2010 BET Awards

The BET Awards were established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate African Americans and other minorities in music, acting, sports, and other fields of entertainment over the past year. The awards are presented annually and broadcast live on BET. BET commissioned Artist/Sculptor and Hip Hop culture icon Carlos Mare139 Rodriguez to design the Award sculpture.

It was announced on Tuesday, May 18, that Queen Latifah would host the tenth-anniversary awards. It was also announced the two new categories were added to the list of categories, "Best Movie" and the "Young Stars Award". Also, Janet Jackson will be making her return performance to BET at the Awards. The ceremony will air live on Sunday, June 27 at 8 / 7c. Our own P-Square and M.I were nominated in the Best International Act category. Currently P-Square leads the pack with 35% of the votes followed by M.I with 22% keep voting for our own. To vote click here

2010 BET Awards Nominees

Best International Act
Kojo Antwi (Ghana)
Chipmunk (UK)
Dizzee Rascal (UK)
Estelle (UK)
Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) (South Africa)
K’NAAN (Somalia)
M.I. (Nigeria)
P-Square (Nigeria)
Corinne Bailey Rae (UK)
Sade (UK)

Best Female R&B Artist
Beyoncé
Mary J. Blige
Melanie Fiona
Alicia Keys
Rihanna

Best Male R&B Artist
Chris Brown
Raheem DeVaughn
Maxwell
Trey Songz
Usher

Best Gospel
The Anointed Pace Sisters
Kirk Franklin Presents Artists United For Haiti
Tamela Mann
Marvin Sapp
Vickie Winans

Best Female Hip Hop Artist
Ester Dean
Lil Kim
Nicki Minaj
Rasheeda
Trina

Best Male Hip Hop Artist
B.o.B.
Drake
Fabolous
Jay-Z
Ludacris

Best Group
Black Eyed Peas
Clipse
Diddy-Dirty Money
New Boyz
Young Money

Best New Artist
Justin Bieber
Melanie Fiona
Nicki Minaj
Wale
Young Money

Best Collaboration
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – Video Phone
B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars – Nothin’ On You
Drake & Trey Songz – Successful
Drake f/ Lil Wayne, Kanye West & Eminem – Forever
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – Say Aah

Video of the Year
Beyoncé f/ Lady Gaga – Video Phone
B.o.B. f/ Bruno Mars – Nothin’ On You
Melanie Fiona – It Kills Me
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind
Jay-Z, Rihanna & Kanye West – Run This Town

Video Director of the Year
Benny Boom
Gil Green
Anthony Mandler
Chris Robinson
Hype Williams

Best Actress
Taraji P. Henson
Regina King
Mo’Nique
Zoe Saldana
Gabourey Sidibe

Best Actor
Quinton Aaron
Don Cheadle
Idris Elba
Jamie Foxx
Denzel Washington

YoungStars Award
Selena Gomez
Lil JJ
Keke Palmer
Willow Smith
Tyler James Williams

Best Movie
Avatar
Law Abiding Citizen
Michael Jackson’s This Is It
Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire
The Blindside

Subway Sportswoman of the Year
Tamika Catchings
Vanessa James
Candace Parker
Serena Williams
Venus Williams

Subway Sportsman of the Year
Carmelo Anthony
Usain Bolt
Kobe Bryant
LeBron James
Tiger Woods

Viewers Choice Nominees
Beyoncé – Sweet Dreams
Jay-Z & Alicia Keys – Empire State of Mind
Monica – Everything To Me
Rihanna f/ Young Jeezy – Hard
Trey Songz f/ Fabolous – Say Aah
Young Money (Lil Wayne, Gudda Gudda, Nicki Minaj, Jae Millz, Drake, Tyga) f/ Lloyd – Bedrock

Centric Award
Melanie Fiona
Maxwell
Chrisette Michele
Monica
Sade

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The Nigerian Slumdog Millionaire?

The BBC documentary Welcome To Lagos, produced by KEO Films, shed light on the other side of this megacity, including places such as Olusosun, a rubbish dump where about 1000 scavengers work and live. It's first episode featured a certain Eric Obuh aka Vocal Slender 28, and an aspiring rap artist. Eric who grew up on the streets collects scrap from the dump and sells it in order to make money to record and promote his music. Not an easy task because whilst Nigeria’s music industry of today is bursting with homegrown talent and the biggest stars can afford to live in luxury, the competition is immense. When he is not working and living on the dump, Eric stays in Ajegunle, Lagos’ biggest ghetto where the careers of many big names including Daddy Showkey and African China started. In Ajegunle Eric struggles to make a name for himself as Vocal Slender performing at outdoor parties and trying to promote his music.



The Independent newspaper said “watching Eric slogging his guts out as a scavenger on the Olusosun rubbish dump in order to fund his music career couldn’t be anything but inspiring.” The Times agreed saying that “the lives followed were inspirational, not least because these poorest of the poor saw only opportunity,” and they continue to say: ”Remember the name: Vocal Slender. There won’t be a story to match it on tomorrow’s Britain’s Got Talent.” The Guardian remarked that Welcome To Lagos was a “celebration of Lagosians’ resourcefulness” while the New Statesman called it ”one of the most moving, interesting and uplifting programmes in years.”



Vocal Slender’s story fascinated many viewers, including many Nigerians in the UK who were inspired and touched by him and the other people featured. One of London’s biggest Nigerian promoters decided that he wanted to help Vocal Slender get the break he so deserved. So he made contact with him, flew to Lagos and offered to book him for an upcoming show: the Cokobar Music Festival, to be held at London’s indigO2 on bank holiday Monday, 31 May. The event already had a star-studded line-up, and now Vocal Slender had been added to this bill as a special guest. Eric was issued his first passport, the visa was arranged, the flights booked and Eric can now look forward to this amazing opportunity. Not only will it be his first performance abroad, he would also be sharing the stage with the highest calibre of Nigerian acts – from Lagos Wande Coal (“Bumper 2 Bumper”, “You Bad”), Dr Sid (“Something About You”), Bracket (“Yori Yori”) and DJ Zeez (“Fokasibe”), plus London-based JJC (“We Are Africans”) and Tilla Man (“Pu’Yanga”); not the sort of bill you could expect to see him on in Lagos at present. Whilst in London a professional music video for his single “Owo Yapa” is to be shot as well, (kindly financed by Cokobar) as having a good video is paramount in Nigeria’s music industry, and it will help him establish his name when he returns to Lagos. Right now Eric still works on the Olusosun rubbish dumb but this could be his chance to turn his dream of making it in the music industry into reality - and to become the Nigerian Slumdog Millionaire.

DaGrin Tribute

AKOGUN

I ''disvirgin'' dis site with my own tribute to DaGrin (Oladapo Olaitan Olanipekun)...Barack O'Grin 1987 - 2010...Undoubtedly the best rapper this past year in Nigeria. What BIG is to the East coast he is to Nigeria.

Education

DaGrin attended Rosemary Nursery and Primary School and Good Shepherd Nursery and Primary School. He completed his secondary school education at the Community High School, Egbado College. His several attempts to gain admission into Nigeria’s tertiary institutions hit the rock due to both financial and family issues. He however studied in a computer institution somewhere around Lagos State. He later decided to invest his time and effort in music since he loves doing music and writing lyrics with great passion.

Personal Life

Olaitan Oladapo was born into a polygamous family. Life was never rosy for him. His mother was the second of his fathers' three wives.

Musical Career

DaGrin was a recording artiste, songwriter, rapper and performer. Like any other artiste, the beginning was rough for DaGrin. His first album titled “Still On the matter” came and went without much impact in the music industry. He was never deterred by the ratings of his first album rather he was determined to make a lasting footprint in the music industry. The result of his hard work and persistence was his sophomore album titled "Chief Executive Omoita (C.E.O) and surely, it was a party banger. He was signed to his own label Missofunyin Entertainment and managed by Edlyne Records.

His imprint Mi So Fu Yin Entertainment was gradually taking shape; Dagrin had a performance in and out of Lagos every other week. Everybody wanted him on their album, mixtape, single… it didn’t matter; everybody just wanted a piece of Dagrin.

Just two days before the horrific accident that took away his life occurred; Dagrin was putting together his last song, Show Me the Money, for Lineo ‘Elepepe Master’. On April 14th, just a few hours before the accident, Dagrin paid a visit to the Hip Hop World office in Ikeja. The awards were drawing closer and with three nominations to his name, the hustler’s dream was finally coming true.

Collaboration and Duet

During his brief presence in Nigeria's music industry, DaGrin featured dozens of musicians including Kenny Saint Brown, 9ice, Oluwe, YQ Isolate and others within is short presence in Nigeria Hip-Pop scene. Dagrin is a three-time hip-pop awards nominee; he was nominated in the Album of the Year, Artist of the Year and Best Rap Album categories of the 2010 Hip-Hop World Awards.

Tribute
Dagrin u said
"i'll blow your mind"(pon pon pon) i know u did
but u also said "i'll give dem wat they want,kilo fe"(wat they want)
but u didnt wait to give us all what we wanted.
u said"eni wamiti;aniri ogun ibololo"(pon pon pon)
i believed u cos,u even thanked God
saying"modupe lowo olorun,nisin level me ti pure"(Thank God), and
"Omo olorun nimi,mo trip fun esu tesu ba ni package men omari iyanu jesu(Thank God)
i hope u lied when u said
"everytime ni mofa shepe and poli"Everyday
"igbo,shayo,ashewo,dis is how we are living"Make doe
"mo leruku bi fela"gboro
if u didnt lie i hope God forgives you (me sef no holi)since
"everyday mope jesu karakara"Everyday.
it must ave been the work of the enemies"aimoye aje aimoye osho"Everyday
but u begged them
asikowa re ejekalogba"Gboro
but only God knows wat happened since u even begged God
"emi gungun ni ko funmi,mi o fe emi kuru olorun suru"jimmy jump off
"yes lord dnt let me cry dnt let me die"ghetto dreams
Olorun jo majeki awo faya Thank God
but who am i to help u drag the case wit God? u sef don talk am say
"Ema da olorun lebi u know who we be,
olorun wapade me,
magbagbe mi,
fona yemi
iwoni Aliaye mi"Turn me around
Da grin
Aka Ceo
Aka 2much
Aka green face
Aka fimilejoAka young thug
Aka lyrical trouble
Aka lyrical wereAka Emini omo na
Aka Misofunyin
Aka Omo 9jaAka Omo yoba
Aka Omo Ogun
R.I.P Dapo Olaitan Olaonipekun we love you but God loves you more.MAY YOUR GENTLE SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE