Lil Wayne Wins Second Consecutive BMI "Songwriter Of The Year"
Award
by Allen Jacobs
posted September 13, 2010
will.i.am, Polow Da Don and Lil Wayne were big winners in this past weekend "s
BMI Awards.
On Saturday, September 11, the 2010 BMI Awards were held in Los Angeles. With
six cited songs, Cash Money Records " Lil Wayne won the coveted BMI "Songwriter
of the Year" Award. Presently incarcerated on New York "s Rikers Island,
the New Orleans Rap veteran won the same award last year. BMI acknowledged Wayne
for his role on Drake "s singles "Successful" and "Best I Ever
Had" in addition to Young Money "s "Every Girl."
As announced earlier, The Black Eyed Peas " will.i.am received the BMI President "s
Award. Will also was acknowledged for BEP hit "Boom Boom Pow" as a
recipient for the "Song of the Year" Award. The "Producer of
the Year" Award went to Interscope "s Polow Da Don.
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