14th PNG Musik Awards

They took the hip-hop rap culture onto the mainstream stage, set on impressing the wider audience.

This underground genre has come a long way – from the times of 3 Kiingz and Sprigga Mek some five to ten years ago, eventually being recognised with an established following.

New school hip-hop through these young voices hope to set that platform where younger hip-hop artists can easily step on.

Taking nothing for granted, Planet Native and Noxxy Dawg gave three different sounds of what this culture has to offer to the music scene.

This was evident during the 14^th PNG Musik Awards night as the Morobe artist racked up two awards.

He was recognised for song Ambunge Best Peren which featured Kande Dwayne, taking on the ‘Song of the Year’ award and going on to take the ‘Male artist of year’ award.

Another new player in the scene who took on two awards is Wameblood, recognised for being the Artist of the year and the Best Duo/Group of the year.

This is PNG’s biggest annual music event, bringing together local and regional artists under one roof at one time.

The event kicks off at 7pm and will run through to 12am, seeing entertainment performances and music awarding.

10 categories for the night are: The Justin Kili Award, Best New Artist, Artist of the Year Award, Song of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Best Duo/Group of the Year, Producer of the Year, People’s Choice – Song of the Year, Female Artist of the Year and International artist of the year.