MMVA Nominees Announced

Much Music recently announced the nominees for the 2012 MMVAs. The awards show will take place on June 17th.

MuchVibe Hip Hop Video of the Year
A-Game – Cool Boyz (directed by Cazhmere)
Classified ft. Kato & Jim Cuddy – The Hangover (directed by The Hansen-MacDonald Brothers)
Drake ft. Lil Wayne & Tyga – The Motto (directed by Lamar Taylor & Hyghly Alleyne)
Harvey Stripes ft. Lloyd – Come On (directed by Cazhmere)
K’Naan ft. Nelly Furtado – Is Anybody Out There? (directed by Chris Robinson)

Other hip-hop-related nominees are below.

Video of the Year
Drake – Headlines
Hedley ft. P. Reign – Invincible

Post Production of the Year
Shaun Boothe – Let Me Go

Cinematographer of the Year
Hedley ft. P. Reign – Invincible

Director of the Year
RT! (Aleesia ft. Big Sean – Kiss It Bye Bye)
Marc André Debruyne (Danny Fernandes ft. Josh Ramsay & Belly – Hit Me Up)

Pop Video of the Year
Hedley ft. P. Reign – Invincible

MuchFACT Indie Video of the Year
Danny Fernandes ft. Josh Ramsay & Belly – Hit Me Up

International Video of the Year – Artist
David Guetta ft. Nicki Minaj – “Turn Me On”
Flo Rida – “Good Feeling”
Nicki Minaj – “Starships”
Pitbull ft. Ne-Yo , Afrojack & Nayer – “Give Me Everything”

International Video of the Year – Group
Bad Meets Evil ft. Bruno Mars – “Lighters”

International Video of the Year by a Canadian
Drake ft. Rihanna – Take Care

Most Streamed Video of the Year
Aleesia ft. Big Sean – “Kiss It Bye, Bye”
Cobra Starship ft. Mac Miller – “Middle Finger”
Danny Fernandes ft. Josh Ramsay & Belly – “Hit Me Up”
Hedley ft. P. Reign – “Invincible”
Jay-Z & Kanye West – “Otis”

UR Fave: Video
Drake – “Headlines”
Hedley ft. P. Reign – “Invincible”

UR Fave: Artist
Drake

Click here for a full list of the nominees.

Stylus Awards Pre Award Show Nominee Party – May 27 @ Mod Club

The 2012 Pioneer DJ Stylus Awards Pre Award Show Nominee Party
w/ SonReal, Shi Wisdom, Shaun Boothe, Rock Da House, Raz Fresco, Magnum, JRDN
Hosted by Rock Da House
Music by DJ Ritz

Sunday, May 27, 2012
The Mod Club (722 College St.)
Tickets: $15 advance | Play De Record
Doors: 9 PM | Show: 10 PM

Also presenting 4 Stylus Awards including: Underground Hip Hop DJ of the Year, Club MC of the Year, DJ Mixtape of the Year & College Radio Show of the Year.

2012 Stylus Award Nominations Announced

The nominations for the 7th annual Stylus Awards presented by Pioneer DJ have been announced. The event will take place on May 26th and will be hosted by comedian TRIXX. Tickets for the event can be purchased at ticketmaster.ca beginning on Monday. A few of the award nominations are listed below. Click here for full listing.

Fan Choice Club DJ of the Year presented by Pioneer DJ
4 Korners (Toronto)
Charlie Brown (Toronto)
Hedspin (Vancouver)
Lissa Monet (Toronto)
Wristpect (Toronto)
Keith Dean (Montreal)

Fan Choice Artist of the Year presented by Pioneer DJ
Anjulie
Drake
Kardinal Offishall
Karl Wolf
Melanie Fiona
The Weeknd

Canadian Hip Hop Single of the Year
A-Game – Oh My!
Classified – That Ain’t Classy
Drake ft. Tyga, Lil’ Wayne – The Motto
JD Era ft. Lokz – Change
Kardinal Offishall – Ignorant
P Reign – I Need It All
Reema Major – I’m The One
Rock Da House – For My City Remix

Canadian Producer of the Year
Arthur McArthur (Tyga – “Kings & Queens”)
Boi-1da (Drake – “Headlines”)
Cirkut (Rihanna – “You The One”)
Illangelo (Drake – “Crew Love”)
Noah “40” Shebib (DJ Khaled ft. Drake, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne – “I’m The One”)
T-Minus (Lil Wayne ft. Drake – “She Will”)

Toronto DJ of the Year
4 Korners
Charlie Brown
Jester
Lissa Monet
Ritz
Wristpect

Artist Mixtape of the Year
Ayah & DJ Jazzy Jeff – Back For More
Belly – The Greatest Dream I Never Had
Magnum – I’m G.O.O.D
Raz Fresco – MCMXCV
Reema Major – I Am Legend
Rich Kidd – We On Some Rich Kidd Sh*t Vol 5: Born To Win
Shaun Boothe – Waiting Room
Son Real – Where’s Waldo?
The Airplane Boys – Where’ve You Been
The Weeknd – House of Balloons

Underground Hip Hop DJ of the Year
Big Jacks (Toronto)
Dames Nellas (Toronto)
DJ Fase (Toronto)
DJ Law (Toronto)
DJ Sage (Vancouver)
Marvel (Vancouver)

Hall of Fame Inductees
Michie Mee (Artist)
DJ Bunny (Calgary) (DJ)

STS, Shaun Boothe, Crook & D-Bonez – March 2 @ The Rivoli


STS
w/ Shaun Boothe, Crook (Smash Brovaz) & D-Bonez

Hosted by Double X & DJ James Redi

Friday, March 2, 2012
The Rivoli (332 Queen St. W.)

Tickets: $20 at TicketWeb, Play De Record, Soundscapes & Moog Audio
Doors: 9 PM | Show: 10 PM
19+
Info: Facebook

Ambush Apparel will have a booth set up