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Teezo Touchdown Accepts the Rookie Of The Year Award | R&B Hip-Hop Power Players 2024
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9/6/2024
Teezo Touchdown accepts the Rookie of the Year award from Billboard’s Senior R&B/Hip-Hop/Afrobeats writer Heran Mamo at Billboard’sR&B Hip-Hop Power Players 2024.
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My name is Heran Mamu, the senior R&B hip-hop Afrobeats writer here at Billboard.
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And I'm very excited to present our next award this evening.
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This genre-defying star embodies the emotional melodies of an R&B singer, the clever lyricism of a rapper,
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and the instrumental intensity of a rock star. And he certainly nailed the look of one, too.
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He's taken his signature rock and boom sound from Beaumont, Texas to the biggest arenas and stadiums around the country
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with stars like Tyler, the Creator, and Travis Scott.
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In the words of his manager, Amal Noor,
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Teezo is your favorite artist's favorite artist.
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Just ask Drake, who described his debut album, How Do You Sleep At Night?, which celebrates its first anniversary in just three days,
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some of the best music ever.
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He always performs with a mic hidden in a flower bouquet, but tonight I'm honored to give him his flowers on this stage.
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Please join me in a round of applause for Billboard's
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2024 R&B hip-hop Rookie of the Year American singer-songwriter Teezo Touchdown.
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Thank y'all.
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They ain't believe in us. God did.
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All right.
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Firstly,
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firstly, I would love to thank God for the gift. Father God,
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I want to say thank you for my gift that has taken me from a small town in Beaumont, Texas
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to corners of the world that I couldn't even imagine.
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I want to say thank you in a room full of people who I still study and admire to this day,
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just as I would right before I close my eyes at night and immediately after I open them in the morning.
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I would like to say thank you to my team
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for tirelessly helping me scratch every single goal
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I have off my list and pushing me to write down more, even wilder than the last.
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I want to say thank you in a room full of peers who understand that
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the satisfaction of seeing someone succeed is a feeling that will never get old,
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just as I would after a quick, you know, phone call or a Zoom meeting.
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I want to say thank you to Billboard for this prestigious award,
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Rookie of the Year.
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I want to say thank you to every single veteran for being so kind and insightful, for giving me
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a first-hand lesson of how to nurture and instill knowledge to the next person who is coming in after you.
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Last but not least, I want to thank the future,
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future artists, future execs, the people who are on the way to change the world as we know it.
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I want to say thank you in advance for the innovation you will bring to the arts
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and your perspective that could potentially change the world.
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I want to say thank you in a room full of people who are rooting for you,
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with open arms, and are here if you ever need anything.
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