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USA:URB1 to relaunch Online People''s Choice Hip Hop Fashion Awards |
2004-12-21
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Urb1.com is back to relaunch official ‘2004 URB1 Hip Hop Fashion PC (People''s Choice) Awards’ at the end of the year along with many reviews for Hip Hop and other music categories in general.
Rod Rainey, the owner of Urb1, said, "After suspending the online voting ceremony which received around 3,000 votes in it''s first year (2002), I feel it''s a great opportunity this year to restart the fashion vote.”
“The next step is finding how I can get the celebrities to accept awards and hopefully run this in conjunction with my physical fashion event, the Urb1 Hip Hop Fashion Show, held in Greenville, SC.," said Rainey.
The 2004 URB1 Hip Hop Fashion PC Awards categories include: Best Dressed Male Artist, Best Dressed Female Artist, Best Dressed Group, Most Unique Style, Best fashion styling in a Hip Hop Video, Best Dressed Professional Male Athlete, Best Dressed Professional Female Athlete, Most Influential Hip Hop Fashion Trend Setter, Best Composer of Hip Hop fashion related Lyrics, Best Major Male Hip Hop Fashion Line, Best Major Female Hip Hop Fashion Line, Best Male Underground Clothing Line, Best Female Underground Clothing Line, Most Unique Clothing Designer, Best Online Hip Hop Fashion Retailer, Best Physical Store Chain, Worst Dressed Male Artist, Worst Dressed Female Artist and Worst Hip Hop Video Styling Job.
The organizers of the event admit there could be more categories; they want to stick to the fundamentals in this 2nd try of reorganizing this online event.
Over 150 celebrities and clothing brands were voted for by the Urb1.com visitors and fashion forum users. Of those, only the top 5 selections for each category were selected as official nominees. Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, KanYe West, Beyonce Knowles, Camron, P. Diddy, Usher, and Missy Elliot are few names from the list of Hip Hop celebrities nominated in the different Hip Hop fashion categories.
Major clothing brands such as Akademiks, Marithé et François Girbaud, Baby Phat, Rocawear, Sean John, Apple Bottoms, and L-R-G, were among some of the clothing lines the public selected as nominees for the fashion awards.
Urb1.com, the Original Hip Hop Fashion Focused website intends to launch the Online Fashion voting ceremony on Christmas Day, December 25th, after announcing the winner of their 2nd Annual Urb1.com Hip Hop fashion Wardrobe giveaway.
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