JJC and Smokey of 419 Squad are amongst the celebrity guests invited to the
upcoming Hip-Hop World Awards to be held in Lagos, Nigeria, this Friday, 10
March 2006, 7pm until 11pm at the Shell Hall, Muson Centre, Onikan. The trip
comes almost a year after the last time JJC and Smokey visited their home
country, which was for the MTV base Africa launch in Abuja in April 2005
where they performed alongside Ludacris and 2Face. Says JJC: "The Hip Hop
World Awards are another great occasion for us to visit Nigeria. I am
thrilled that the Nigerian hip-hop industry finally has an Awards event they
deserve. So much has been happening in the last few years and this is a
great time to launch the Awards."

The Hip-Hop World Awards will be viewed by 40 million Nigerians nationwide
and 70 million television viewers across boarders. Artists of Nigerian
origin from all over the world, record label executives, DJs and many more
will attend. Amongst these celebrities are, from the UK, TY, JJC & Smokey
and the R70 crew, Seyi Sodimu from America, VIP from Ghana and from Nigeria
P-square, D'banj, Sasha, Kenny & D1 Ogungbe, KAS, OJB, Ruggedman, Jazz Man,
2Face, the Question Mark team and artists, TEEA, Basket Mouth and many more.
There will be live performances by JJC & Smokey, TY, D'banj and more. JJC
and Smokey will also present an award at the event. The host for the night
is Dare Art Alade.

The Red Carpet of the Awards will be broadcast live on AIT. Recorded
coverage will be televised after the event on all major media stations in
Nigeria (such as AIT, Silver Bird, and NTA), Ghana and South Africa, as well
as Channel O. The main print media in Nigeria will also be present at the
event, such as the national dailies the Punch, Guardian and Thisday
Newspaper.

Coming exactly ten years after Hip-Hop World Magazine first made it to the
stands, it was only a matter of time before the Hip-Hop World team took up
the challenge to put up an awards which will be revolutionary by industry
standards and would stand at par with awards from other great countries.
Ayo Animashaun, publisher of Hip-Hop World magazine, has promised that the
maiden edition of the Awards will show Nigerians that an
internationally-acclaimed event can be hosted in Nigeria and he believes it
will be known as one of the greatest milestones of the Nigerian
entertainment industry.

Hip-Hop World Magazine has maintained its position as the voice of the
Nigerian hip-hop scene for 10 years. Its pages have been graced with
interviews from superstars at home and abroad including Brenda Fassie, Akon,
Lágbájá, 50 Cent, Ginuwine, Wyclef, Joe, Femi Kuti, John Legend, Maryam
Makeba, Ludacris, JaRule, Chuck D, 2Face Idibia and Shaggy. With a decade of
experience in the industry, the Hip-Hop World Awards are finally here to
give credit to whom due and show appreciation for the tremendous growth of
the industry.

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