NOMINEES for the 10th South African Hip Hop Awards were announced on Tuesday night, 2 November.
Boity, Costa Titch, Riky Rick and Gigi Lamayne are some of the artists who bagged multiple nominations, with Big Zulu leading the pack with 10 nods.
The nominees for Artist of The Decade included Khuli Chana, Kwesta, Riky Rick, AKA, Nadia Nakai, Da Les, Cassper Nyovest, Emtee, K.O, Nasty C, Stogie T, A-Reece, Reason, YoungstaCPT, Gigi Lamayne and Zakwe.
Big Zulu, Boity, DJ PH, Nasty C and Riky Rick bagged nominations for the MVP (most valuable player) Award.
Some of the Song of The Year nominees included Ye x 4 by Blxkie, Umuzi eSandton by Big Zulu, Inhlupheko by Big Zulu, Mali Eningi by Big Zulu, Areyeng by Costa Titch, Asambe by DJ Mr X, Mntase byDr Peppa, K.O. by Khova, Buyile by Khuli Chana and Ungazincishi by Riky Rick.
Mixtape of The Year nominees were Today's Tragedy, Tomorrow's Memory: The Mixtape by A-Reece, Bhovamania by AKA, 4436 by Boity, 2 Player by Maglera Doe Boy and The Rise of Istrato by DJ Switch and Bravo Le Roux.
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DJ PH, DJ Speedsta, DJ Venom, Ms Cosmo and Courtnae Paul scored DJ of The Year nominations.
The Best Freshman nominees were Boity, Blxkie, Costa Titch, Maglera Doe Boy and 25K.
Nominees for Best Female were Boity, Moozlie, Gigi Lamayne, Hanna and Faith K, while Best Male were Big Zulu, Blxckie, Costa Titch, Emtee and 25K.
Organiser Rashid Kay spoke to Daily Sun about the awards' 10-year anniversary.
"It's been a learning curve because we had no experience. We had challenges because no sponsors were coming through for us. We only have sponsors for some categories.
"Ten years for the SAHHAs means hip hop is still here and we'll still be here 10 years from now and more.
"Hip hop is a whole cultural movement, it's not just rap. Our awards cover everything under the hip hop spectrum."
About South Africans saying Mzansi hip hop was dead, he said those people don't know anything about hip hop.
"For 10 years we've never had an instance where we don't have enough songs or albums to nominate. People just aren't listening to them because they are depending on one platform."
The pre-recorded awards will be broadcast on SABC1 on 4 December at 9pm.
