As I discovered this morning in MoroccoSavvy, Morocco has decided to throw together their very own music awards over here at the NextLine site - we’re not talking aissaoua, though - more like Aissaoua style (though the popular H-Kayn song didn’t get a mention because it was released in 2005.

I’ll tell you, I’m shamelessly voting for people I’ve personally met. Awhile back I got to hang out on a Bigg/Ahmed Soultan video shoot where just about all of Morocco’s big players in hip hop were. I got to talk to those who spoke English (Bigg is entirely fluent, which he claims comes from his young love of Whitney Houston in a TelQuel article a couple of months ago), and ended up appearing briefly in the video (but I’ve checked - you actually can’t see me for all but one second, which I count as a positive thing - since they’re quite talented, that is, and I don’t want to be famous! For that anyway…)

So go vote for the Best Album, Best Video, Best Song, Best Fusion Act, Best Hip Hop Act, and Best Rock/Metal Act.