In case you missed it, the very first Folks’s Hip Hop Awards occurred final Sunday evening on the Cannon Middle for Performing Arts in Memphis, even after a key sponsor unexpectedly backed out of the mission.
Tbh it’s not straightforward taking up such an enormous endeavor particularly after shedding a significant companion.
Initially introduced earlier this 12 months as a collaboration between the For Us By Us community and Telecast Media Group, the present confronted a setback when FUBU dropped out for causes that haven’t but been disclosed. Nonetheless, Telecast Media Group CEO Mike Dockery pushed ahead to verify the occasion occurred.
“We didn’t wish to let the folks down,” mentioned Roxie Nunnally of 4D Advertising and marketing, one other lead sponsor for the awards. “I principally go on the west coast, east coast to different large award reveals, so I’m excited that I will be right here in my hometown and have the ability to take part in such a robust occasion.”
The evening curiously was hosted by actor Omar Gooding alongside singer Lil’ Rounds, with dwell performances that included Memphis native Large Boogie and Atlanta’s personal Princess of Crime Mob.
Appears like Omar Gooding is getting booked in spite of everything regardless of what Cam’Ron not too long ago mentioned of their ongoing points. We definitely received’t name it beef. Not that severe in our opinion.
Anywho, regardless of the challenges, the debut of the Folks’s Hip Hop Awards nonetheless delivered a celebration of tradition, music, and neighborhood within the coronary heart of Memphis.
