UGANDA: Finally Uganda to host its own first Hip Hop Awards.

23 August 2016

Uganda finally has its own Hip Hop awards just like any other Hip Hop industry around the world.The awards have been announced by the Tribe UG, a hip hop website run by two young entrepreneurial guys in Felix Byaruhanga and Mubanza Haggai.

The UG Hip-Hop Awards will serve to recognise the accomplishments of the Ugandan Recording Industry by celebrating groups and individuals who have excelled in the past year. The UG Hip-Hop Awards will be recognizing talent in 22 categories .

Byaruhanga, one of the organisers reiterates that the award entries are now open until 15th September 2016.
“During this time, artistes will be required to submit any details, audio and video material to qualify for nomination in one or more categories. After which, entries received are then screened for compliance with the relevant rules, and to check whether such entries are entered in the correct categories. The purpose of this process, known as vetting, is to ensure that each entry is eligible, in the right category and is not at risk of disqualification.

Here are the categories;

Male artist of the year

Female artist of the year

Rookie of the year

Inspirational song of the year

Song of the year

Collaboration of the Year

Rap Fusion of the Year

Video of the year

Best Producer

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

Hip-Hop Deejay of the year

Mixtape of the year

Hip-Hop media personality of the year

Sweet Sixteen

SPECIAL AWARDS

These categories are not open for entry. The appointed UG Hip-Hop Awards panel will nominate the recipients.

Lifetime Achiever

The Lifetime Achievement Award is awarded by UG Hip-Hop Awards to deserving Ugandan artists/performers and personalities who, during their careers, have made significant contributions of lasting impact to the Ugandan hip-hop industry.

Hustler of the year

This award will be awarded by UG Hip-Hop Awards to deserving Ugandan artists/performers that have had major endorsements or any other brand building achievements acquired through Hip-Hop such as album sales, merchandise, TV/radio shows, events, charity engagements, etc.

Keko said that this is a huge milestone for the Ugandan industry.

“The Ugandan hip-hop awards are a huge milestone for the Ugandan industry, not only for Ugandan rappers but its great initiative for the region as well and hopefully in the future we will be able to extend or have East African hip-hop artists to come up on board and grow the genre together. So I feel like it’s a new age right now.”