Meddy ni umuhanzi nyarwanda umaze imyaka myinshi muri muzika gusa kuri ubu akaba abarizwa muri Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika. Kuri ubu rero inkuru nshya iri kumuvugwaho ni uko yatoranyijwe mu bahanzi bahatanira ibihembo mpuzamahanga MTV Africa Music Awads bigenerwa abahanzi bahize abandi muri Afurika.
Muri ibi bihembo ubusanzwe byubashywe ku mugabane wa Afurika, Meddy icyiciro arimo ahanganye n’abandi bahanzi benshi barimo Kiss Daniel umunya Nigeria wigeze no kuza mu Rwanda, Bebe Cool uzwi cyane muri muzika ya Uganda kimwe n’abandi bari guhatanira igihembo cy’icyiciro bahuriyemo cya ‘Listener’s Choice Awards’.
Ibihembo bya MTV AMA byatangiye gutangwa mu mwaka wa 2008, kuri iyi nshuro ibi bihembo bigiye gutangwa mu birori biteganyijwe tariki 22 Ukwakira 2016, aho Meddy umunyarwanda umwe rukumbi uri mu bahatanira ibi bihembo nawe biteganyijwe ko azabona umusaruro w’irushanwa.
REBA URUTONDE RWOSE RW’ABAHATANIRA IBI BIHEMBO:
ARTIST OF THE YEAR
• Black Coffee (South Africa)
• Diamond (Tanzania)
• Sauti Sol (Kenya)
• Wizkid (Nigeria)
• Yemi Alade (Nigeria)
BEST FEMALE
• Josey (Ivory Coast)
• Mz Vee (Ghana)
• Tiwa Savage (Nigeria)
• Vanessa Mdee (Tanzania)
• Yemi Alade (Nigeria)
BEST BREAKTHROUGH
• Babes Wodumo (South Africa)
• Emtee (South Africa)
• Falz (Nigeria)
• Franko (Cameroon)
• Nasty C (South Africa)
• Nathi (South Africa)
• Raymond (Tanzania)
• Simi (Nigeria)
• Tekno (Nigeria)
BEST FRANCOPHONE
• Franko (Cameroon)
• J-Rio (Gabon)
• Magasco (Cameroon)
• Serge Beynaud (Ivory Coast)
• Toofan (Togo)
LISTENER’S CHOICE
• Adiouza (Senegal)
• Bebe Cool (Uganda)
• Burna Boy (Nigeria)
• Den G (Liberia)
• EL (Ghana)
• Jah Prayzah (Zimbabwe)
• Jay Rox (Zambia)
• Kansoul (Kenya)
• Kiss Daniel (Nigeria)
• Lij Michael (Ethiopia)
• LXG (Sierra Leone)
• Meddy (Rwanda)
• Messias Marioca (Mozambique)
• Prince Kaybee (South Africa)
• Reda Taliani (Algeria)
• Saad Lamjarred (Morocco)
• Sabri Mosbah (Tunisia)
• Sidiki Diabate (Mali)
• Tamer Hosny (Egypt)
• The Dogg (Namibia)
• Yamoto Band (Tanzania)
SONG OF THE YEAR IN PARTNERSHIP WITH GOOGLE
• “Shaktibobo” – Olamide (Nigeria)
• “Reggae Blues” – Harrysongz feat Olamide, Kcee & Iyanya, Orezi (Nigeria)
• “My Woman, My Everything” – Patoranking feat. Wande Coal (Nigeria)
• “Godwin” – Korede Bello (Nigeria)
• “Ngud” – Kwesta feat. Cassper (South Africa)
• “Roll Up Re-Up” – Emtee feat. Wizkid and AKA (South Africa/Nigeria)
• “Soweto Baby” – DJ Maphorisa feat. Wizkid (South Africa/Nigeria)
• “Baddest” – AKA feat. Burna Boy, Khuli Chana, Yanga (South Africa/Nigeria)
• “Wololo” – Babes Wodumo feat. Mampintsha (South Africa)
• “Coller la Petite“ – Franko (Cameroon)
• “Unconditionally bae” – Sauti Sol feat. Alikiba (Kenya/Tanzania)
VIDEO OF THE YEAR
• “Jump” – Anatii & Cassper feat. Nasty C (South Africa); Director: Kyle Lewis
• “Caviar Dreams” – AL Bairre & PhFAT (South Africa); Director: Daniel Levi
• “If I Start to Talk” – Tiwa Savage feat. Dr Sid (South Africa); Director: Clarence Peters
• “Kisasi Kumi” – Sheeba (Uganda) – Director: Sasha Vybz
• “Niquer Ma Vie“ – Youssoupha (Congo) – Director: Antony Abdelli & Jose Eon
BEST HIP HOP
• Olamide (Nigeria)
• Kiff No Beat(Ivory Coast)
• Ycee(Nigeria)
• Emtee(South Africa)
• Ricky Rick(South Africa)
BEST COLLABORATION
• Patoranking ft. Sarkodie – No Kissing
• Sauti Sol ft. Alikiba – Unconditionally Bae
• AkA ft. Burna Boy,Khuli Chana & Yanga – Baddest
• Dj Maphorsia ft. Wizkid & Dj Buckz – Soweto Baby
• Nasty c ft. Davido & Cassper Nyovest – Juice Back Remix
BEST INTERNATIONAL ACT
• Drake
• Beyonce
• Adele
• Future
• Rihanna
BEST LUSOPHONE
• NGA
• Nelson Freitas
• C4 Pedro
• Lizha James
• Petro Show
BEST MALE
• Wizkid(Nigeria)
• AKA(South Africa)
• Patoranking(Nigeria)
• Black Coffee(South Africa)
• Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)
BEST LIVE ACT
• Flavour(Nigeria)
• Stonebwoy(Ghana)
• Cassper Nyovest(South Africa)
• Eddy Kenzo
• Mafikizolo(South Africa)
PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
• Linda Ikeji
• Wizkid
• Caster Semenya
• Pearl Thusi
• Pierre Emerick Aubameyang
BEST GROUP
• R2Bees(Ghana)
• Sauti Sol(Kenya)
• Toofan(Togo)
• Navy Kenzo (Tanzania)
• Mi Casa (South Africa)
BEST POP
• Tresor
• TiMO ODV.
• LCNVL
• Desmond & The Tutus
• kyle deutsch & shekhinah
Source : Inyarwanda
