2Face Wins Big At The Headies...Wins Three Awards
Africa’s finest, Innocent ‘2Face’ Idibia, emerged the biggest winner of the night at the recently concluded Headies (formerly known as Hip Hop World Awards). He went home with three plaques including the R&B/ Pop Album Of The Year, Album Of The Year and the much-coveted Artiste Of The Years.
In a night that will remain memorable for Nigerian music as the 6th edition of The Headies brought together the biggest names in the musical industry to celebrate urban musical excellence. The list of attendees reads like the who-is-who of Nigerian entertainment. The event, which was hosted by eLDee and Rita Dominic, was action packed with a lot of occurrences worth talking about.
2Face, in his characteristic jovial manner, had kept himself busy all night lighting the cigar of host eLDee as three plaques were given out to other artistes in categories in which he had been nominated. When he eventually won his first award of the night, he had the whole hall reeling with laughter when he with his remark. “I don look say if to say una no give me award, na to thief person own!” This set the tone for the rest of the night as not too long after receiving his first award for R&B/ Pop Album Of The Year, he was back on stage accompanied by Don Jazzy to pick up the award for ‘Artiste Of The Year’. Being the humble guy that he is, he infused some humor in his acceptance speech when he said ‘e be like say e don dey turn to ojoro o’.
It wasn’t all banter and cheap jabs however as he found time to address social issues and charge the people to action. In his own words, ‘Every time I travel, it seems like I’m time travelling. Travelling out is like travelling to the future and when I’m travelling back, it’s like I’m visiting the past. We sit down and keep complaining about things not working when we can get up and try to do something about making things work’.
In other related news, the 2Face concert 2Face Live In London: Buckwyld & Breathless is scheduled for November 6 2011 at the Indig02. Visit www.2faceuk.com for details and ticket reservations.
With more than two dozen major awards in his kitty including a plaque for Artiste Of The Year at the recently concluded Headies, the MAMAs (MTV Africa Music Awards) 2010, an African Artiste Of The Year at the 2006 EMAs (MTV Awards Europe) and a World Music Award for Best African Act, 2Face is about the most acknowledged artiste of his peers. The singer has four albums to his name and has worked and shared the stage with the biggest contemporary acts from around the world.
2Face’s latest single Chemical Reaction is out now and can be purchased from a music vendor near you.