RAPPER K.O feels robbed by the South African Music Awards (Samas) for not giving him the Record The Year Award.
The popular musician and businessman won the Samro Highest Airplay Composer Award and the Capasso Most Streamed Song Award for his song Sete featuring Young Stunna and Blxckie at the awards held on Saturday, 18 November.
K.O (43) told Daily Sun that his two wins meant he should've won the Record of The Year award.
It was won by 2Point1 for their song, Stimela.
"It's an honour getting the recognition, but obviously also that there was no way around those two categories. Sete was the most streamed song, even if you wanted to politicise it and give it to someone else, you couldn't because the numbers don't lie.
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"We probably have had the longest run on radio, so I think the writing was kind of on the wall. Respectfully, if we're talking about the biggest streaming song and the song with the most airplay, that song should be the Recordd of The Year. I don't think I have my wires crossed when it comes to that. But it is what it is," he said.
However, he said he doesn't focus on awards anymore.
"But we don't do this for awards anyway. This year alone, I've got so many nominations, and these are the first two I am getting, and I am grateful for that. But I'm just saying, I think I'm past that point where I invest too much in awards because of the technicalities that muddy up some of the decisions that are taken," the rapper said.
In response to K.O's complaint, Samas spokesman Lesley Mofokeng didn't say much about it.
"We congratulate K.O on his wins at #SAMA29 and wish him well in his future endeavours. He has done well for himself, and we are proud.
"The winner of Record of the Year is decided by a public vote," he said.
He was nominated in seven categories, including Record of the Year, Music Video of the Year for Sete, Male Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Collaboration, Best Produced Music Video and Remix of the Year for Sete featuring Young Stunna, Oxlade and Diamond Platnumz.
