THE HEADIES 2011

Award Ceremonies in Nigeria have become a ceremony of some sort and a lotta people have come to appreciate its existence. This is seen with the beautiful dresses, accessories and finesse by both ladies and gentlemen.

Anyways, the award in focus today is Headies also known as Hip Hop World Awards owned by Ayo Animashaun’s Smooth Promotions.

Over the years the Awards ceremony has grown bigger celebrating the Nigerian artiste, music producers, cinematographers and the likes of 

Mode 9, Tuface, P-Square, D’Banj, Don Jazzy have been big winners.

We have also seen Darey, D’Banj & Tana, Dakore & Basket Mouth, Banky W & Kemi Adetiba, and recently eLDee the Don & Rita Dominic share the stage as hosts of the event.

Well to cut the long story short, this year’s ceremony was held at the Eko Hotel and Suites and trust me, people came out to represent.

The red carpet had a lotta celebs granting interviews, the paparazzi were put to good use-a few acts wore what you’d remember for a long time; Ice Prince for instance was decked in complete traditional attire agbada, Dencia wore white gown that reminds me of a beautiful bride…

I enjoyed all the performances. Need I say some of them were great and some ok; Waje came with all of her, Tiwa Savage ad-libbed and danced well, our very own afro juju master Sir Shina Peters was on point, choc boi MI rocked the stage, Sound Sultan used the stage wella running to and fro with his lepas and orobos (comedienne Princess and actress gbogbo bigz girls)… by the way I rocked with SSP- ACE is a classic I bet you will agree *wink

Before I stop typing, I would like to say the essence of this ceremony is to reward these creative people.

Three big winners of the night however are Tuface (artiste of the year), eLDee walked away with $10,000 for 'best conscious music of the year' (One Day)-the category was supported by Toyin Subair while the toughest category ‘Next rated’ saw E.M.E’s Wizkid smile home with the award and Hyundai Sonata Car attached to the category.

Finally, I’d share some of the pictures I took with a few celebs on the red carpet and also give you a comprehensive list of all the winners.