Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Hip-Hop Nation Award


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The result was Speedy delete as a WP:G3 hoax. — Cactus Writer (talk) 04:53, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

Hip-Hop Nation Award

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This completely unsourced article purports to describe an award for hip hop music which has supposedly been given since 1979. If it were true, then the award would almost certainly be notable. Unfortunately, I can't find any evidence that this article is true. There are only four Google Books hits for the award name, two of which are reprints of Wikipedia articles; one of which is an ad for a different awards show; and the fourth is a book about the history of philosophy which appears to have nothing to do with the subject. All the Google News hits refer to the group LMFAO as having won this award, presumably because the group's Wikipedia article says they did, but there are no Google News hits that refer to the nominations being announced, the ceremony being held, or anything like that. In summary, I think this article is a hoax.

In addition, it is very poorly written, as indicated by the following excerpt:
 * Hip-hop record companies usually have nominated to became the best rap album, best rap song, and best new rap artist. However, they vote rappers that usually have certification process and billboard process to win for the Hip-Hop Nation Awards to make a success rappers and nominations can rappers don't win if they have non-popular rappers that couldn't reach it for the Special Polls of hip-hop.

An IP user on the article's talk page wrote, "It definitely needs to get changed, or deleted altogether, it might as well, i think it made me dumber reading it." Unless evidence turns up to prove the article true, it should be deleted. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 01:57, 20 April 2012 (UTC)

I am also nominating the following related page:

If the entire Hip-Hop Nation Awards are a hoax, then obviously the 31st edition must be a hoax as well. (I don't think Wikipedia has articles about any other edition of these supposed awards.) In addition, this article claims that the awards ceremony was held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles on October 12, 2010, but there was a hockey game at the arena that night. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 02:04, 20 April 2012 (UTC)
 * G3 as blatant hoax per above. I also removed references in other articles pointing to this nonexistant award. Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) 02:45, 20 April 2012 (UTC)


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