Nominees announced for the BEM Hip Hop Awards

IT is once again time for the 2014 BEM Limpopo Hip Hop Music Awards, which will be held at the Library Gardens Auditorium on November 27.

The nominees were recently announced.

Best single:

• Royflow for Fresh Prince.

• King Solomon II for O Seke wa Lla.

• Drewski ft. Royal_T- Sh** for Money Gang.

• Civil NyT ft. King Solomon II for Hustle And Flow.

• Lesson for Don’t Wanna Be Famous.

• KK for My Love.

• Fizzy for Ndi Tshituwa Fhano Shangoni.

• TeeDee ft JSK for Neva Let Go.

• GVN for Authorised Rapper.

• Vic Mash ft. Bruno for Hold On.

• HMH for Kedibone.

Best collaboration:

• Louisana Music ft. King Solomon II for Pelo tse thata.

• Yourboy Skillz feat Kid Syfa and Cardo for Act Right.

• Evy M ft Mfix, Kingdogg, Simple D and Nimza for Rirhandzu ra Xitsonga.

• Fletcher ft Dizz for Ganyane Ganyane.

• Rau Rau ft. Mawesh and Vellie for Paper Chasing.

• Keezy and Lesson for Promises.

Best solo artist:

• Stepping Razor for Moment Of My Life.

• King Solomon II for O Seke wa Lla.

• Yung G for Seekin’ Redemption.

• RataSepedi for Morumokwano.

• Janfirst for Sad Story.

• Oscar for Kamkgo.

Best male performer:

• King Solomon II for O Seke wa Lla.

• Rau Rau for Paper Chasing.

• Stepping Razor for Moment Of My Life.

• Leo Bee for I Does.

• RataSepedi for RataSepedi.

• Janfirst for Sad Story.

• Dala for Choppa Clic 2.0.

Best rookie:

• Dizz for Tragic Hero.

• Civil Nyt for Hustle And Flow.

• Mloper F for Taxi Driver.

• Haff and KT for For My Town.

• SK (Village Boss) for Masheleni Banngani.

• Chuck Nuga for Hood Up.

• Geenkon for Nguwe.

• Swipht_NKfor Ngwana wa moTsonga.

• MiZ for Mpinci Mponca.

Best group:

• Trapstyle Fam.

• TYB.

• Pedi Swagg.

• Toofab.

• Down To Earth.

Best lyricist:

• SLFAM for Not Going Home.

• Pedi Swagg for Doing My Thang.

• IV MaYGik for Doing Me.

• Mc Bloq for Hekele Hekeee.

• RataSepedi for Morumokwano.

• Janfirst for Sad Story.

Best mix-tape:

• Lesson for 23.

• Janfirst for She Inspired Me.

• Chuck Nuga for SMG.

• Down To Earth for Freshouttadeville.

• Dala for My Bitter Sweet Pain.

Best producer:

• Upsoul for Hustle And Flow.

• Banger Beats Maniac for For My Town.

• Jay Axe for Street Life.

• Banger Beats Maniac for We Livin’.

• Leslie Lae for Years Ago.

Best video:

• TYB for Tiyisela.

• Royflow for Fresh Prince.

• Chuck Nuga for Ho Shuvha.

• Lesson for Hustle Harder.

• Vic Mash for Hold On.

Best model:

• Nthabiseng Thabi Sekhaolelo.

• Michelle Mehale.

• Ray Baybe Kganyago.

• Kgarudi Kay Moloto.

• Sindisiwe Minnie Gumede.

People’s champion:

• Hip Hop Cares Foundation.

• ClearVision.

I am LimHop:

• Luka 120.

Raymond Shihawu of the Shihawu Foundation, organisers of the awards says fans can vote for their favourite musician simply by SMSing the code of the artists to 084 680 2063.

The codes are:

• #BF – best female.

• #BM – best male.

• #BS – best single.

• #BC – best collaboration.

• #BR – best rookie.

• #BL – best lyricist.

• #BG – best group.

• #BSA – best solo artist.

• #BMT – best mixtape.

• #BP – best producer.

• #BV – best video.

• #BMD – best model.

• #PC – people’s champ.

SMS lines will open on October 13 and close on November 23. SMS’s charged at normal rates.

Tickets for the award ceremony cost R100 and will be available at the door.

For more information, call 073 887 3983.