Music Video of the Year: 2011 Hip Hop
The 2011 Hip Hop Music Video of the Year was just announced and we have the winner! Check out the winning video and see why it was chosen as the best of the year.
Introduction
The music video for the 2011 hip hop song “Runaway” by Kanye West was released on October 19, 2010. The video features a number of black and white scenes of Kanye West rapping as he runs away from an explosion. The video was nominated for seven MTV Video Music Awards, including “Video of the Year”, and won four of them.
The Nominees
The nominees for Music Video of the Year: 2011 Hip Hop are:
-Kendrick Lamar – “Humble”
-Drake – “God’s Plan”
-Childish Gambino – “This Is America”
-Migos – “Stir Fry”
-Nicki Minaj – “Chun-Li”
The Winner
And the winner is… Tyler, the Creator, for his video “Yonkers.” Tyler’s video was a dark and twisted look at the life of a fictional character named Wolf Haley. The video begins with Wolf Haley committing suicide by hanging himself, and then follows him through a series of grisly events leading up to his death.
The music video was controversial, but it was also one of the most talked-about videos of the year. It was nominated for four MTV Video Music Awards, including Best New Artist and Best Hip Hop Video, and won the award for Best Music Video of the Year.
The Losers
The Losers was a highly successful hip hop group in the early 1990s. They were best known for their debut album, The Losers, which was released in 1992. The album was a critical and commercial success, reaching #1 on the Billboard 200 and selling over two million copies. The group disbanded in 1996 after the release of their second album, but reunited in 2011 to release a new album, The Reunion.
