Three musicians have been confirmed by the organizers of the MTV Africa Music Awards With Zain to perform at the 2010 edition of the awards, which is slated for the Saturday 11th December, 2010 at the Eko Expo Hall, Lagos, Nigeria.
The musicians are Nigerian’s 2Face Idibia, Angolan’s musician Cabo Snoop and Cote d’Ivoire’s DJ Arafat. The organizers, MTV Networks Africa and Zain confirmed this in a press release to the media few days after the nominations.
2Face, Cabo Snoop and DJ Arafat joins the already announced performers Daddy Owen, Teargas, Fally Ipupa and Banky W.
2Face is a Nigerian musician who has won several awards on this way to the top, including MOBOs (Music Of Black Origin), World Music Award, a KORA award among many others.
According to MTV Base, 2Face’s hit track ‘African Queen’ was the first music video to be played on the network when it was launched in 2005. The track picked ‘Best R&B’ song at the 2nd edition of the awards in Kenya last year.
Cabo Snoop, the Angolan musician was appointed MTV Base ‘Brand New’ artist for October 2010. Cabo draws inspiration and blends Hip Hop, R&B, Break Dance and House Music. His single ‘Windeck’ has had lots of radio rotation across the continent and currently topping charts in Angola.
DJ Arafat is from Cote D’Ivoire and one of the artists ruling the Francophone
Africa music industry. The 24 years old Ivorian known as ‘Le Yoroba’ has an impeccable musical ancestry, with the singer Tina Spencer for his mother and celebrated producer Houon Pierre as his dad.
He is one of the artists whose presence on the internet is tremendous as his first single ‘Kpangor’ was an instant hit online. His recent single ‘Djessimidjéka’ is currently getting heavyweight airplay on MTV base.
Past Winners:
Below are list of previous winners of the awards ….
Amani (Best Female 2009)
Nameless (Best Male/Listener’s Choice 2009)
Samini (Best Performer 2009)
P Square (Best Group 2009)
Zebra & Giraffe (Best Alternative Act 2009)
M.I. (Best Hip Hop/Best New Act 2009)
2Face (Best R&B)
D’banj (Artist of the Year 2008/2009)
HHP (Best Video 2009)
Lucky Dube (MAMA Legend 2009).
The MTV Africa Music Awards with Zain nomination was opened to all soloist and groups who have received airplay on MTV Base or MTV during the qualifying period from 30 June 2009 to 31 August 2010.
The nomination was opened to 47 out of the 53 countries in Africa which includes Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Comores, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Djibouti, DRC, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, GHANA, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome & Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, St Helena, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The award is believed to bring the whole of Africa together under umbrella to celebrate their musical achievements.
Zain is the proud sponsor of 2010 MTV Africa Music Awards in association with MasterCard. Arik Air is the official airline partner of the awards.
Click here for the MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs) 2010 Nominees.
Story by Ebenezer Anangfio Jnr./GhanaCelebrities.com/Ghana
Wow, I cannot wait to see these guys do their thing…especially DJ Arafat, he is something else…love the line up for the show