South African Hip Hop Awards 2015


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. 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

The following is a list of nominees. The winners were initially announced on 9 December 2015 at the ceremony.
Album Of The YearBest 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
  • * featuring Khuli Chana
  • Reason - Endurance
  • * featuring Hip Hop Pantsula
    • Best Dance CrewBest Female
  • Creed Crew
  • Supreme I Crew
  • EDC
  • 2 Legitt Crew
  • Freeze Frame
  • Assessa - Yim Lo
  • C'Ro - First Foray
    • Best FreshmanBest 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 BrandBest Local Brand
  • Red Bull
  • Sprite
  • Miller
  • KFC
  • Butan
  • Head Honcho
  • GALXBOY
  • Ama Kip Kip
    • Best MaleMixtape 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 ShowDJ 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 CapeKing of Free State
  • Yahkeem Ben Israel
  • Lungelo "TruSenz" Nzama
  • Tsviel The Prince
  • Dithato Mogoiwa
  • Thabo Tsasane
  • Kulax Khaile
    • Honorary AwardHustler of the Year
  • DJ Ready D
  • Nema Wama Hunghuni
  • Khuli Chana
  • Cassper Nyovest
  • Riky Rick
  • Proverb
    • King of GautengKing of Kwa-Zulu Natal
  • Refiloe Ramogase
  • DJ Dimplez
  • DJ ID
  • Ntsika Seoka
  • Lindo "Prowjekt" Twala
  • Bon Hussla
    • King of LimpopoMilestone Award
  • Hip Hop Live SA
  • Nema Wama Hunghuni
  • Culprit
  • Cassper Nyovest
  • * Platinum Album
  • AKA
  • * Gold Album
  • * 3 Gold Singles
    • Most ValuableKing of Mpumalanga
  • AKA
  • Cassper Nyovest
  • Proverb
  • Riky Rick
  • DJ Dimplez
  • Marvin Straight
  • Ecks Exodus Nkosingiphile
  • Thabs Tha Acid
    • King of Northern CapeKing of North West
  • Shirm Moipolai
  • Kgomotso Modiragale
  • Malibongwe Vongs Vuntu
  • DJ Lemonka
  • Amos Ofentse Tapile
  • Thabiso "Lunchboy" Tshabalala
    • Producer of the YearPromoter of the Year
  • Riky Rick
  • Anatii
  • Tweezy
  • Gemini Major
  • Ganja Beatz
  • Maftown Heights
  • Authentic Sundays
  • Homecoming Picnic
  • Pop Bottles
  • Str Crd
    • Song of the YearVideo 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
  • 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 CapeLyricist of the Year
  • 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