2022 VTHH Awards: The Final Ballot

Hot damn, what a ride. Watching this evolve has been consistently surprising. There is much to unpack, much to discuss, but all anyone reading this cares about, right now, is who made it onto the Final Ballot. Deep gratitude to everyone participating and big props to the winners. Most of these were very tight categories, and all of them look different from last year.

Artist of the Year

Charlie Mayne

Jarv

Konflik

North Ave Jax

Young Brazii

Most Improved

Hakim XOXO

Heady Betty

Mavstar

Real Ricky

Spacey Jones

Best Emcee

Charlie Mayne

Jarv

Konflik

Real Ricky

Yung Breeze

Best Producer

Caleb Lodish

Es-K

Rico James

siithemagician

Somba

Best Group

99 Neighbors

A2VT

Pleasant Boys

Raw Deff x THEN WHAt

Street Religion

Best DJ

Craig Mitchell

CRWD CTRL

David Chief

DJ Kanganade

Jared Fier

Best Graf Artist

CAPES

Ender

Eskae1

Haks 180

Kid Maase

Best Verse

Jarv - "Getting You Up To Speed"

Mister Burns - "Ooh Ooh"

Real Ricky - "Let's Get Viral"

Rivan - Groove Gladiators"

Rivan - "Pilot"

Best Song

Charlie Mayne - "Peppermint Tea"

Jarv - "Focus"

Konflik - "Shine"

North Ave Jax - "Eastside"

Robscure - "Pilot"

Best Album

GUMBO - Fattie B

Head of a Snake, Thumbs of a Thief - Konflik

LaZy, but I have goals - North Ave Jax

The Amalgam - Jarv

The Others II - Raw Deff x THEN WHAt

Best Music Video

Asah Mack - "Checkmate"

Charlie Mayne - "Peppermint Tea"

Jarv - "Blue"

Jarv - "Focus"

North Ave Jax - "Awful"

Best Live Performance

99 Neighbors

Jarv

Konflik

Real Ricky

Yung Breeze

Andy "A_DOG" Williams Good Citizen Award

Fattie B

Kelly Butts-Spirito

Melo Grant

Mister Burns

Wave Cave Radio

That is that. The Final Ballot email is going out at noon and voting runs until midnight on Saturday, January 14th. I’ll have a longer post tomorrow breaking down the details and categories, but for now, congratulations once again to the 2022 finalists. You truly did earn it.