Awards
Flo Rida To Open The 2009 AVN Adult Movie Awards
Flo Rida will be performing at the 2009 AVN Adult Movie Awards on January 10, 2009 at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas. The Grammy-nominated artist will open the show, co-hosted by Belladonna and Jenna Haze, which is now in its 26th year.
“We’re extremely pleased that Flo Rida will be performing at this year’s show,” said Paul Fishbein, president of AVN Publications. “Since we started the Awards in 1983, the goal has been to make it as exciting and entertaining as any of the mainstream Hollywood awards shows; I think with adding a performance by Flo Rida to the mix you can see that we’re making good on our vision.” Check out details at avnawards.com.
Kanye West Wins First Two AMAs
Kanye West won the first two American Music Awards of his career on Sunday night in Los Angeles, but the rapper said afterwards he would give one of them away to fellow nominee, Lil Wayne. “If it was last year, this would have been my award,” he said of the favorite male rap/hip-hop category. “This year, it’s Wayne’s award. We’ll see what happens next year.” Earlier, West won for favorite rap/hip-hop album with ‘Graduation’. Check out more details from Reuters.
RapReviews Doles Out Year End Honors
Contributed by AdamBernard:
The entire staff over at RapReviews.com has posted up their year end top ten lists. You can check them out at: RapReviews.com.
Elliott, Aguilera Lead MVPA Nominations
Billboard.com reports that with six nods each, Missy Elliott’s ‘Pass That Dutch’ and Christina Aguilera’s ‘Fighter’ are the top nominees for the 2004 Music Video Production Association (MVPA) Awards. The 13th annual MVPA Awards show will take place May 20th at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles.
50 Cent Wins Brit Award
50 Cent took home Best International Breakthrough Artist at Tuesday night’s Brit Awards in London and also performed at the event.
Forget The Grammys, Keep It Street
Contributed Anonymously:
New York’s biggest hip-hop station, Hot97, had a real hip hop award in which the winners where chosen by hip hop fans in New York. With over a million votes, the ‘Grimey Awards’ were a huge success and the person who was shunned by the Grammys, 50 Cent, is the biggest winner. Chosen by people who really matter, hip hop fans. Results at hot97.com have since been removed.
Nelly Wins Soul Train’s Entertainer Of The Year
Nelly took home the Sammy Davis Jr. Entertainer of the Year Award at last night’s Soul Train Music Awards in Pasadena. “We’ve only being doing this a short amount of time, and you don’t think you’ll be receiving awards like that so early on in your career,” Nelly said. CNN.com has since removed the video.
Eve Comments On Grammy Win
Flo Anthony spoke with Eve following her Grammy win for ‘Let Me Blow Ya Mind’ in the Best rap/Song Collaboration category. The rapper said, “I am so honored, especially since Gwen and I had a ball making this record.” Eve will be returning to the studio this month to record her third album. Look for the first single in June. FloAnthony.com has since been shut down.
Ja Rule Wins Best Rap Artist
Ja Rule was the big winner at the World Music Awards in Monaco on Wednesday in the ’Best Rap Artist’ category, making him the only rap artist to win an award. For photos from the event that also included Enrique Iglesias, Alicia Keys, Shaggy, and host Jennifer Love Hewitt, check out WireImage.com.
Grammy Winning Stankonia Almost Never Dropped
Outkast’s manager, Michael ‘Big Blue’ Williams has revealed that the duo’s Grammy winning album ‘Stankonia’ almost was never produced. Williams said, “The problem with this project became that Dre got bored with rap. That’s when we all got nervous.” Andre Benjamin says his boredom actually helped to make Stankonia such a pioneering LP: “It sounds funny, but I was almost trying to make an un-hip-hop album.”
