The Headies Award for Lyricist on the Roll

The Headies Award for Lyricist on the Roll
Awarded for	The rapper with the best lyrical depth and performance on a single song or album in the year under review
Country	Nigeria
Presented by	Hip Hop World Magazine
First award	2006
Final award	2019
Website	theheadies.com

The Headies Award for Lyricist on the Roll is an award presented at The Headies, a ceremony that was established in 2006 and originally called the Hip Hop World Awards. It was first presented to Mode 9 in 2006, the category is one of six categories not open to public voting. ^[1]

Recipients

Lyricist on the Roll
Year	Nominees	Result
2020 [2]	"Country" – Illbliss	Won
	"Eunice" – A-Q	Nominated
	"Define Rap 2" – Blaqbonez	Nominated
	"Trinity" – M.I	Nominated
	"Get The Info" – Phenom	Nominated
	"Speak Life" – Phyno	Nominated
2019 [3]	"Crown" – A-Q	Won
	"Balance" – Ycee	Nominated
	"Implode" – Boogey	Nominated
	"Implode" – Paybac	Nominated
	"Crown" – Ghost	Nominated
	"Crown" – Tec	Nominated
2018 [4]	"You Rappers Should Fix Up Your Lives" – M.I	Won
	"Political Science" – A-Q	Nominated
	"Liquor Night" – Boogey	Nominated
	"Industry Nite" – Erigga	Nominated
2016 [5]	"Chukwu Agozi Gogi" – Illbliss	Won
	"Asamalekun" – Reminisce	Nominated
	"Jagaban" – Ycee	Nominated
	"No Matter What" – Mode 9	Nominated
	"Agu Ji Ndi Men" – A-Q	Nominated
	"Show You Something" – Boogey	Nominated
2015 [6]	"King Kong" – Vector	Won
	"Bank Alert" – Illbliss	Nominated
	"Baba Hafusa" – Reminisce	Nominated
	"T.R" – G.O.D	Nominated
2014 [7]	"God on the Mic" – Jesse Jagz	Won
	"Kpansh" – Yung6ix	Nominated
	"Shots on Shots" – Ice Prince and Sarkodie	Nominated
	"Rap It Up" – Posly TD	Nominated
2013 [8]	"Let It Go" – Mode 9	Won
	"Voice of the Streets" – Olamide	Nominated
	"Sanctum" – Boogey	Nominated
	"Man of the Year" – Phyno	Nominated
2012 [9] [10]	"Angeli" – Vector	Won
	"Too Much Money" – Iceberg Slim	Nominated
	"Shutdown" – Phyno	Nominated
	"Oh My Gosh" – Yung6ix	Nominated
	"Mo Street Gan" – Erigga	Nominated
2011 [11] [12]	"Rhyme Tight" – Mode 9	Won
	"Oleku" – Ice Prince	Nominated
	"Boys Are Not Smiling" – Terry Tha Rapman	Nominated
	"Undisputed" – M.I	Nominated
	"Get Down" – Vector
2010	"Bad Man" – Mode 9	Won
	"Somebody Wants to Die" – M.I	Nominated
	"Sample (Remix)" – Pherowshuz	Nominated
	"Got to Love Me" – OD	Nominated
2009 [13] [14]	"Nine" – Mode 9	Won
	"Talk About it" – M.I	Nominated
	"Esa Lo Ba De" – Lord of Ajasa	Nominated
	"Pon Pon Pon" – Da Grin	Nominated
2008 [15]	"Contradiction" - Mode 9	Won
	"Crowd Mentality" - M.I	Nominated
	"Ruggedy Baba" – Ruggedman	Nominated
	"Only 4 Naija" – Terry tha Rapman	Nominated
2007 [note 1]	"-" – Mode 9	Won
2006 [note 2]	"-" – Mode 9	Won

Category records

Most wins

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd
Artist	Mode 9	Vector	Jesse Jagz Illbliss M.I A-Q
Total wins	7 Wins	2 Wins	1 Win

Most nominations

Rank	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Artist	Mode 9	M.I Abaga	Boogey A-Q	Vector Illbliss Phyno
Total noms.	8 noms.	6 noms.	4 noms.	3 noms.

Notes

1. The nominees and winner's song name for the 2007 edition are not included in the Recipients table because they are not available yet.
2. The nominees and winner's song name for the 2006 edition are not included in the Recipients table because they are not available yet.

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