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THE Zimbabwe Hip Hop Awards will be held on December 17 at 7Arts Theatre and organisers have stepped up preparations to make the fourth edition memorable.
According to the awards chairman Aldiran Harrison, various improvements have been put in place to guarantee transparency and the inclusion of artistes from all circles.
“The organising started two months ago and the response has been overwhelming. We have over 200 artistes that have submitted their work to us and entries are still coming through.
“Our focus has been on putting the word out and the response is evident that we are in the right direction,” said Harrison.
Artistes have been invited to submit their work at the organisers’ offices in Chisipite while an online platform has been made available for artistes who are unable to submit physical copies.
“We had previously set November 15 as the deadline for submissions but we have since moved it to 22 November. We have made Facebook the main platform for communication with artistes and we constantly monitor because we know it is easily accessible to more artistes across the globe,” he said.
Conditions have been made for an artiste’s eligibility for nomination and these included having music on local radio.
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