Online Urban Awards Give Fans the Power to Voice Their Choice for their Hip-Hop Favorites in 30 Categories, Including Artists, Music, Community and Best of the Web
Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, Jay Z and Kanye Lead the Pack with Multiple Nominations
Final Voting Open Through November 20 at http://www.onlinehiphopawards.com
New York, New York - October 27, 2008 - The Online Hip-Hop Awards 2008, a multi-media, "people's choice" awards ceremony that honors the best and most innovative in Hip-Hop, announced today its nominations in 30 Categories as determined by the fans. The awards have just opened the final voting process which runs until November 20, 2008 giving fans the power to cast their vote and ultimately determine the winner for their favorites in Hip-Hop in a broad spectrum of 30 categories, including music, celebrity, best of the web and community at http://www.onlinehiphopawards.com.
Presented by SOHH.com, the web's largest hip-hop community, The Online Hip-Hop Awards 2008 has been widely embraced by fans who raced to the site to nominate and virally support their favorite artists, music, videos, bloggers, websites, web stars and more. The event received over 80,000 nomination submissions from September 15 - October 19 and super-stars such as Diddy, Kanye West and Souljaboy have taken to the web campaigning for votes in the hopes of taking home the coveted award. Passionate fans have also been helping promote and gain support for nominees with over 68,000 OHHA widgets embedded to date.
Regarding his nominations in six categories Soulja Boy commented:
"At first I thought y'all forgot about me. I am honored and look forward to taking something home with me!"
-Soulja Boy [Nominee Album of the Year, Artist of the Year, King of the Net, Digital Download of the Year, Off the Hook Award
Regarding his nomination Diddy said:
"Your boy has been nominated for an Online Hip-Hop Award. I've been nominated 'King of the Net.' It's crazy. Thank you to everybody that has logged on to the Diddy blogs, Diddy TV and my Myspace page, Diddy.com. I'm always online. I walk around with my [laptop]. You know, it's king of the net."
-Diddy [Nominee King of The Net ]
"Initially it would seem like the truest nomination because it's literally the people voting for you. It's just the people going on the internet saying they down with me and my music. It's got nothing to do with record sales or radio play. It's just the people. And that's really who you make music for."
-Bun B. [Nominee for Album of Year and Music Video Of the Year]
OHHA Finalists
ARTISTS/ CELEB CATEGORIES
Album of the Year Award(Hip-Hop)
Jay-Z //American Gangster
Plies // Definition of Real
Soulja Boy Tell Em // Souljaboytellem.com
Bun B // II Trill
Lil Wayne// The Carter III
Album of the Year Award (R&B)
Alicia Keys // As I Am
Chris Brown // Exclusive
Trey Songz // Trey Day
Danity Kane //Welcome to the Dollhouse
Ne-Yo // Year of Gentleman
Artist of the Year Award (Hip-Hop)
Jay-Z
Lil' Wayne
SouljaBoy
Kanye
50 Cent
Artist of the Year Award (R&B)
Ciara
Alicia Keys
Chris Brown
Trey Songz
Ne-Yo
Artist to Watch Award (Hip-Hop/R&B)
Ace Hood
Corey Guns
Wale
Jazmine Sullivan
Ryan Leslie
King of the Net Award
Soulja Boy
Diddy
50 Cent
Lil' Wayne
T.I.
Collabo of the Year Award
Plies, Ne-Yo // Bust It Baby
Estelle, Kanye // American Boy
T-Pain, Lil Wayne // Can't Beleive It
T.I., Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, & Kanye West // Swagger Like Us
Young Jeezy, Kanye West // Put On
Music Video of the Year Award
Kanye West // Good Morning
Lil' Wayne // Lollipop
Bun B // You're Everything
Lil Wayne, T-Pain // Got Money
Alicia Keys // Teenage Love Affair
Digital Download of the Year Award (Hip-Hop) Award
50 Cent // I Get Money
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em // Crank Dat
Lil Wayne // A Milli
Plies // Bust It Baby
T.I. // No Matter What
Digital Download of the Year Award (R&B)
B5 // Hydrolic
Trey Songz // Last Time
Day 26 // Got Me Going
Alicia Keys|Teenage Love Affair
Chris Brown // Kiss Kiss
Off the Hook Award (Hip-Hop)
Lil Wayne // A Millie
Soulja Boy // Donk
2 Pistols feat. T-Pain // She Got It
Lil Wayne // Lollipop
50 Cent // I Get Money
Off the Hook Award (R&B)
Ciara, T-Pain // Go Girl
Danity Kane // Damaged
Trey Songz // Can't Help But Wait
Usher // Love in the Club
The Dream, Young Jeezy // I Luv Your Girl
Air Waves DJ Award (terrestrial/satellite)
Dj Kahled
DJ Drama
DJ Whoo Kid
Funkmaster Flex
Big Boy
Mixtape DJ of the Year Award
DJ Thuglife
DJ E-Boogie
September 7th
DJ Drama
Me$$iah
WEB-BASED CATEGORIES
Music Lover Blog of the Year
This Is Hip Hop | http://kevinnottingham.com
Music On Play | http://www.musiconplay.net/
Keep It Trill | http://www.keepittrill.com
2dopeboyz.com | http://2dopeboyz.com
NahRight.com | http://nahright.com
Gossip Folks
MediaTakeout.com | http://mediatakeout.com
Bossip.com | http://bossip.com
ConcreteLoop.com | http://www.ConcreteLoop.com
The YBF.com | http://theybf.com
MissInfo.tv | http://www.missinfo.tv
Artist Website of the Year
"E" The R&B Hip-Hop Rockstar | www.thekartelnetwork.com
KanyeUniverseCity.com | http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com
ThisIs50.com | http://www.thisis50.com
Soulja Boy | www.sodmg.com
StreetCred.com | http://streetcred.com
Stan Site of the Year
SincerelyCiara.com | www.sincerelyciara.com
Ciara The Experience | http://ciarafanprofile.ning.com
KanyeLive.com | http://kanyelive.com
Soulja-Boy.us | http://www.soulja-boy.us
Trey-Songz.org | http://www.trey-songz.org
Come-Up Award
GLOK | www.myspace.com/blackmafiya
The Hip Hop Chronicle | www.thehiphopchronicle.com
This Is Hip Hop | http://kevinnottingham.com
Music On Play.com | www.musiconplay.com
Hip Hop Lives | http://www.hhlo.net
Blogger of the Year Award
Kevin Nottingham | http://kevinnottingham.com
Gyant | SOHH Atlanta | http://blogs.sohh.com/atlanta
Keep It Trill | http://www.keepittrill.com
Bossip.com | http://bossip.com
NahRight.com | http://nahright.com
Vlog of the Year Award
Dawn Richard Online | www.dawnrichardonline.com
The Real | www.ItsTheReal.com
Soulja Boy Tell 'Em | http://www.youtube.com/user/SouljaBoy
Ill Doctrine | www.illdoctrine.com/
Diddy TV | http://www.youtube.com/user/BadBoyRecords
Podcast Award
Mental Salvation Radio | www.blogtalkradio.com/mentalsalvation
HoodHype | http://www.hoodhype.com
Meet The Block | www.iauniversal.com
Gordon Gartrell Radio | http://www.gordongartrellradio.com/
Juan Epstein | http://www.rosenbergradio.com
COMMUNITY CATEGORY
Web Star of the Year Award
Astronaunt Rich | www.myspace.com/richierichsod
Gambino | www.myspace.com/lafamilliaentertainment
DULA-MITE | www.myspace.com/dulamite
ALorious| www.myspace.com/alorious
Prince Justin | www.myspace.com/justinhostos
I Should Be A Hip-Hop Video Director Award
JON JON | www.myspace.com/shutupandshootit
Joy Daily | www.myspace.com/JoyDaily
Giuseppe Palumbo | http://www.myspace.com/peppe
Crystal C Owens| http://www.youtube.com/user/crystalcowens
I'm Hip-Hop's Biggest Fan Award
youngmecca | www.myspace.com/youngmecca
ill Will | http://myspace.com/illwill333
Kendra | www.youtube.com/kenney8
igottawin2323 | www.myspace.com/therealbdone
I Should be a Hip-Hop Dancer Award
Alexis | www.myspace.com/southsideceleberty
mocka | http://www.myspace.com/mockadotbeffa
Tawanda | www.myspace.com/derriyon01
Romeonthethrown | www.youtube.com/RomellleXFuture
I Should be a Hip-Hop Producer Award
Q-Rock | www.pmpworldwide.com/q-rock2005
ryan "RT" tedder | http://www.youtube.com/user/RyanTedder412
"Dirty" of Dirty District Productions | http://www.myspace.com/dirtydistrictproductions
Big Wyllz Kadillak Musik | http://www.myspace.com/kadillakmusik
Tone | http://www.myspace.com/collabo4beats
I Should be a Rap Star Award
Astronaunt Rich | www.myspace.com/richierichsod
DULA-MITE | www.myspace.com/dulamite
Kese Soprano | http://www.myspace.com/kesesoprano
Roadogg | www.myspace.com/ali_roadogg
R-SIDE | http://morethanmuziconline.com
I Should be a Video Model Award
M. Benz | www.myspace.com/ticiachina
Kristinashante | http://www.myspace.com/kristinashante
Kialana | http://www.myspace.com/kialanadiamond
Sasha Alexandria | www.myspace.com/sashaalexandra85
Morgan Ford | http://www.myspace.com/MORGANLOVESB
LMAO Award
Lil Duva | http://lilduvalonline.com
Diddy | http://www.diddy.com
Shake | http://2dopeboyz.com
Peter Rosenberg | www.rosenbergradio.com/rosenberg-video
Tha Real | http://www.itsthereal.com
Fans will be able to submit their final votes in all 30 categories through November 20 at which point one (1) winner from each category will then be announced and take home the Online Hip-Hop Award. Winners will be simulcast live on the internet this November from the Award ceremony featuring presentations and performances by hip-hop's hottest stars. For the full list of finalists and to place your vote, please visit http://www.onlinehiphopawards.com.
About The Online Hip-Hop Award
Launched in 1997, The Online Hip-Hop Awards is the premier awards event that gives fans the power to nominate and vote for their favorites in Hip-Hop in a broad spectrum categories, including music, celebrity, best of the web and community. Ten weeks of online voting culminates in a live event that celebrates the winners and hip-hop's hottest stars. The Online Hip-Hop Awards have featured past celebrities including LL Cool J, Jay-Z, Busta Rhymes, Wyclef, Grandmaster Flash and Mos Def. The Online Hip-Hop Awards are executive-produced by 4CONTROL Media Inc, founders of SoHH.com.
About SOHH.com
In 1995, SOHH.com was founded to satisfy the demand for a Hip-Hop community online. Today, with over 5,500,000 visitors each month, SOHH is the web's largest and longest running urban/hip-hop community. SOHH.com is rated "the Best Overall Hip-Hop Site" by Rolling Stone magazine and is the highest ranked Hip-Hop teen portal according to the premier internet ratings website, ComScore. Recognized as the preeminent online hip-hop resource, SoHH.com has been featured across the media including CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, The Associated Press, The LA Times, The Village Voice, The Boston Globe, The Toronto Star, The NY Daily News, The Washington Post, USA Today, Black Enterprise, Entrepreneur Magazine, BusinessWeek, TMZ.com, Gawker, BET.com and PerezHilton.com.
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For more information about the Online Hip Hop Awards contact:
Theda Sandiford
917-627-9342
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