The 21st Annual Webby Awards were announced this morning and the line-up is very woke.
Honorees include Solange for Artist of the Year, The Women’s March for Social Movement of the Year, and Van Jones for Special Achievement.
Serena Williams’ Match Point video game also won two Webby Awards for Best Mobile Advertising and Best Use of Native Advertising. And Kendrick Lamar won the Webby Award for Best Video Remixes/Mashups for Swimming Pools (Drank).
Judges for the awards included Questlove, Reddit Co-Founder and Serena Williams’ fiancee Alexis Ohanian, and Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Opal Tometi. Another 3.5 million votes were cast from internet fans to choose the Winners of the Webby People’s Voice Awards, which will be announced at the ceremony.
The Webby Awards has been on the pulse of highlighting individuals who masterfully use the internet since 1996. This year’s show will be held on Monday, May 15 at Cipriani Wall Street.