Rapper Childish Gambino was the big winner at the
mtvU Woodie Awards on Friday, taking home two trophies at the Austin, Texas
award show.
The MC/actor, real name Donald Glover, was honoured with the
Best Video prize for his hit Sober at the ceremony, which celebrates music
popular with U.S. college students.
Gambino was also handed the Woodie for Next Level
Performance, which fetes an artist who finds new ways to reach audiences, after
creating an app which allowed concertgoers to send messages that would be
displayed on the stage during his Deep Web tour, in support of his
Grammy-nominated album, Because The Internet.
The top prize of the night, for Woodie of the Year, went to
producer/electronic musician Porter Robinson, who beat out the likes of Sam
Smith, Charli XCX and J. Cole for the award.
Other winners included Taylor Swift, who earned a Cover
Woodie for her version of Vance Joy’s Riptide, rapper Hoodie Allen and Ed
Sheeran, whose collaboration on All About It won the pair a Co-Sign Woodie, and
Fall Out Boy, who became the first inductees into the Hall of Wood for their
career achievements.
The Centuries rockers also took the stage to perform a
medley of their hits, while other artists including Big Sean, Years & Years
and James Bay also entertained the crowd with live sets.
The annual award show, which takes place during the South By
Southwest festival, was hosted by fun. star Jack Antonoff.
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