And The 2015 South African Hip-Hop Awards Winners Are...
SA Hip-Hop Awards 2015 'Best Male' Riky Rick (Photo: Anthony Bila aka The Expressionist)
The fourth edition of the SA Hip-Hop Awards went down last night at the Lyric Theatre at Gold Reef City in Johannesburg. AKA came out on top as this year’s Most Valuable and also earned awards for Best Collaboration, Best Video and Best Digital Sales. Riky Rick was named Best Male, and his debut LP Family Values earned him the award for Album of the Year. Ricky Rick's fellow Boyzn Bucks member Okmalumkoolkat won an award for his 100kMaCassette mixtape. Emtee’s “Roll Up” was named Song of the Year. Tumi Molekane was named Best Lyricist fresh off the release of his Return of the King LP in June.
Take a look at the full list of the 2015 SA Hip-Hop Award winners below.
MOST VALUABLE
AKA
BEST LOCAL BRAND
Butan
BEST DANCE CREW
Supreme I Crew
PROMOTER OF THE YEAR
Pop Bottles
DJ OF THE YEAR
Major League DJz
ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Riky Rick - Family Values
BEST FRESHMAN
Nasty C - Price City
MIXTAPE OF THE YEAR
Okmalumkoolkat
HUSTLER OF THE YEAR
Proverb
LYRICIST OF THE YEAR
Tumi
BEST GRAFFITI
Gift
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
Tweezy
BEST COLLABO
Anatii x AKA - The Saga
BEST FEMALE
Assessa - Yim Lo
BEST MALE
Riky Rick - Family Values
BEST HIP HOP RADIO SHOW
VenRap Radio
BEST VIDEO
Anatii x AKA - The Saga
SONG OF THE YEAR
Emtee - Roll Up
BEST DIGITAL SALES
AKA
KINGS
King of Northern Cape - Kgomotso Modiragale
King of Eastern Cape - Lungelo "TruSenz" Nzama
King of KwaZulu Natal - Lindo "Prowjekt" Thwala
King of Free State - Dithato Mogoiwa
King of Mpumalanga - Ecks Exodus Nkosingiphile
King of North West - DJ Lemonka
King of Western Cape - Zanzolo Uzwi Kantu
King of Limpopo - Nema Wama Hunghuni
King of Gauteng - Refiloe Ramogase