Upbeat Nigerian R&B sensation D’Banj, Kenyan underground hip hop king Jua Cali, Ghanaian Dancehall king Samini, Ugandan hip-hop ragga crowd pleaser, Chameleone, and HHP, South Africa’s hottest hip-hop MC, fly into Munich, Germany this week to participate in the 2007 MTV Europe Music Awards, which takes place at Munich’s OlympiaHalle Thursday 1st November. D’Banj, HHP, Samini, Jua Cali , are battling it out for the third Best African Act Award, which was won in 2005 by Nigeria’s 2-FACE and in 2006 by South Africa’s Freshlyground. Senegalese hip hop star Akon's album Konvicted is also nominated in the Album of the Year category.
Continuing their multidimensional view on broadcasting, this year’s awards will be shown simultaneously on TV and on the web through the MTV EMA website www.mtvema.com. Stay tuned!
