South African Hip Hop Awards

South African Hip Hop Awards (SAHHA)
Current: 2021 South African Hip Hop Awards
Annual South African Hip Hop Awards Generic Logo
Description	Outstanding achievements in the hip hop music industry of South Africa
Country	South Africa
Presented by	Ritual Media Group (RMG)
First awarded	2012;12 years ago (2012)
Website	www.sahiphopawards.com
Television/radio coverage
Network	ETV (2013–2015) MTV Base (2016) SABC (2017–present)

The South African Hip Hop Awards (commonly abbreviated as SAHHA) are an annual hip hop award ceremony, that celebrates achievements within the South African hip hop culture, established in 2012. The awards are presented annually, and are broadcast live on SABC. The annual presentation ceremony features performances by artists, and some of the awards of more popular interest are presented in a televised ceremony. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Contents

• History
• Awards
• Top nine awards
• Categories
• Special Awards
• Eligibility and entry
• Trophy
• Voting
• Public voting
• Judging criteria
• Ceremonies
• Notable moments and controversies
• AKA distancing himself from the event (2012)
• K.O and Kid X excluded in the nominees for the SA Hip Hop Awards (2014)
• Nasty C snubbing the SA Hip-Hop Awards (2017)
• South African Hip Hop Awards honouring HHP, Ben Sharpa & ProKid (2018)
• References
• External links

History

The South African Hip Hop Awards (SAHHA) had their origin in 2012. It is presented by Ritual Media Group (RMG) and celebrates great achievements within the local hip hop culture by focusing on how the past has shaped the phenomenon called "SA Hip Hop". The very first ceremony was held at Alex Theatre in Braamfontein, Johannesburg and then moved to the Gold Reef City Lyric Theatre, Johannesburg. The event was initially televised on ETV, but has since moved to MTV Base and to date is on SABC 1. ^{[4] [5]}

The show is known for breaking out South African Hip hop artists as most of the artists have won their first ever award at the SAHHAs such as Cassper Nyovest, iFani, Emtee, Nasty C, Khuli Chana, Stogie T, Reason and Miss Pru. ^[6]

Awards

As of the 4th SAHHAs, in 2015, there are a total of thirty-one categories awarded.

Categories

Top categories in the South African Hip Hop Awards are as follows: ^{[8] [9] [10]}

• Album of the Year is awarded 12 months in this case to the artist and the album production team published in the previous cycle.

• Song of the Year is awarded to an artist with reference the previous cycle released album.

• Best Freshman is awarded to an artist with reference to an album or mixtape released in the previous cycle.

• Best Female is an award given to honor the outstanding achievements female artists have made in Hip hop every year

• Best Male is an award given to honor the outstanding achievements of male artists in Hip hop every year.

• Best Hip Hop Radio Show recognises excellence in South African hip hop radio shows.

• Best International Band is an award given to honor the outstanding achievements of international bands from around the continent every year.

• Best local Band is an award given to honor the outstanding achievements of local bands from around the country every year.

• Best Collaboration honors rap collaborations, R&B collaborations or Rap/Sung collaborations.

• Best Digital Sales awarded based on the total units sold, streamed, or shipped to retailers. These awards and their requirements are defined by the various certifying bodies representing the music industry in various countries and territories worldwide.

• Best Remix is an honor presented to artists for quality remixed recordings.

• Producer of the Year is awarded to producers for producing the most acclaimed song or album in the year under review

• Video of the Year is given to the most popular music video released the same or previous year of the year the awards are handed out. The award is only given to the performing artist(s) or group in the video. The award is not handed out to the video directors and producers.

• Mixtape of the Year is awarded for a mixtape , compilation , Album by DJ.

• DJ of the Year is awarded to the DJ who has contributed immensely to South African Hip Hop in the past 12 months.

• Lyricist of the Year is awarded to recognise a lyricist who has delivered an outstanding performance in a song.

• Promoter of the Year is awarded to a promoter with most impactful Hip Hop events in the past 12 months.

Eligibility and entry

As per the committee guidelines, only citizens and permanent residents of South Africa are eligible for a nomination. ^[11] Entries are made online and a physical copy of the work is sent to the SAHHAs. Once a work is entered, reviewing sessions are held, involving the advisory board, to determine whether the work is entered in the correct category and with the exception of the Honorary award and Song of The Year award, using their expert knowledge and prior artist acknowledgements and achievements so that they can be judged on merit. The resulting lists of eligible entries are circulated to Voting Members, each of whom may vote to nominate in the general fields (Record of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, and Best Freshman) and in no more than nine out of 30 other fields on their ballots. The five recordings that earn the most votes in each category become the nominees. An audit company then calculates the results on which the list of nominees is based and certifies that end results have been reached in accordance with aforementioned rules. ^{[12] [13]}

Trophy

Winners receive a statue called "The Pyramid". The statue shows printed Africa in the middle with two little statue artists climbing the pyramid and reaching for the stars. ^[9]

Voting

Voting is based completely on judges’ scores in the following categories:

• Album of the Year
• Best Dance Crew
• Best DJ
• Best Freshman
• Best International Brand
• Best Local Brand
• MVP/Hustler of the Year
• Lyricist of the Year
• Mixtape of the Year
• Best Remix
• Producer of the Year
• Promoter of the Year

Voting depends on the judges' scores and open votes (60% judges and 40% open) for the Top 5 categories:

• Best Collaboration
• Best Female
• Best Male
• Best Video
• Song of the Year

Voting is completely based on online votes for the following category:

• Best Hip Hop Radio Show ^[14]

Ceremonies

The first awards ceremony was in 2012, there have been 11 editions to date.

Notable moments and controversies

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References

External links

• South African Hip Hop Awards website
• South African Hip Hop Awards on Twitter