The maiden edition of the 4syte Hip-Hop Awards was launched at the Silver Lounge in Accra last Wednesday at a star-studded ceremony.
The awards ceremony is slated for July and the launch was attended by renowned industry players including J-Town, Okyeame Kwame, Richie Mensah, Scientific, and Ignace Hego, Chief Executive of 4Syte.
Hosts of 4syte TV, Jeremie and Jay Foli, were MCs for the launch that saw organizers explaining that the event was aimed at celebrating Hip Hop across the African continent. There are 19 categories.
“Our approach to nominations can be compared to the MAMAs or the Channel O Music Video Awards among others.
Each category represents a combination of both Ghana’s finest Hiphop talent and a cross-section of that of Africa well.
Nominations would include Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Angola amongst others,” organizers noted.
4syte is well-recognized for rewarding winners with most creatively crafted award pieces.
A statement issued by the organizers noted: “We believe that Hiplife evolved from Hiphop and aspire to use the award to leave an indelible market not only in Ghana but Africa’s Hiphop industry at large.
“Hiplife played a vital role in educating Ghanaians on the fundamentals of Hiphop.
4syte will like to tip its hat off to Reggie Rockstone for pioneering the Hiplife movement.
Legends like Reggie Rockstone, NFL, and Talking Drums paved the way towards making Hiphop acceptable to the Ghanaian culture.”
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it”s good we got this in Gh now but i think it”s should be strictly for Gh ARTISTE IF NOT THE FIRST EDITION GOT TO BE..plus i don”t know if u got to have a video b4 u can be nominated all this details needs to be given to the artiste and lovers of Hip-hop b4 the d-day of the awards
i think more of the mainstream artiste we already know in the system like kwaw kesse,edem,d-black,trigmatic and many more should not be nominated it will make it easier for them to win cus they are more popular than many of the hiphop artiste like j-town,scientific,c-real,stargo,swag society,greenfield,killah vel,manifest and many more underground or should i say rappers with talents that GH is sleeping on