The South African Hip-Hop Awards 2018 (#SAHHA2018) are here and the conversation is already heated about who deserved to be featured and who should have been left out.
The nominations were announced on Monday and the discussion is already centred around who will grab the coveted Song of the Year award.
What are the South African Hip-Hop Awards all about?
This year, it must be said, the South African music industry will be tuned in to see if the #SAHHA2018 has improved in making the correct and deserved choices in selecting their winners.
The award ceremony seeks to celebrate Hip-Hop musicians who have achieved and grown a lot in 2017/2018. According to the #SAHHA2018 website, the awards ceremony is managed by the Ritual Media Group (RMG). The coveted award comes in the form of what they call the Pyramid.
On the topic of how voting works, this is what is written on the website:
Voting is based 100% on judges’ scores for the following categories: Album of the Year; Best Dance Crew; Best DJ; Best Freshman; Best Graffiti; Best International Brand; Best Local Brand; Hustler of the Year; Lyricist of the Year; Mixtape of the Year; Most Valuable; Producer of the Year; Promoter of the Year and all the King of “…”
Voting is based on the judges’ scores and public votes (60% judges and 40% public) for the Top 5 categories: Best Collaboration, Best Female, Best Male, Best Video and Song of the Year. Voting is based 100% on online votes for the following category: Best Hip Hop Radio Show.
#SAHHA2018 nominees
These are the artists that have ben nominated in each participating category:
Song of the Year
Riky Rick – Stay Shining
Nasty C – Send Me Away
Zakwe ft Various Artists – Sebentin
Nadia Nakai ft Cassper Nyovest – Naa Mean
DJ Speedsta ft OkMalumKoolKat – Combos Communicating
Anatii – Thixo Onofefe
Kwesta ft Wale – Spirit
Nasty C ft ASAP Ferg – King
Kid X ft Chiano Sky – Aunty
Cassper Nyovest – Ksazobalit
Best Album
Zakwe – Cebisa
Nasty C – Strings N Bling
Da Les – High Life
Blaklez – Baby Brother
K.O – SR2
Mixtape of the Year
Slikour Onlife – Incubator Class of 2017
DJ Sliqe – Navy Black
Stogie T – Honey & Pain
Gigi Lamayne – VI
Moozlie – Versus
Best Male
Nasty C
Blaklez
KO
Zakwe
Da Les
Best Female
Nelz
Gigi Lamayne
Moozlie
Fifi Cooper
Tyrant
DJ of the Year
DJ Speedsta
Akio
Junior De Rocka
DJ Sliqe
Ms Cosmo
Producer of the Year
Makwa Beats
Gemini Major
Tweezy
Co-kayn Beats
Zooci Coke Dope
Best Collabo
Boity ft Nasty C – Wuz Dat
DJ Speedsta ft OkMalumKoolKat – Combos Communicating
DJ Capital ft Kwesta, Reason & Kid X – Skebe Dep Dep
Nasty C ft ASAP Ferg – King
Kid X ft Chiano Sky – Aunty
Ms Cosmo ft Moozlie, Rouge & Sho Madjozi – Ay Baby
Nadia Nakai ft Cassper Nyovest – Naa Mean
Riky Rick ft Cassper Nyovest, Professor & Major League DJs – Stay Shining
Lyricist of the Year
Nasty C
Stogie T
Zakwe
Ginger Breadman
PDotO
Freshman of the Year (Newcomer)
Big Zulu
Saudi
Moozlie
Tyrant
Hustler of the Year
Cassper Nyovest
Rouge
Proverb
Slikour Onlife
Kwesta
Best Dance Crew
Supreme I Crew
2Legitt Crew
Creed Crew
Survivor Dance Crew
Best Video
L-Tido ft Phoenix – I’m Back
Zakwe ft Cassper Nyovest – Sebentin
Nasty C – Jungle
Ms Cosmo ft Moozlie, Rouge & Sho Madjozi – Ay Baby
Nadia Nakai ft Cassper Nyovest – Naa Mean
Cassper Nyovest – Ksazobalit
Anatii – Thixo Onofefe
Kwesta ft Wale – Spirit
Nadia Nakai ft Frank Casino – Money Calling
Riky Rick ft Cassper Nyovest, Professor & Major League DJs – Stay Shining
Best Graffiti
Drake MHC
Senzart
Dbongz
Best Local Brand
Family Tree
StylaGang Original Designs
Butanwear
Best International Brand
Power Play
KFC
Castle Lite
Promoter of the Year
Pop Bottles
Major League Gardens
Junior Lavie
Until Until
Kool Out
Milestone Award
Cassper Nyovest – for his work in filling up FNB Stadium.
Best Digital Sales
Kwesta – accumulated the most digital sales for Spirit (2017-2018)
Most Valuable Player (MVP)
Cassper Nyovest
Riky Rick
Kwesta
Nasty C
Proverb
Best Remix
DJ Capital ft Kwesta, Youngsta CPT, Stogie T, Kid X & Reason – Skebe Dep Dep (remix)
Zakwe ft Musiholiq, Cassper Nyovest, Blaklez, Kwesta, HHP & Prokid – Sebentin (remix)
Jovilash ft Flabba, HHP, Mr Selwyn & Infadizle – Ya Kwini (remix)
Beatmochini ft Towdeemac, Skillo, Nasi Profresher-KT, Lection & Khuli Chana – Wata Mafia Gon Do (remix)
Riky Rick ft Da Les, Youngsta CPT, Frank Casino, Stilo Magolide, J Molley & KLY – Buy It Out (remix)
Best Radio Show
YFM – SA Hip Hop Live
Uhozi FM – iNumba Numba
5FM – 16 Bars Reloaded
Goodhope FM – The Ready D Show
Metro FM – Absolute Hip Hop
SK.fm – Trailblazer
Motsweding FM – Motshwako wa Hip Hop
Gagazi FM – Hip Hop Session
Radio Bushbuckridge – Rhythm & Flow
5FM – The Stir Up
Source: Bona
