MTVU WOODIE AWARDS ANNOUNCE NOMINEES
NEW YORK (AP) _ J. Cole, Sam Smith and Charli XCX are among those facing off for Woodie of the Year at the mtvU Woodie Awards. They’ll compete against Run The Jewels, Porter Robinson and FKA Twigs. The awards are based off M-T-V’s college network and winners get chunks of wood. Other nominees include Childish Gambino, Beyonce‘, Drake, Lil Wayne, Sia (SEE’-ah) and Skrillex. The awards will be given out March 20th in Austin, Texas, and for the first time the main MT-V channel will carry the show live.

Alwin Marshall-Squire is the Editor-in-Chief of S-Q Publications Inc., overseeing editorial strategy for GTA Weekly, GTA Today, and Vision Newspaper. He leads the publications’ mission to deliver bold, original journalism focused on the people and communities of the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, and the global Caribbean diaspora.
Also writes for GTA Weekly and GTA Today.

