Amerie Performs In South Africa
(Pics via Khetha Mkhize)
My South African connect, Khetha Mkhize, hit me up with some pics from an Amerie performance over there. As part of an MTV special, Amerie will appear with an African rapper, “HHP,” in a new music video. More details and pictures are below.
South African hip-hop artist Hip Hop Pantsula (HHP) has been selected to have a brand new music video shot by internationally acclaimed music video director Nick Quested, with a special cameo appearance by US R&B diva and double-Grammy Award nominee, Amerie.
The video, for HHP’s track, will be shot in Johannesburg this week by Quested as part of the MTV Making the Video with Shell initiative. Quested, who has made nearly 100 music videos for A-list stars such as P. Diddy, Nas, Common, Sting and Brandy, will be assisted on the shoot by South African video directors participating in the MTV Making the Video with Shell video workshop, which takes place in Johannesburg from 5 November.
Sony BMG signing Amerie, who received two Grammy nominations in 2006 for Female R&B Vocal Performance and Best Contemporary R&B Album, is best know for upbeat R&B tracks such as breakthrough hit ‘Why Don’t We Fall in Love?’ to more recent chart successes such as ‘Take, ‘Gotta Work’, ‘1 Thing’ and ‘Touch’.
HHP was selected after thousands of South African music fans SMS-ed the names of their favourite artists name to MTV base. Music N Lights comes from his brand new album ‘Acceptance Speech’ and follows the chart topping success of his previous albums ‘O Mang’, ‘Mang Reloaded’ and ‘YBA 2NY’.
Commented HHP: ‘Nick Quested has worked with so many of my idols so it’s a fantastic opportunity to work with him to realise my vision! And the chance to have a star like Amerie appear in one of my videos is just a dream come true!’
The new video for HHP and featuring Amerie will air for the first time on MTV base (DStv Channel 322) as part of MTV Making the Video with Shell – South Africa, premiering across Africa on 7 December.
(From Left: Sizwe Dlomo (MTV Presenter In Africa), Alex Okosi(Senior Vice President and Managing Director for MTV networks Africa), Managing Director for Shell Africa, HHP (Rapper), Nick Quested(Film and Music Video Director)
Suggestion Box
November 15th, 2007 at 4:09 am
First Nigga!
Yo’ll donno nothin about HHP, that’s my nigga
I’m probably the only nigga from South Africa up in here.
Thanks for the love, RealTalkNY.
November 15th, 2007 at 5:05 am
You are not the only one Sazi. I’m representing Mzantsi too. Well, I actually sent the stuff through to Nigel.
November 15th, 2007 at 5:14 am
damn….fine as fuck
November 15th, 2007 at 5:26 am
sizwe…big in the game
November 15th, 2007 at 5:42 am
@ RealTalkCA
You can say that again. Man, I’ve never been a fan of her music, but she was looking smoking hot.
November 15th, 2007 at 6:03 am
Amerie went all the way to Africa and she wore THAT?
November 15th, 2007 at 6:33 am
What companies like MTV Africa and their sponsors are doing is good for Music entertainment and lifestyle businesses in Africa. More professionalism and skills are being injected in these industries and not just in South Africa , Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Ghana , Ivory Coast and Gabon are all stepping up their game.
what would be profitable for business and for the contemporary african culture is for genre like Kwaito, Kuduro , Coupe Decale, and Bongo Flava to cross over their natural linguistic, cultural and geographical habitat.
I am from Ivory Coast and I can listen to some good Techno, US or French Hip Hop, dancehall, Zouk, classical Music . from , I can certainly listen to some good Kwaito, Kuduru or Bongo .Flava.
As far as Amerie is concerned she is cute, but the best women reside in Africa , that is where she got her genes from anyway.
November 15th, 2007 at 6:52 am
South African dudes are making big moves. Shout out to HHP for holding it down for Mzansi. Amerie was looking fine as hell. She must have had a wonderful time in Mzansi. Eh yo, Khetha… hook me up with your details ma dude.
November 15th, 2007 at 6:52 am
Thats my type of bitch.
November 15th, 2007 at 7:00 am
dats my baby….
November 15th, 2007 at 7:38 am
POOR AMERIE. NO MARKET HERE FOR HERE IN THE US. SO SHE GOTTA OVERSEAS THAT SHIT.
November 15th, 2007 at 8:41 am
Amerie is wack & washed up! She don’t look to hot in these pictures either.
November 15th, 2007 at 9:16 am
I like Amerie but I never felt her last album
November 15th, 2007 at 9:29 am
I love that woman’s personality and her new album is a breath of fresh air.
November 15th, 2007 at 10:13 am
i dont wanna sound like a hater, but does she really got it poppin like that? does she have fans all the way to africa, it dont seem like she has much fans here. and she hasnt had any music out for a lil while now.
not hating just asking, maybe sum amerie fans can answer that.
dont she seem like the quiet girl/super freak on the low
November 15th, 2007 at 10:29 am
Damn! Her marketing team is garbage…I never even knew she had a new album out…
November 15th, 2007 at 11:28 am
y’all niggas is STILL gay
November 15th, 2007 at 4:21 pm
shee fiiine
November 15th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
Damn man, that’s my word if she’d let me, I’d give Amerie like 15 kids…..just to do it, i wouldnt even ask for child support…just bein her baby daddy would be enough for me son….that’e on everything i love right there…shit! that girl is fine smh
November 16th, 2007 at 5:09 am
I liked Amerie’s 1st cd. And that one thing song was the last thing she gonna get,lol. She betta start s*ck’n some rich d*CK. Sike…but i really don’t think she can sing but so may people out here cant sing but they gett’n paid. Best of luck A!