by Phil Chard

The African Blogger Awards were last week and after the judges deliberated, tallied the votes, did google searches and debated on who had the prettiest site ( we really don’t know what happens behind that curtain), it was decided that The African Hip Hop Blog is the second best music blog in Africa.

First and foremost we would like to thank the fans, the readers, the link sharers, the retweeters and the commenters. Without you, we would be blogging to an audience of 1. Thank you for trusting us to become a part of your culture. Secondly thank you to the artists, it might not seem like it when it takes us weeks to respond to you or when we constantly reject your music, but it is because of you that we have something to write about. We need you more than you need us and we thank you for entrusting us with your art.

Thank you to the team, who sacrifice countless hours, reading, researching, listening and writing for little reward. You guys are the real MVPs.

Here is a full press release detailing our achievement

The African Hip Hop Blog recognised at the 2016 African Blogger Awards

For the second year in a row year the African Hip Hop Blog has been honoured as one of the continent’s premier blogs at the African Blogger Awards

The African Blogger Awards, which are now in their third year aim to highlight the best blogs and social media influencers from around the continent. This year the awards received over 2,000 entries in 36 categories almost doubling the number of entries from the previous year. The awards gauge metrics such as audience size, blog relevance and how far the blog’s content resonates outsides its own community.

After vetting the 2,000 entries from across the continent, The African Hip Hop Blog was judged to be the second best music blog in Africa. This award comes after the African Hip Hop Blog scooped The Best Blog About Africa prize in 2015– the award’s most prestigious award.

The African Hip Hop Blog was founded in 2008 by Zimbabwean, Ross Hagan while he was a student at Rhodes University. Since then the blog has grown immensely and now has contributors from across the continent. The website is now run by Ross Hagan , Phil Chard (both Zimbabwean) and Twaambo Haamucenje who is a web designer based in Zambia.

“We are all very honoured that our efforts are being recognised and we continue to be rewarded. Thank you to the African Blogger Awards and most importantly our readers for helping us become who we are” said Chard.

“"Thanks to the readers and thanks to the artists. We do it for them.” Said Twaambo Haamucenje.