The South African Hip Hop Awards just released their nominees list for this year’s awards ceremony which will be held on December 14 at the Lyric Theatre in Johannesburg.
As always some of the nominee categories like Hustler of The Year left more questions as to how nominees are chosen.
- Promoter of The Year seems to have morphed into Hip Hop related event of The Year as all nominees are event brands. Not actual promoters.
- Most Valuable is still a confusing category.
- Kings Of Provinces Category seems to conflate personalities and events.
Onto the awards themselves; here some of the highlights that I noticed from the nominees list.
- Cassper has 10 nominations and could potentially have the biggest 1 night award haul in SA Hip Hop History
- Surprisingly Wichi1080 was omitted from Producer of The Year. This is despite him shifting the sound of the culture in a big way.
- KLY’s massively impressive KLYMAX project was omitted for Best Mixtape.
- Technically based off their submission criteria I can understand how the nominees for Best Newcomer were chosen. However considering Kid X as Newcomer seems unfair.
- In the Best Video category Kyle Lewis’ videos make up 7 of the 10 nominations. Yes 7. 2 are taken up by Ambitiouz Entertainment video production duo of Uncle Scrooch and Ofentse Mwale. The last belongs to Adriaan Louw.
SA HIP HOP NOMINATIONS LIST 2016
| SONG OF THE YEAR | Gwan | Maraza |
| Ameni | Miss Pru | |
| Pearl Thusi | Emtee | |
| Sidlukotini | Riky Rick | |
| One Time | AKA | |
| Ngud’ | Kwesta ft. Cassper Nyovest | |
| Hell Naw | Nasty C | |
| Now Or Never | DJ Switch | |
| Washa | DJ CitiLyts ft. Ambitious Artists | |
| Walking & Dabbing | Aewon Wolf ft. Gemini Major & Khuli Chana | |
| BEST ALBUM | 20FIFI | Fifi Cooper |
| Avery | Emtee | |
| DAKAR II | Kwesta | |
| Refiloe | Cassper Nyovest | |
| We Need A Title | BETR Gang | |
| HONORARY AWARD | Goddessa | |
| MIXTAPE OF THE YEAR | AM-EP | Maraza |
| You Don’t Know Me Yet | Priddy Ugly | |
| Ground Zero | Gigi Lamayne | |
| 3/4 Pace | Kid X | |
| Cameron Diaz | Stilo Magolide | |
| BEST MALE | Avery | Emtee |
| DAKAR II | Kwesta | |
| Refiloe | Cassper Nyovest | |
| BEST FEMALE | 20FIFI | Fifi Cooper |
| Bragga | Nadia Nakai | |
| Ground Zero | Gigi LaMayne | |
| Storiez 2 Tell | Megmafia | |
| DJ OF THE YEAR | DJ Switch | |
| Major League DJz | ||
| DJ Dimplez | ||
| DJ Speedsta | ||
| Ms. Cosmo | ||
| PRODUCER OF THE YEAR | Tweezy | |
| Ruff | ||
| Ganja Beats | ||
| Lunatik Beats | ||
| Gemini Major | ||
| BEST COLLABO | Ameni | Miss Pru ft. Fifi Cooper, Emtee, B3nchmarq, A-Reece, Saudi & Sjava |
| Kuze Kuse | Fifi Cooper ft. Emtee | |
| Washa | DJ CitiLyts ft. Fifi Cooper, Emtee & B3nnchmarq | |
| Dream Work | AKA ft. Yanga | |
| Ngud’ | Kwesta ft. Cassper Nyovest | |
| Ragga Ragga | Gemini Major ft. Family Tree | |
| Now Or Never | DJ Switch ft. Shane Eagle, Proverb, Reason & Kwesta | |
| Way It Go | DJ Switch ft. Tumi, Nasty C and Youngsta | |
| Jump | Anatii ft. Cassper Nyovest and Nasty C | |
| Walking & Dabbing | Aewon Wolf ft. Gemini Major and Khuli Chana | |
| LYRICIST OF THE YEAR | Nasty C | |
| Solo | ||
| A-Reece | ||
| Kid Tini | ||
| Kid X | ||
| BEST FRESHMAN/NEWCOMER | Coming of Age | Kid Tini |
| 20FIFI | Fifi Cooper | |
| Cameron Diaz | Stilo Magolide | |
| 3/4 Pace | Kid X | |
| Book Of Chad | Chad Da Don | |
| HUSTLER OF THE YEAR | Cassper Nyovest | |
| Khuli Chana | ||
| Proverb | ||
| Gigi LaMayne | ||
| BEST DANCE CREW | Creed Crew | |
| Supreme I Crew | ||
| 2Legitt Crew | ||
| Vintage Crew | ||
| BEST VIDEO | Couldn’t | A-Reece ft. Emtee |
| Le Mpitse | Cassper Nyovest ft. Riky Ricky | |
| Sidlukotini | Riky Rick | |
| Ameni | Miss Pru | |
| War Ready | Cassper Nyovest | |
| YippiKayay | Reason ft.AKA and Khuli Chana | |
| More | Stilo Magolide | |
| Mr. Madumane | Cassper Nyovest | |
| Jump | Anatii ft. Cassper Nyovest and Nasty C | |
| Fuseg | Riky Rick ft. Cassper Nyovest and Anatii | |
| BEST GRAFFITI | RIOT | |
| MARS | ||
| TAPZ | ||
| BEST LOCAL BRAND | Butan | |
| Two Bop | ||
| GALXBOY | ||
| Ama Kip Kip | ||
| Cassper Nyovest | ||
| BEST INTERNATIONAL BRAND | PowerPlay | |
| Castle Lite | ||
| Redd’s | ||
| Absolute vodka | ||
| Red Bull | ||
| PROMOTER OF THE YEAR | Pop Bottles | |
| Major League Gardens | ||
| Authentic Sunday | ||
| Sneaker Exchange | ||
| Maftown Heights | ||
| MILESTONE | Fill Up The Dome | Cassper Nyovest |
| BEST DIGITAL SALES | Gold Album + Gold Single | Kwesta |
| Double Platinum Album | Cassper Nyovest | |
| Platinum Album – Avery | Emtee | |
| BEST REMIX | Ambitions Remix | Tweezy ft. Khuli Chana & Ice Prince |
| Roll Up (Re-Up) | Emtee ft. AKA and Wizkid | |
| Baddest Remix | AKA ft. Fifi Cooper, Rouge, NoMoozlie & Gigi LaMayne | |
| Now Or Never Remix | DJ Switch ft. Various Artists | |
| Juice Back Remix | Nasty C ft. Davido &Cassper Nyovest | |
| MOST VALUABLE | Cassper Nyovest | |
| AKA | ||
| Riky Rick | ||
| Khuli Chana | ||
| Kwesta | ||
| BEST HIP HOP RADIO SHOW | The Hip Hop Floor | YFM |
| The Stir Up | 5FM | |
| Namba-Namba | UKHOZI FM | |
| The Ready D Show | Good Hope FM | |
| Headwarmaz | Bush Radio | |
| The Mixtape | Alex FM | |
| Hip Hop Corner | NW FM | |
| Hip Hop Culture | Ligwalagwala FM | |
| The Fresh Cut | Gagasi FM | |
| The Capital Rap Up | Cliff Central | |
| KINGS OF PROVINCES | KING OF MP | Thabs Tha Acid |
| Fortune Ntekati | ||
| Marvin Straight | ||
| KING OF WP | Lolli Dekeni | |
| Zanzolo Uzwi Kantu | ||
| Emile Y?X | ||
| KING OF LIMPOPO | Hip Hop Live SA | |
| Nema Wama Hunguni | ||
| DJ Chocos | ||
| KING OF EC | Yahkeem Ben Israel | |
| Trusenz | ||
| Snesh Nota | ||
| KING OF NW | Amos Ofentse Tapile | |
| DJ Lemonka | ||
| Thabiso “Lunchboy”Tshabalala | ||
| KING OF FS | Thabo Tsasane | |
| Psykonik | ||
| Ba2cada | ||
| KING OF NC | DJ Speedy V | |
| Snowy Maine | ||
| King Kyla | ||
| KING OF KZN | DJ Feel | |
| Junior De Rocka | ||
| Lindo Prowjekt Thwala | ||
| KING OF GP | Spoken Priestess | |
| Enzo | ||
| Major League DJz |
