SOUTH AFRICAN HIP HOP AWARDS

HONORARY AWARD DJ Ready D MOST VALUABLE AKA BEST LOCAL BRAND Butan BEST INTERNATIONAL BRAND Red Bull BEST DANCE CREW Supreme I Crew PROMOTER OF THE YEAR Pop Bottles DJ OF THE YEAR Major League DJz ALBUM OF THE YEAR Riky Rick - Family Values BEST FRESHMAN Nasty C - Price City MIXTAPE OF THE YEAR Okmalumkoolkat HUSTLER OF THE YEAR Proverb LYRICIST OF THE YEAR Tumi BEST GRAFFITI MARS PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Tweezy BEST COLLABO Anatii x AKA - The Saga BEST FEMALE Assessa - Yim Lo BEST MALE Riky Rick - Family Values BEST HIP HOP RADIO SHOW VenRap Radio BEST VIDEO Anatii x AKA - The Saga SONG OF THE YEAR Emtee - Roll Up BEST DIGITAL SALES AKA MILESTONE AKA (3 Gold singles and a Gold Album) Cassper (Platinum Album) KING OF NORTHERN CAPE  Kgomotso Modiragale KING OF EASTERN CAPE Lungelo "TruSenz" Nzama KING OF KWAZULU NATAL Lindo "Prowjekt" Th...

Johannesburg- Musician and social activist, Ntsiki Mazwai has taken more swipes against the hip-hop industry, which she claims is "sexist." When the nominees for the awards were revealed last month, Ntsiki took to social media where she lashed out at organisers of the awards for "not recognising" women in the industry. Taking to her blog Ntsiki also penned an open letter entitled, Dear Brothers of SA Hip-Hop, where she accused men in hip-hop of being a "bunch of misogynists and strong woman haters." And, it seems like Ntsiki is not going to let this issue slide under the carpet. Taking things to a whole new level, Ntsiki posted a controversial cartoon of naked men engaging in sexual activity, which she captioned "The SA Hip Hop Awards." Ntsiki also complimented female MC Lucid Lee on her rapping skills, and told her followers how Lucid is a better rapper than both AKA and Cassper.

KZN’s own Ricky Rick has received the most nominations in a number of categories of the 4th South African Hip Hop Awards 2015 taking place on 09 December at The Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City in Johannesburg. Ricky Rick was nominated in categories such as album of the year, producer of the year, hustler of the year, song of the year, most valuable artist, video of the year, best male and best digital sales. Other nominees include Reason – Audio HD, Proverb – Read Tape, Tumi – Return of the King and Zakwe – Impande. These nominees are in the album of the year category. Producer of the year nominees include Anatii, Tweezy, Gemini Major and Ganja Beatz. Cassper Nyovest was only nominated in the hustler of the year, best collaboration, most valuable artist, milestone of the year and video of the year categories. SAHHA takes place annually and is run by the Ritual Media Group (RMG). Winners receive a statue that is called a Pyramid. Contenders are judged on performan...

Johannesburg - Aka and Anatii may no longer see eye to eye on their collaboration, but the track has become an instant hit at the SA Hip Hop Awards, scoring 3 nominations. The controversial collaboration was a massive hit on the streets, but AKA would later say that he thought the music video for the track was "trash" (Read more about that here). But it seems like the majority don't agree. The song has not only scored a nomination for Song of the Year and Collaboration of the Year, but also made the cut for Video of the year. The awards will also honour both AKA and Cassper with Milestone Awards, while the pair will slug it out for the title of Most Valuable. Check out the full nominations list here. Imagine if AKA and Anatii win! Who would up and accept the award? -The Juice