Male Artiste of the Year
Here are the biography's of this years nominees
1Lawdgad
LawdGad – The Emerging Dancehall Artist In The UK era
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LawdGad is a Dancehall artist from St Thomas Jamaica, currently residing in the beautiful city of Birmingham UK.
His smooth delivery and witty punchlines give his music an spontaneous vibe and conscious feel.
At an early age, LawdGad had a deep love and passion for music. Growing up, he was heavily inspired by Dancehall/reggae, Hip Hop, Rnb, and Soul and to name some of the artists that inspired him. Vybz kartel, Alkaline, Intence, popcaan, and skillibeng are some of the names at the very top of the list .
Big Zeeks
Hailing from the heart of Harlesden, North West London, “The Fresh Prince of Harlesden” aka “BIG ZEEKS” is an independent, universal dancehall lyrists, who is an undisputed, talented artist whom consistently sets the bar high with continuous growth and versatility.
Firmly cementing his place as a pivotal figure within UK dancehall music with hits: #Happy, YO, It’s a lot of money, BIG ZEEKS has built much of his notoriety by building a cult following, bridging the gap between UK Rap and Jamaican Dancehall merged to create a sub-genre: UK Dancehall.
BIG ZEEKS has gained much of his notoriety by building a sound reputation working with some of the most critically acclaimed artists such as Dexta Daps, Chronic Law, Spice, Shenseea, Kranium, Rygin King and WSTRN (to name a few).
His roaring talent has allowed him to sell out his own headline shows, toured the world as a supporting act globally, and had the amazing opportunity of performing at various international festivals including Texas’ infamous festival SXSW. Not only is Big Zeeks building an organic following, he has managed to accumulate over 2,000,000 streams on Spotify alone with the continuity of numbers rising daily.
Dubbi
His music is tasteful, meaningful and upbeat. Marrying the harmony of Reggae to the uptempo rhythms of Dancehall, you have DUBBI.
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Born Marvin Lee Scott, DUBBI is from the Kingston 11 and 13 vicinity in Jamaica. He was inspired to pursue his dream in music; having been brought up in a household filled with joy. Chisholm Avenue which was one of the biggest Danchall area in Kingston Jamaica is where it all started. DUBBI had dreams of not only becoming a reggae star, but conforming as a song writer.
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Singer/songwriter DUBBI exudes talent. In an era where the music industry has a lot of tough competition, we admire how DUBBI strives to work his own way, bringing an invigorating take on music and producing some of his own lyrics.
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The power of social network has opened up the prominence posterns for DUBBI's career to take off.
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DUBBI has taken criticism positively- never letting them put him off his DREAMS. As he laughs in the face of his past, his future in music will be positive.
Bipolaaa876
​BIPOLAAA IS A CREATIVE DANCEHALL/ UK RAP ARTIST.
THE INCREDIBLE WORK ETHIC FROM THE ARTIST ALONG WITH THE AFFECTION FROM HE'S LISTENERS ALLOW'S HIM TO WRAPPED UP OVER A MILLION UNITS SOLD WORLD WIDE FROM HE'S FIRST EVER EP.
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INDEPENDENTLY, THE EP 4.4.13 WAS RELEASED BACK IN THE LATE SUMMER OF 2018 WITH SALES OF OVER 500K STREAMS IN JAPAN ALONE, 270K IN GERMANY AND ANOTHER 300K AROUND THE WORLDWIDE. AS A JAMAICAN BORN HE WAS RAISED IN THE UK SOUTH LONDON PECKHAM AREA FROM THE LATE 90's TO PRESENT TIME. BIPOLAAA WAS MORE INTO RECORDING RAP MUSIC AS TO THE INFLUENCE OF RAPPERS ALONG WITH THE STREET BUZZ. THE LIKES OF RECORDING DANCEHALL FOR BIPOLAAA WAS A LIGHT SHINING FROM THE HEAVEN'S SHOWING HIM THE WAY BACK TO HIS TRUE ROOTS, SO HE STARTED WRITING DANCEHALL MUSIC FROM PRISON.
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Brakka General
​​Brakka General began DJing back in 2005 and took time perfecting his talent until he linked with the big young Birmingham sound system X-TA-C 4x4. Through X-TA-C’s popular ‘Birmingveg mix show’ on Hot 92 FM radio, Brakka quickly became a popular lyricist in the UK and overseas. Brakka earned a lot of respect from other big and young artistes and recorded with Dancehall artists such as Bramma and the late Craig Dennis of Portmore Empire and got to work with producer, Hitmaker. Brakka general was voted best artist at the Passa Passa Music Awards ceremony in Birmingham 2008.
Brakka’s consistency and clever wordplay was also noticed in Europe and he was chosen as the only British DJ to support Bounty Killer on the Alliance tour in Switzerland, with Bounty Killer, Future Fambo, Einstein, Angel Doolas and Buddha Monk of the Legendary Hip-Hop group Wu Tang Clan. Brakka has also performed along with Beenie Man, Stylo g,i octane, demarco,Tommy lee, Gappy ranks, Robert Lee, Echo Minott,Harry toddler, Ninjaman, chuck fender, Captain Barkley & Wickerman and has also been interviewed by BBC's One Extra. Brakka General is a versatile and intelligent DJ who continues to improve both in the studio and on stage and with his determination and consistency is destined to make a big mark in the Dancehall world.
Featured biggest hit with the Peckings label with a song, entitled live across the road that was released in 2017 to the vpal record label.
What is in Ghana 2014 and performed at the Accra sports stadium with Stonebwoy, Shotta wale, stylo G and Gappy Ranks in a UK and Ghana Dancehall showcase
Scubba Bling
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Shanti Force
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