Miri Ben-Ari & Diamond Platnumz are the winners for “Best Collaboration” at the 2019 African Entertainment Awards USA.
Miri Ben-Ari & Diamond Platnumz won “Best Collaboration” at the 2019 African Entertainment Awards USA with their song “Baila”. The award took place in Newark NJ, hosted by comedian Eric Omondi and TV personal Anita Fabiola featuring performances by Tanzanian artists Nandi, Eddy Kenzo from Uganda and more. award took place in Newark NJ, hosted by comedian Eric Omondi and TV personal Anita Fabiola featuring performances by Tanzanian artists Nandi, Eddy Kenzo from Uganda and more.
African Entertainment Awards, USA
African Entertainment Awards, USA (AEAUSA) has honored African’s excellence since 2015. Held annually in New Jersey, AEAUSA presents over 30 awards during the two-day event. And is the only award giving body to honor practitioners across all crafts and industry sectors, including Entertainment, Entrepreneurship and Community Leadership.
About Miri Ben-Ari
Grammy Award-Winning violinist/producer/humanitarian, “UN Goodwill Ambassador of Music” to the United Nations, a featured blogger, and CEO of the non-for-profit organization Gedenk, promotes Holocaust awareness and tolerance to young people. Miri Ben-Ari, originally from Israel, has created her own unique music; a revolutionary fusion of classical, Hip-Hop, soul and dance.
A classically trained violinist, who once studied under the late classical master Isaac Stern, Ben-Ari has helped sell millions of records by collaborating with other Grammy award-winning artists such as Kanye West, Jay Z, Wyclef Jean, Alicia Keys, Wynton Marsalis, Britney Spears, Maroon 5, Akon, Patti Labelle, Brandy
, Donna Summer, Janet Jackson, John Legend, Aventura, Diamond Platnumz, and Armin Van Buuren. Her album “The Hip Hop Violinist” on Universal Records features many of these collaborations.
Ben-Ari has been the face of many promotional campaigns, including Reebok, Vodafone, Pepsi , Coca-Cola and Harman Kardon.