Malawi’s hip-hop superstar and BEFFTA Award Nominee, Tay Grin is ready to rock BEFFTA UK 2014 in London with his electrifying performance. This will be the second time the Channel O award-wining rapper jets into the country this year after his major tour in August-September, where he performed at the Commonwealth Festival in Scotland, Manchester and Nottingham.
The 6th BEFFTA (Black Entertainment Film Fashion Television and Arts) awards is on 24th and 25th October at The Hippodrome. Stars from US, Africa, Canada, UK the Caribbean and the rest of Europe are expected to turn up in large numbers.
BEFFTA awards honours and celebrates talented personalities in entertainment, film, fashion, television and arts.
The Black Rhyno Entertainment ,CEO fondly known as the ‘Nyau King’ in Malawi, is currently promoting his new single titled ‘The Beach’, song that talks about the beauty of Malawi and the Southern African country’s culture. The track is from the star’s forthcoming untitled third album.
“The BEFFTA Award invitation has come just after my UK tour. This shows progress and bears witness to the fact that hard work pays off. I am very excited, I can’t wait to perform on yet another big stage and raise the Malawi flag high internationally,” says Tay Grin.
He adds: “This event will be full of all the big industry executives from film, music, fashion and art, it’s definitely a great platform to showcase my talent and further progress my career. It will also give me an opportunity to meet other big artists and maybe work with them. I am currently preparing to give the best performance ever. I would like to thank the award organizers for including me and especially Pauline Long the founder of the BEFFTA awards.” – Pencils PR