MTV's Africa base
Raqui
*Co-headliners Will Smith and Ludacris performed in Johannesburg, South
Africa Wednesday in a concert marking the launch of MTV Networks 100th
worldwide channel, MTV base - the company's first pan-African music channel
since its launch on the DSTV platform in February.
With DJ Jazzy Jeff behind him on the ones and twos, Smith performed
his new single, "Switch," as well as "Men in Black" and "Gettin' Jiggy With
It," while ten drummers and 35 dancers - many South African - joined in.
Smith's South African show followed a smaller celebratory concert in
the Nigerian city of Abuja, featuring Ludacris and 2 Face, whose video,
"African Queen" was the first by an African artist to appear on MTV base.
Luda, who last week shot a music video in South Africa's Kwa-Zulu
Natal province, brought the African hip hop group Skwatta Kamp on stage to
perform "Get Back," and also joined the collective for its current hit, "The
Clap Song."
"I've traveled all across the world in my job and visited a lot a
different places, countries and continents," Ludacris told "Billboard." "And
I can honestly say that here in South Africa is the only place that I don't
feel homesick after a few days."
Staged at the Top Star Drive-In on the edge of Johannesburg's central
district, "MTV 100th Live!" will be broadcast around the world on MTV
channels beginning May 20.
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Raqui wrote:
> http://www.eurweb.com/story.cfm?id=20010
>
> *Co-headliners Will Smith and Ludacris performed in Johannesburg,
South
> Africa Wednesday in a concert marking the launch of MTV Networks
100th
> worldwide channel, MTV base - the company's first pan-African music
channel
> since its launch on the DSTV platform in February.
>
> With DJ Jazzy Jeff behind him on the ones and twos, Smith
performed
> his new single, "Switch," as well as "Men in Black" and "Gettin'
Jiggy With
> It," while ten drummers and 35 dancers - many South African - joined
in.
>
> Smith's South African show followed a smaller celebratory
concert in
> the Nigerian city of Abuja, featuring Ludacris and 2 Face, whose
video,
> "African Queen" was the first by an African artist to appear on MTV
base.
>
Why all the hip-hop? don't they like The Strokes or The Dandy Warhols
in Africa?