South African Hip Hop Awards 2015

South African Hip Hop Awards 2015
South African Hip Hop Awards 2015
Date	9 December 2015
Location	Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City Casino; Johannesburg, Gauteng
Country	South Africa
Presented by	BET Networks
Website	www.sahiphopawards.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	e.tv

The 2015 South African Hip Hop Awards were held at The Lyric Theatre, Gold Reef City Casino in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province. This marked the ceremony's 4th anniversary.

The nominees were announced on 30 October 2015. Riky Rick lead with 8 nominations, followed by AKA with 7 nominations. AKA won the "Most Valuable" award for the 4th time in a row, making him the only artist to ever win this award, and therefore currently holds the winning streak.^[1] AKA won the most awards: Best Collaboration, Most Valuable, Video of the Year and Best Digital Sales. AKA makes an appearance in six categories, and lost in one category Song of the Year to newcomer and mentee Emtee for his major debut single "Roll Up". At the age of 18 at the time of the ceremony, Nasty C was the youngest recipient of an award, namely the Best Freshman Award. All winners were announced at the ceremony on 9 December 2015. The ceremony was first aired on 31 December on South African Broadcast television channel e.TV.

Nominations and Winners[edit]

The following is a list of nominees. The winners were initially announced on 9 December 2015 at the ceremony.^[2]

Album Of The Year	Best Collaboration
Riky Rick - Family Values Reason - Audio HD Proverb - Red Tape Tumi - Return of the King Zakwe - Impande	DJ Speedsta - Special Somebody featuring Cassper Nyovest, Riky Rick and Anatii Anatii - The Saga featuring AKA OkMalumkoolkat - Mswenkofontein featuring Stilo Magolide, uSanele and Sibot Nadia Nakai - Saka Wena featuring Ice Prince AKA - Baddest featuring Khuli Chana, Burna Boy and Yanga DJ Sliqe - iLife featuring WTF and OkMalumkoolkat DJ Dimplez - Way Up featuring Cassper Nyovest and JR DJ Sliqe - Do Like I Do featuring Kwesta and Flabba Gigi Lamayne - Ice Cream (Remix) featuring Khuli Chana Reason - Endurance featuring Hip Hop Pantsula
Best Dance Crew	Best Female
Creed Crew Supreme I Crew EDC 2 Legitt Crew Freeze Frame	Assessa - Yim Lo C'Ro - First Foray
Best Freshman	Best Graffiti Artist
Assessa - Yim Lo Jonny Joburg - King Jonny Cometh Mthinay Tsunam - The Beginning Aewon Wolf - Darkest Winter Nasty C - Price City	MARS RIOT PSALM 1 GIFT
Best International Brand	Best Local Brand
Red Bull Sprite Miller KFC	Butan Head Honcho GALXBOY Ama Kip Kip
Best Male	Mixtape of the Year
Riky Rick - Family Values Tumi - Return of the King Zakwe - Impande Reason - Audio HD Proverb - Red Tape	DJ Dimplez - Zeal Fortune - Abomrapper 2 Okmalumkoolkat - 100K Ma Cassette Ejay - Apartheid: Black & White Aewon Wolf - Darkest Winter
Best Radio Show	DJ of the Year
Headwarmerz - Bush Radio The Hip Hop Floor - YFM Ground Zero - TruFM The Stir Up - 5FM Namba Namba - Ukhozi FM 16 Bars Reloaded - UJ FM VenRap Radio The Ready D Show - Good Hope FM Trail Blazer - SK FM The Mixtape - Alex FM	DJ Dimplez Junior De Rock DJ Speedsta DJ Capital Major League DJs
King of Eastern Cape	King of Free State
Yahkeem Ben Israel Lungelo "TruSenz" Nzama Tsviel The Prince	Dithato Mogoiwa Thabo Tsasane Kulax Khaile
Honorary Award	Hustler of the Year
DJ Ready D	Nema Wama Hunghuni Khuli Chana Cassper Nyovest Riky Rick Proverb
King of Gauteng	King of Kwa-Zulu Natal
Refiloe Ramogase DJ Dimplez DJ ID	Ntsika Seoka Lindo "Prowjekt" Twala Bon Hussla
King of Limpopo	Milestone Award
Hip Hop Live SA Nema Wama Hunghuni Culprit	Cassper Nyovest Platinum Album AKA Gold Album 3 Gold Singles
Most Valuable	King of Mpumalanga
AKA Cassper Nyovest Proverb Riky Rick DJ Dimplez	Marvin Straight Ecks Exodus Nkosingiphile Thabs Tha Acid
King of Northern Cape	King of North West
Shirm Moipolai Kgomotso Modiragale Malibongwe Vongs Vuntu	DJ Lemonka Amos Ofentse Tapile Thabiso "Lunchboy" Tshabalala
Producer of the Year	Promoter of the Year
Riky Rick Anatii Tweezy Gemini Major Ganja Beatz	Maftown Heights Authentic Sundays Homecoming Picnic Pop Bottles Str Crd
Song of the Year	Video of the Year
Riky Rick - Boss Zonke Khuli Chana - Mahamba Yedwa Anatii featuring AKA - The Saga Major League DJs featuring Cassper Nyovest, Riky Rick and Okmalumkoolkat - Slyza Totsi L-Tido - Dlala Ka Yona Emtee - Roll Up DJ Sliqe featuring Kwesta and Flabba - Do Like I Do AKA featuring Khuli Chana, Burna Boy and Yanga - Baddest Gigi Lamayne featuring Khuli Chana - Ice Cream (Remix) WTF - Nomusa	AKA featuring Burna Boy, JR and Da L.E.S - All Eyes on Me Anatii featuring AKA - The Saga Khuli Chana - Mahamba Yedwa Riky Rick featuring Zano - Sondela WTF - Nomusa L-Tido - Dlala Ka Yona Da L.E.S featuring AKA and Burna Boy - P.A.I.D AKA - Sim Dope DJ Speedsta featuring Cassper Nyovest, Riky Rick and Anatii - Special Somebody Cassper Nyovest featuring Anatii and DJ Drama - Ghetto
King of Western Cape	Lyricist of the Year^[3]
Curtleigh Louw Rheebongs Zanzolo Uzwi Kantu	Tumi - Return of the King Proverb - The Read Tape Reason - Audio High Definition Zakwe - Impande Ginger Breadman - Mo Better
Best Digital Sales
AKA Tumi Riky Rick DJ Dimplez Zakwe

References[edit]

^ "AKA, Riky Rick take top honours at SA Hip Hop Awards". Times LIVE. Retrieved 9 January 2016.
^ Cashville, Willy. "South African Hip Hop Awards: 2015 SAHHA WINNERS". Retrieved 9 January 2016.
^ "Check Out The Nominees List For The 2015 SA Hip Hop Awards - SA Hip Hop Mag". SA Hip Hop Mag. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

External links[edit]

Official Website

[1] "AKA, Riky Rick take top honours at SA Hip Hop Awards". Times LIVE. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

[2] Cashville, Willy. "South African Hip Hop Awards: 2015 SAHHA WINNERS". Retrieved 9 January 2016.

[3] "Check Out The Nominees List For The 2015 SA Hip Hop Awards - SA Hip Hop Mag". SA Hip Hop Mag. Retrieved 9 January 2016.

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