2017 Zim Hip Hop Awards Nominees
The nominees of the 2017 edition of the Zim Hip Hop Awards have been announced. This year the awards will be held in Bulawayo. This will be the second time that the awards are hosted in the city of kings.
This year there are several nominees in the various categories. Female representation seems to have gone up with Kikky Badass nominated in three categories. Newcomers Female Bhuru and Whitney Cash contend for the Female of the Year.
Leading the pack is Tehn with five nominations whilst Stunner, Takura, POY, Tulk Munney and Mudiwa lead with three of four nods.
Check out the full list below:
Peoples choice
•T-Gonz
•Jnr Brown
•DJ Towers
•Floppy x
•Stunner
•Mudiwa
•Takura
•POY
•Kikky Badass
•Muse
Best Radio DJ
•Pd and Lady K
•Mox
•Promethious
•Emmitty Smooth
•Lampy and Kritic
•Thorne La Roq
Best hip hop verse
•Guluva – Ngena Ka1 Verse 1
•Sharky – Nonono by Dexter Basiq Verse 3
•Briss Mbada – Gaya by Marques Mafia verse3
•Jnr Brown- Boys Dzetonaz by Kikky verse
•Mc chita – Uptown Tsotsi verse 1
•Gze – Chamunorwa verse 1
Best Hip Hop Hustle
•Naboth Rizzla
•Clyde Banks
•DJ Towers
•Mudiwa
•Takura
•Mr Kata
Video Of The Year
•T1nda- Majarakara
•Takura- Kamushekero
•POY -Higher
•Tehn – No Stress
•Mudiwa –Slaying
•Marcques- Manga Muripi.
Song of the year
•Guluva 7 –Ngena ka1
•Tehn – No Stress
•Mc chita- Uptown Tsotsi
•Briss mbada – King Solomon.
•Muse-100 bars
•Tulk Munny –Dakutsika Jive
Best alternative
•Hubby Blakes
•8L
•Simba Tagz
•Coco Master
Best Media –JOURNALIST
•Masimba Biyasi (dakid verse)Zim Rap Cities
•Tanaka Musanhi- Zim Rap Cities
•Bongani Ndlovhu-Chronicle
•Kennedy Navaya-Standard
•Tariro Zinyemba -H Metro
Best media – T.V
•Onvi tv
•Naboth Rizzla hip hop 263
Best Media – ONLINE
•Ritchers Blog
•Fokus
•Keep It Real Fridays
•Lounge 263
•The Zimtainment
Best Underground
•Four beat fam
•Hfiles
•Fyp
•Dakid verse
•Indigo saint
Best Dance Crew
•Super geeks
•Mega tronz empire
•explosion
Best Gospel Act
•T1nda
•Caespido
•Mudiwa
•Kaygee40 and shugeta
•J soldier
•Lil megaz
Best Club DJ
•Raydizz
•Tk Beatz
•DJ Krimz Beatz
•DJ Drew
•DJ Kead Wikead
Best Diaspora
•Mab
•Rich Forbes
•Brucella
•WaMambo
•Hillzy
•Gt Beats
Best Promoter
•Thorne
•Naboth rizzla
•Preezo
•Zimboy
•Boss Chenge
Best Album
•POY –Short Cuts to Heaven
•Stunner –Stray Bullet
•Tulk munny- Chepa Jecha
•Noble styles – Better than Your Album
•R peels -Zviri Eva Beautiful
•Few kings – Feeling Aint Fair
Best Local Brand Supporting Local Hip-Hop
•Hip hop 263 Naboth Rizzla
•TBF
•Zvanhuwa fashion collection
•Volt
Best Newcomer
•Muse
•Floppy x
•P Mula
•Tulk Munny
•Marcus Mafia
•R Peels
Best Producer
•Quazor
•Take Fizzo
•DJ Krimz Beatz
•P2daoh
•MaClyne Beats
•Verseless
Best Hip-Hop Group
•Kaygee 40 and shugeta
•Dollar sign music
•Mula nation
•BGS
•Few kings
•The mafia
Best Collaboration
•No Stress-Tehn ft Thaiwanda Thai
•POY ft Splits Loui- Get Out the Way
•Mr Kata –Zunguza Remix
•Myk Pimp- Get Mine ft Jnr Brown and TRK
•Tulk Munney ft Sinbad, Take Fizzo & Female Bhuru –Paranoia
•Mc Chita ft Tulk Money –Uptown Tsotsi
Best Female
•Trae Yung
•Kikky Badass
•Kara (jecha koso)
•Mskays
•Whitney Cash
•Natasha Muz
Best Male
•Stunner
•Mudiwa
•Mc Chita
•Tehn
•Myk pimp
•POY