Oh, you didn’t know? Yes sir! The Malaysian Hip-Hop music scene can stand proud and loud as they now have an award show they can call their own. And on the 6th of December 2013, we were there, present at Laundry Bar at The Curve to experience the historic happening of the first EVER Malaysian Hip-Hop Awards show.
First of its kind, the Awards was organized by The MoveMint, a name that is synonymous to the Hip Hop scene here in Malaysia. Spearheaded By Jason Schadt or better known as Vandal, The MoveMint is a local record label and events company known for organizing community driven Hip-Hop events such as TYGS (Think You Got Skillz), the Beat Meet and Cypher Sundaze to name a few, while also being the name behind the first Malaysian based Online Hip-Hop radio – The Crib Show on www.aforadio.com.
Aimed at giving Hip-Hop the due recognition and acknowledgement, this year’s Awards encompassed 13 categories and 75 nominees and was judged by 13 known names from around the globe with the likes of Masia One, DJ Wristpect, Sheikh Haikel, Moonshyne Brown, BBoy Peanut, Matthew Mistery and Vandal himself among others. Categories of the awards includes the 6 elements of Hip-Hop; DJ, Producer, Beatboxer, BBoy, Graffiti and of course, Emcee.
“Sometimes you just got to do it! We’ve been thinking about doing these Awards, to recognize the Malaysian Hip-Hop community, for 2 years now and ever since we committed early September we dove head first and did it our best to ensure that the 1st Malaysian Hip Hop Awards happened and was a success. Although the event is independent, we managed to pull off an awesome event. What made it more rewarding was the fact that everyone in the scene was happy and had fun!” shared Vandal on the objective of the event.
“Having spent my high school days in a small town about 3 hours from the capital, the Kuala Lumpur Hip Hop community was something I have always wanted to be a part of. 10 years down the road, I’m here and have watched the scene grow in so many ways; the effort taken by MYHHA to recognize Malaysian hip hop and its talents is something we should appreciate and be proud of. MYHHA was definitely one of the highlights of my year and winning the Best Solo Artist of the Year award only motivated me further to work harder in making more music for Malaysian hip hop. After all, this win right here is for Malaysian Hip Hop.” quoted winner of Best Solo Artist Category, Tactmatic.
Big wins of the night were from the untouchable PsychoUnit crew, with Sheezay taking home ‘Music Video of the Year’ as well as ‘Song of the Year’ while the very impressive femcee RubbaBend bagged the ‘Best New Artist of the Year’ award.
Hosted by Reefa, the event also saw crowd rocking live performances by Altimet, XXII and BeatNation, the Malaysian BeatBox association. The event was also supported by Bite Media Global, Saintz & Sinnerz, Aforadio, Laundry Bar and Cheese Design. Check out the drop below for pictures from the event.
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