Chameleone joins Bebe Cool for MAMA awards

Jul 04, 2015

Jose Chameleone is to tussle for the ‘Evolution Award’ in the upcoming MTV Africa Music Africa awards in Durban, SA, with some of the top African stars.

Jose Chameleone is to tussle for the ‘Evolution Award’ in the upcoming MTV Africa Music Africa awards in Durban, SA, with some of the top African stars.

The Evolution Award is a new category MTV Base Africa announced in a statement published on the MAMAs website.

The Award will honour musicians "who have made an indelible mark on African and global music culture, taken African music to new territories around the world, pushed boundaries of creativity, and shaped the soundscape of contemporary Africa," MTV Base Channel Director Tim Horwood said.

MTV Base also revealed that the winner of the Evolution Award will be decided by themselves and music fans, who can vote by either visiting the MAMAs website or using social media platforms such as Twitter and Instagram with the hashtag #Evolution followed by the name of the artist.

Bebe Cool is also a MAMA Award nominee for “Video Of The Year” category. 

Pressure for Uganda's two top artistes has never been this immense after Eddy Kenzo last week scooped a prestigious BET Award for ‘Viewer's Choice Best New International Artist .

The competition for the gong is stiff! Nominees are:

2Face (Nigeria)

Anselmo Ralph (Angola)

Asa (Nigeria)

Black Coffee (South Africa)

Chameleone (Uganda)

D’Banj (Nigeria)

Fally Ipupa (DRC)

HHP (South Africa)

P-Square (Nigeria)

Samini (Ghana)

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