# 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 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 |
| 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 | |