Childish Gambino Cancels MTV Woodies Performance Due To Fractured Foot
Publish by Caleb Rockwell, Mar 15, 2012 at three:00 am
through Billboard
Childish Gambino has been nominated for a MTV Woodie Award, and it is only fitting that a nominee of his caliber and talent would sign on to carry out at the indie awards display, proper? Nicely that was the situation, right up until Gambino and his camp announced that he would be withdrawing his overall performance for the night, due to an injury.
The actor/rapper has turned what would be the kick off to his “Camp Tour” into a disaster, when at a single of his a lot more latest exhibits in Atlanta caused a rather severe foot fracture. The rapper of program needed to be at his very best for the Woodies, which will take place in the course of the SXSW Festival– and his high vitality performances just wouldn’t be the exact same hobbling around.
Jay-Z and Kanye West West Up For Most mtvU Woodie Nominations Alongside Mac Miller
Post by Ian Wilkins, Feb ten, 2012 at 9:39 am
Mac Miller will go head-to-head with Jay-Z and Kanye West in this year’s Performing Woodie awards hosted by MTV. Miller’s dwell performances have been nominated due to his youthful enthusiasm, even though the ‘Watch the Throne’ creators are up for their hugely made ‘Watch The Throne’ tour.
The hip hop acts will be up against the Alabama Shakes, The Black Keys, Skrillex and Swedish Property Mafia for the award which recognizes bands for their function onstage. Both Skrillex and The Black Keys will contend with Miller in the Woodie of the 12 months category, as nicely as J. Cole and Frank Ocean who have each been nominated for the award.
West and Jay-Z’s record could earn an award in the EDM Effect category as a result of the sample the duo borrowed from English dubstep DJ Flux Pavillion to create ‘Who Gon End Me,’ but the song will have to beat out Rihanna and Calvin Harris’ operate on ‘We Identified Love’ as effectively as Avicii’s sample on Flo Rida’s ‘Good Feeling’ and Benny Benassi’s contribution to Chris Brown’s ‘Beautiful Individuals.’
A number of emerging hip hop acts could manage to pull in a Breaking Woodie, even though the competition will be stiff as the category contains a complete of 25 acts. Amongst the new hip hop performers up for the award are Iggy Azalea, Long term, A$ AP Rocky, Kendrick Lamar, Machine Gun Kelly, Meek Mill and numerous other people.
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