The producers of the UG Hip-Hop Awards are pleased to announce the first ever awards ceremony celebrating and recognizing the Uganda’s hip-hop excellence.
The UG hip-hop awards are created with a purpose of the honoring the acts, individuals and brands who contribute to the enrichment of the genre through the different elements of hip-hop.
The UG hip-hop awards will be an annual ceremony with the first occasion slated to take place on 2nd December 2016. The awards have 22 Key categories and the various stakeholders are encouraged to visit The Tribe UG website to make submissions their work for consideration.
The submission will run from 16th August 2016 and close on 15th September 2016.
Nominate Your favourite HipHop artist here
Artists are encouraged to submit works released between 1st January 2015 and 30th June 2016. The successful top 5 nominees will be announced on 1st October 2016 via The Tribe UG website. Voting by the public will start on 2nd October 2016 and close on 20th November 2016.
All categories will be open for entry and voting to thepublic except the “Life time achievement” award and the “Hustler of the year”award.
THE UG HIP-HOP 2016 CATEGORIES
Song of the year
Video of the year
Album of the year
Male artist of the year
Female artist of the year
Inspiration song of the year
Rookie of the year
Collaboration of the year
Producer of the year
Diaspora Artist of the year
Eastern Uganda artist of the year
Northern Uganda artist of the year
Western Uganda artist of the year
Central Uganda artist of the year
Lyricist of the year
Hustler of the year
Rap Fusion of the year
Hip-Hop Deejay of the year
Mixtape of the year
Hip-Hop media personality of the year
Lifetime achievement award
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