Top Nigerian female singer, Omawumi Megbele and rapper, Jude 'M.I' Abaga have been announced as hosts for the 7th edition of TheHeadies; Nigeria's biggest music honours event.
Announcing this yesterday, executive producer Ayo Animashaun said the pair have been selected in line with the awards' tradition of picking talented and inspiring entertainers, to front an awards ceremony that parades some of the continent's biggest entertainers.
Omawumi, 30, came second on West Africa Idol, in 2007. Her success on that show provided a strong foundation for her career, and she hasn't looked back for a minute. With her debut single ‘In the music' released in 2008, she established herself as a talent to court, and a singer whose eyes are on the global stage.
The success of that single, won her the coveted 'Next Rated' prize at The Headies in 2009. The award came with a brand new KIA Optima. Omawumi has moved on to become a remarkably successful singer, actor, performer and philanthropist.
For M.I, he has risen from grass to grace, in just about half a decade. And, from a Jos-bred wannabe, who worked hard to find a niche in the hip hop community, M.I has now become the leading rapper and hip hop ambassador on the continent, with many medals to show for his achievements.
The Chocolate City rapper is a multiple winner at TheHeadies, with his prizes including Best Rap Album and Revelation of the year (both in 2009). He has won a total of 9 Headies, starting from his first surprise win in 2008.
Both acts have already been getting together, sharing ideas and fine-tuning concepts, along with The Headies producers, in anticipation of a great show this year.
The Headies 2012 will hold at the Eko Hotel and Suites on Saturday October 20. Now in its seventh year, The Headies (also known as Hip Hop World Awards) is Nigeria's premiere honours event for urbane music and hip hop culture.
Produced and presented to match some of the biggest awards shows from around the world, The Headies annually celebrate deserving Nigerian music stars, giving honour to whom it is due, and encouraging many to step up their game in order to enter The prestigious Headies alumni.
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Smat | 8/14/2012 6:21:59 AMNice one guys this is just your staring point, keep the flag fying.
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mmaluv | 8/14/2012 7:02:02 AMWt God on ursid, u will go more dan Whr u can imagine
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Teema | 8/14/2012 11:41:41 AMYea mmaluv i agree wit u nd sky wil b ya guys limit.
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miss bii | 8/15/2012 12:12:42 AMi love them both kip d flag flyn,where is dat s****d lalalamd nd lolo
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Fuzzy | 8/15/2012 1:35:22 AMU both are ma best anytym anywher...dats a big honour..soar on darlings.
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Fuzzy | 8/15/2012 1:35:42 AMU both are ma best anytym anywher...dats a big honour..soar on darlings.
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gee ibrahim | 8/17/2012 11:33:05 AMchoclte city rep ...we bringing the headies dwn...
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abubakar usman ali | 8/25/2012 4:03:49 AMkeep doing ur thing boy,ur lyrics re sweeter than india
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endurance | 8/28/2012 1:57:16 AMWao m i is the best alive you can ever think of cos he is the best rapper in the whole of africa.oh i love him so much he is my role model
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Youngbill | 9/3/2012 1:04:13 PMM I i will bring you down n swell 2 God who mad me am going 2 end ur carreer believe me
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commodore | 9/17/2012 4:31:56 AMm.i is d best rapper nt only in africa bt in d world......so keep it up 4 mr incredible leaned guy
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prince | 9/19/2012 4:25:54 AMi need a gal 2 love who wil take care of mi
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johnne | 10/4/2012 5:37:57 AMi love oma,hate m.i.wona meet her in private.love you baby
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jozz | 10/4/2012 10:09:02 AMMi you are tha best in Africa num one none like you,may be I'll be the priest cos your tha king "soon gonna hear 4rm me 'it ya boy jozz love ya boiz
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Evi | 11/27/2012 6:05:19 PMBy :By :there doesn't have to be a day of reckoning. you can just have an eocnomy that grows at a slower rate than would be w/o deficits or stimulus. there are deficits around the world because of a massive financial crisis. budget deficits need to be brought under control but long term what needs to happen is that the national debt needs to stabilize. it doesn't need to go away.There doesn't have to be a day of reckoning but there will be if nothing is done with the current deficit levels and debt. We're around .9 debt/gdp ratio this year, and perhaps .8 or so after a recovery. That's a bad place to be either way. Healtcare makes things worse. Fighting multiple wars makes things worse. Government needs to cut spending AND raise taxes and I'm not convinced the political will exists to do it. The US, with its strong eocnomy can do some tricks inflation of the dollar transfers some of the burden to our creditors (causing us to lose some creditors). We're still the safe heaven investment choice when things go bad. We can artificially keep rates down longer. But we're slowly but surely blowing our reputation as being a country with a sound and conservative financial system (that we built up during the last century). There's no free lunch.the US 30 year is near 5%. there are no worries about the US. interest rates plunged during the crisis. some short-term debt briefly went negative. the market is not worried about the US paying anyone back. of course we can't run huge deficits.
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