Winners will be announced Friday, July 15, 2011 at the Bodega Recognition Awards during the 2011 Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival Week produced by Brooklyn Bodega. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
The NOMINEES are:
Best Grassroots Event Producer
Forever Fresh
Live N’ Direct
Giant Step
Best Public Event Producer
SummerStage
Celebrate Brooklyn
Jelly NYC
Best Brooklyn Venue (Indoor)
Southpaw
Brooklyn Bowl
Brooklyn Museum
Best Brooklyn Venue (Outdoor)
Prospect Park Bandshell,
Brooklyn Bridge Park,
Williamsburg Waterfront
Best Event Series
The Rub
I Love Vinyl
Freedom Party
Outstanding Journalist
Jake Paine
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Sacha Jenkins
Outstanding Digital Publication
HipHopDX.com
The Smoking Section
Complex
Outstanding Print Publication
XXL
Wax Poetics
Frank 151
Best Independent Record Label
Duck Down Records
Fool’s Gold
Rhymesayers Entertainment
Lifetime Achievement Award -- Community Service
New York City Council Member Letitia James
Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz
Jack Walsh, BRIC Director of Performing Arts
Lifetime Achievement Award -- Cultural Contribution
Jamel Shabazz
Joe Conzo
Ralph McDaniels
Fab Five Freddie
Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito Garcia
Kool DJ Red Alert
Lifetime Achievement Award -- In Memoriam
Gil Scott Heron
Keith "Guru" Elam
For tickets and the full festival schedule visit bkhiphopfestival.com!
