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Performances at the 2014 MTV/Absolut Vodka MAMA awards, held on June 7 2014 at the ICC Durban South Africa, were delivered by music stars such as American singer Trey Songz, Tiwa Savage, Mifikizolo, Ice Prince, Dr SID, American French Montana, Don Jazzy, Phyno, and a host of other top talents from the African region.

Speaking after the show, Alex Okosi, Senior Vice President & Managing Director, Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) Africa, said: “Tonight’s MAMA 2014 was truly spectacular and a true testament to the passion, commitment and creativity of contemporary music, youth culture and achievement on the African continent.”

"We congratulate the winners, nominees and performers on a truly spectacular evening of entertainment. Through cultural events of this magnitude, we underline the stature of KwaZulu-Natal as a leading destination for tourism, economic development and cultural experiences."

THE WINNERS OF THE 2014 MTV AFRICA MUSIC AWARDS:

* Best Male: Davido (Nigeria)
* Best Female: Tiwa Savage (Nigeria)
* Best Group: Mafikizolo (South Africa)
* Best New Act: Stanley Enow (Cameroon)
* Best Live Act: Flavour (Nigeria)
* Best Collaboration: “Y-tjukutja” - Uhuru Ft. Oskido, DJ Bucks, Professor and Yuri Da Cunha (South Africa/Angola)
* Best Hip Hop: Sarkodie (Ghana)
* Best Alternative: Gangs of Ballet (South Africa)
* Best Francophone: Toofan (Togo)
* Best Lusophone: Anselmo Ralph (Angola)
* Artist of the Year: Davido (Nigeria)
* Song of the Year: “Khona” - Mafikizolo ft Uhuru (South Africa)
* Best Video: Clarence Peters (Nigeria)
* Best Pop: Goldfish (South Africa)
* Best International: Pharrell
* Personality of the Year:Lupita Nyong’o (Kenya)
* MTV Base Leadership Award: Ashish J. Thakkar (Tanzania)
* Transform Today Award by Absolut: Clarence Peters (Nigeria)

Gagasi FM, Yfm and Capricorn FM are the official radio partners of the 2014 MTV Africa Music Awards.

Copyright: MTV Base


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DAVIDO Again: Now He Loses On Both Sides!

To lose as a team might not put much pain on just anybody simply because the burden is shared in the team. However it poses very grave consequences when an individual loses, he bears all the pains. This is the situation that Nigeria's pop sensation Davido is going through right now. Just last weekend, news broke-out that Wizkid performed to almost an empty audience at a gig in Abuja. And yesterday the much anticipated "new official" video of hit song 'Skelewu' dropped. But to much dismay, the video didn't live up to its hype at all. Refreshing our memories, last week Davido condemned the supposed video of Skelewu shot by ace director Sesan, describing it "not up to standards" while assuring of a better video to be coordinated by UK based Nigerian director Moe Musa. Very unfortunately, assessing the new 'official' video is nothing but well below standards; even when compared the one directed by Sesan is way better than Moe Musa's. Acknowledging the factors responsible for this unfortunate situation that HKN is deeply immersed in, particularly its hunchman Davido, one major indicator to all these could be tagged as "sheer foolishness of an artiste - the over dependent on money". Yes. Really if it wasn't for the strong financial backup he's enjoying from his rich dad, we wouldn't have given recognition to who Davido is till this moment. No wonder he wasn't mong the 'Top 10 List of Bankable Nigerian Artistes' released by Forbes Africa last month. Clearly Davido has shown how it is true that - though money could motivate but it is not a great influence to achieving genuine creativity. In-born natural talent is obviously different from mere ability. What 'Omo Baba Olowo' should understand is one cannot rubbish the craftwork of a genius and get away with it - it is the law of karma! And I'm sure ace director Sesan would be smiling right now after the ridiculous Skelewu video shot by Moe Musa (a video which couldn't reveal atleast a 45secs of Skelewu dance steps). If I were to anayse the video, it would definitely take a stretch, so I would leave that to you the readers to watch and bear your thoughts on it. Download the Moe Musa version of Skelewu video here: http://goo.gl/Uo2aqH Now he loses on both ends - an unstable balance with creativity, as well as votes of no confidence in him by numerous fans. Sure he's feeling the heat at this moment and cannot blame anybody for his downturn but flawless stupidity!

BREAKING: DAVIDO Must Be Really Stupid - Insider!

Being one of many Nigerian artistes who are admired in the music industry is really not an excuse for floppy behaviour. How would one explain the current situation rumbling the HKN music label...

Barely 48hours after the controversial release of Davido's much anticipated video of hit single "Skelewu", the audience are far from being satisfied with the video. Apparently, the public felt the video deserved more creative input than what was portrayed hence the heap of negative comments on social media platform twitter. Discontented with the outpour of unfair comments, Davido swiftly tried to put the issue into perspective by putting some tweets out (which could have been appropriately one by his publicist). In his tweets, he denied any knowledge of the "skelewu" video release as well as the whole creative shoot. What's more, he pointed accusing fingers to an unidentified person who he (Davido) accused of being selfish and impatient to have released the video so sudden unofficially. More shocking is Davido's discreditation of ace video director Sesan who coordinated the video contents. His (Davido's) public ridicule of Sesan is more stupid than seemingly a smart move. For the fact that the released video outlayed the official consent names of HKN, DAVIDO, and SESAN (as Video Director), his statement that the 'official' skelewu video would be done by MOE MUSA not Sesan could be nothing but an unfortunate move. While he thinks he has the cash to doll around, he might just be as foolish as most people perceive. One question that is quite begging for an urgent answer is, was Davido not aware during the video editing that some scenes in the video obvioisly needed more visual stability? Discrediting a video director who has worked with some of the best Nigerian artistes (D'Banj, defunct Mo'Hits crew) isn't a pleasant one after the post-production. While we wait for the supposed "official" video to be directed by Moe Musa, atleast for now the released (or still the leaked) version is not enjoying fans expectation. Anyways, if you wish to download the 'leaked' video of skelewu, click the link: http://goo.gl/YXofIW