
Rebecca Bayos’Khomba
Worship House Project 10 Live in Limpopo, RSA
• Best Contemporary Faith Music Album
Benjamin Dube Renewal in His Presence with Benjamin
Dube
Judith Sephuma The Experience Live in Concert
Nqubeko Mbatha Sentiments of a Worshiper
Soweto Gospel Choir Divine Decade
& Friends
We Will Worship YHWH
Big Daddy Weave’s new album Love Come to Life: The Redeemed Edition, featuring their career best-selling album Love Come to Life and five additional bonus tracks, is available today! Get it now on iTunes, Big Daddy Weave’s online store, and at your favorite Christian retailer. The 17-track album, produced by group member Jeremy Redmon, includes both acoustic and live versions of their award-winning song “Redeemed,” as well as their current hit “The Only Name (Yours Will Be).”
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MADMO Concepts Presents Live Life Loud concert a.k.a the Move Tour Reloaded. It will hold on the 16th of March at the Family Worship Centre ‘Youth Auditorium.
It will feature Sho Baraka in his first Nigerian concert alongside, Nigerian British rapper, S.O. Also ministering is South African Urban Youth Leader Gregory Cassim,Polycarp Gbaja, Dike Chukwumerije, JAYR and a host of Nigeria’s finest music Giants and emerging music performers, DJ/Poets
Special guest appearances from Asu Ekiye, Samsong, Sixfootplus, Solomon Lange among others.
There will be a Creative Forum on Thursday the 14th of March at The UNDERGROUND. Reno’s Lebito Crescent, Wuse. The forum is strictly by invitation.
TICKETS
Advance Ticket -. Student N1000
Regular N2000
Tickets at the gate – Student N1,200
Regular N2,500
This year, in anticipation of Mother’s Day, Sam Adebanjo has teamed up with award winning producer, singer and songwriter Roof Top Mc Snatcha and Shabach Beautiful Soundz to a tribute song dedicated to mothers and also in memory of Christy Uduak Essien-Igbokwe (11 November 1960 – 30 June 2011), considered Nigeria’s “Lady of Souls”, who puts Nigeria’s name on the world’s music map with the evergreen “Seun Rere.”
Adebanjo is the leader of DTWG, who has been nominated for and has won several awards, including the MOBO Awards, AGMA, BEFFTA and the Urban Music Award. Snatcha, featured on the track, is a member of one of the most popular Nigerian rap groups, Rooftop MCs.
This track is one of the tracks on Sam Adebanjo album titled The Mission/The Vision: The double disc album; presents Sam Adebanjo & DTWG in a whole new light. They’ve taken it back to their African roots; you’ll be sure to be dancing to the vibrant AfroBeats and singing along with the infectious African Gospel Praise. So whether you listen to this as you’re getting ready in the morning or in your car after a long day, this part of the album will definitely uplift, inspire and motivate you.
