SA Hip Hop Awards announce date and nominees

Artists who received more than four nominations include Riky Rick, Nasty C, Cassper Nyovest and Kwesta.

The following categories will be decided by a panel of judges: 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 Player (MVP), Producer of the Year and Promoter of the Year.

Voting is based on the judges’ scores (60%) and public votes (40%) in the following top five categories: Best Collaboration, Best Female, Best Male, Best Video and Song of the Year. Voting is 100% online in the Best Hip Hop Radio Show category.

Below is the full list of nominees:

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

Visit the SA Hip Hop Awards offical website for more information on voting.