Mudiwa Hood

Mudiwa Hood (birth name Mudiwa Mtandwa) is a Zimbabwean Hip Hop artist.https://www.thestandard.co.zw/2013/11/17/mudiwa-preacher-happens-rap/
Born in 1985 in Harare at Seke Martenity Clinic, Chitungwiza, Hood is the youngest of four children. He grew up in Chitungwiza and attended his early education at Dzidzai Primary School then secondary education at Nyazura High School. He attained an MBA, BSc Honors in Economics and BSSc Psycology at Africa University.
Hood started his music career in 2012. He recorded his first songs at CraigBone Studios in Chitungwiza and his breakout songs that year were Chaputika Zvinestaira, Anhu Acho Tisu and Ndaita Mari.https://dailynews.co.zw/articles-2013-03-03-gospel-star-mudiwa-bares-all/https://youthvillage.co.zw/2015/06/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-mudiwahood/
In 2013, Hood signed a record deal with Demon Proof Records and left in 2015. He then launched HoodNation Records as his own label in 2016.
===Albums===
*Magnet 2012
*Mwana WaMambo 2015
*The Street Preacher 2017https://www.3-mob.com/entertainment/mudiwa-hood-launches-street-preacher-album-and-dvd-this-week/
==Awards and recognition==
*2012 - Best Gospel Artist (Victors Awards) - Best Album “Magnet” (Victors Awards) - Best Gospel Act (Zim Hip Hop Awards) - Best Video “Anhu Acho Tisu” (Victors Awards)
*2013 - People’s Choice (Zim Hip Hop Awards) - Best Video 10/10 (Zim Hip Hop Awards) - Best Gospel Act (Zim Hip Hop Awads)
*2014 - Best Gospel Act (Zim Hip Hop Awards) - Best Gospel (Permican Awards) - Best Song (Gospel Hip Hop Awards) - Best video - People’s Choicehttps://allafrica.com/stories/201412220166.html
*2015 - Best Gospel (Zim Hip Hop Awards) - Best Dressed Male (Zim Hip Hop Awards) - Best Collabo “Shinga” (Pachedu Awards) - Best Dressed Male (Zim Models Awards)https://zimbuzz.co.zw/2015/12/11/zim-hip-hop-awards-2015-winners/
*2017 - Best Hustle (Zim Hip Hop Awards) - Best Video (Zim Hip Hop Awards) - Best Dressed Male (Zim Hip Hop Awards) - Best Gospel Act (Zim Hip Hop Awards) - Music Business Brand of the Year ( Zim Business Awards) - Best Music Brand (Christian Business and Leadership Awards) - Business Personality of the Year (Mega Fest Awards) - Zim Top 100 Business Brands Music (Zim Top Business Brands) - Christian Business Brand of The Year National( Music) Zim Business Awardshttps://www.musicinafrica.net/fr/node/29313#:~:text=Zimbabwean%20rapper%20Mudiwa%20Hood%20was,Mudiwa%20won%20four%20awards.
*2018 - Hip Hop Personality of the Year( Zim Hip Hop Awards) - Best Dressed Male (Zim Hip Hop Awards)
*2019 - People Choice (Zim Hip Hop Awards)
*2020 - SADC Outstanding Charity Ambassador Award (WIB)
*2021 - Best Hip Hop Artist of the decade (Zim Community News Awards)https://www.zimcommunitynews.com/2021/01/31/zim-community-news-2020-award-winners-announced/
Hood was married to Angelica Colchèita-Hood. They divorced in 2020. They have one child.https://iharare.com/mudiwa-hoods-wife-seeks-divorce-exposes-his-adulterous-affair-how-he-spends-all-his-time-on-phone/ https://mbaretimes.com/2020/07/mudiwahooerge/
In 2019, Mudiwa Hood changed his birth record name Mudiwa Mtandwa to make his stage name Mudiwa Hood his official government record name after discovering that Mtandwa was not his original family name.
Category:Zimbabwean artists
Category:Zimbabwean hip hop musicians
Category:1985 births
Category:People from Chitungwiza