Kanye West, Wiz Khalifa Lead "Woodie Award" Nominations

One may ask (including Flash) what in the hell is a Woodie Award??? According to MTV, "the hunk of lumber is handed out annually by MTV's 24-hour college network mtvU". Oh, it's an award that the youngins give out? Cool!

Because West — along with the likes of the Black Keys, Wiz Khalifa, B.o.B and Mumford & Sons — has just been announced as a nominee for the 2011 Woodie Awards, which will air live from Austin, Texas, during the South by Southwest Music Festival. West is nominated for the "Left Field Woodie," handed out to the year's "most original artist." He'll face off against Die Antwoord, Lil B, Yelawolf and Das Racist for the hardware. 

As in previous years, all the winners will be determined by you. Voting in all categories for the 7th annual Woodie Awards opens Tuesday (February 1) at Woodies.MTV.com, and runs through March 1. Voting for the "Breaking Woodie" award will continue all the way up until the show.

The 2011 mtvU Woodie Awards will air live March 16 at midnight ET/PT on MTV, mtvU and MTV2. 

Sidebar - Ummmm, Amber Rose....will you be attending the show? Just curious...