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The Award CeremonyPrinted Africa in the middle with Two Little statue artists climbing the pyramid & reaching for the stars.
Great achievements within the local hip hop culture will be celebrated by focusing on how the past has shaped this phenomenon called “SA Hip Hop”. Accolades will be given to active members within the industry. Winners receive a statue that is called the Pyramid. The show will boast a number of appearances, live performances and tributes by today’s leading musicians |
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Tickets Now available
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-26.238767,28.01342 Refunds And Cancellations You may cancel any booking submitted to us for tickets that have not yet been issued to you at any t ... Exchanges And Upgrades Exchanges and upgrades allowed for this event. No downgrades Doors/gates Open30 minutes before start of show. Duration 4 hours, no interval. Age Restriction No under 15s Prohibited Cell phones, photography and recording of the performance. Artists Popular Hip Hop artists with the lineup still to be confirmed. |
Public voting
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Public Voting Methods.
Public votes are only open to the Top 7 categories: Best Collaboration, Best Remix , Best Female, Best Hip Hop Radio Show, Best Male, Best Video and Song of the Year. 2. Online – public can register at www.sahiphopawards.com. One vote per IP address. Online and text voting will be open from 24h00, 14th November 2018 and close 13h00, 14th December 2018 |
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The South African Hip Hop Awards (SAHHA) are an annual Hip-Hop award ceremony, run by the Ritual Media Group (RMG), that will take place on 14 December 2019 at the Lyric Theatre Gold Reef City, Johannesburg. Great achievements within the local hip hop culture will be celebrated by focusing on how the past has shaped this phenomenon called “SA Hip Hop”. Accolades will be given to active members within the industry. Winners receive a statue that is called a Pyramid which symbolises Africans reaching for success. The show will feature live performances by some of the nominees and will be pre-recorded for TV broadcast purposes.
After a three-month selection process a board of four industry gurus were chosen to fill advisory positions. The role of the advisory board serves to guide the awards in terms of fairness and for the awards to go strength to strength, as these candidates have no hidden agendas in the Hip Hop industry |
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2018
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Past.Prophets of the City - Never Again
The group began in late 1988 when Shaheen and Ready D experimented in a small 8-track studio (owned by Shaheen's father, Issy Ariefdien and Lance Stehr the current Ghetoruff CEO) and produced a demo that ultimately became "Our World" (1990), the first South African hip hop release
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Present.Riky Rick ft Frank Casino - Family
Riky Rick's first side of music began at a recording studio session with Bongani Fassie. It was by Bongani's side that Rick was inspired to make his own music. That is when he released his first single Barbershop featuring Da L.E.S. He then rose to fame by the release of his hit single Nafukwa.
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Future.J Molley - Hype
There has never been a better time for aspiring artists to be active than right now. There is a special and very specific type of energy floating in the music industry, especially here in South Africa. The conventional structures in the music industry are slowly going out of style, particularly with the youth. .
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How did hip hop begin?
In the 1970s, an underground urban movement known as "hip hop" began to develop in the South Bronx in New York City. It focused on emceeing (or MCing) over "breakbeats", house parties and neighbourhood block party events, held outdoors.
What is rap culture?
RAP, a music, an industry, and a culture. R.Kelly. ... RAP is urban music that grew out of the hip-hop movement of the South Bronx, New York, in the 1970s. It blends rhythmic instrumental tracks created by a disc jockey, with the spoken, rhyming lyrics of an MC, (Rapper).
What is the definition of hip hop culture?
Hip-hop is a type of music. It is also a culture, or way of life. It includes many types of expression-for example, rapping, deejaying, dancing, and graffiti painting. ... Thecultural movement known as hip-hop emerged in the late 1970s in the predominantly African American South Bronx section of New York City.
Is hip hop a subculture?
Origin of the term is credited to various rappers, but DJ Afrika Bambaataa is credited as the first to describe Hip Hop as a subculture. As described in Wikipedia, DJ Afrika Bambaataa “outlined the five pillars of hip-hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking, graffiti writing, and knowledge.
IS hip hop and rap the same thing?
Rap is poetry set to an external rhythm separate from the rhythm of the speaker, while hip-hop is a subculture that encompasses four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching, break dancing, and graffiti writing.
Who is the father of hip hop?
DJ Kool Herc: Founding Father of Hip Hop. DJ Kool Herc, also known as Kool Herc is credited for throwing the first hip hop party in 1973 at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx.
What was the first hip hop song ever?
Rapper's Delight" was a 1979 single by American hip-hop trio The Sugarhill Gang. While it was not the first single to feature rapping, it is generally considered to be the song that first popularized hip-hop in the United States and around the world
What is trap rap music?
Trap Music Explained. ... The percussion samples of choice when making trap music are usually originate from the Roland TR-808 Drum Machine. When speaking of the “originators” in the trap music game, southern rappers like Waka Flocka Flame, Gucci Mane, Young Jeezy, Three 6 Mafia, and Manny Fresh come to mind.
Announcement
anything is possibleWe received countless Submissions from the 7th of August 2017 until 22 September. Nominee list was released & the ceremony took place on the 13th of December now we have all the winners. Click now on the winners tab list.
sahha welcomes K.0We were proud to have K.O on our stage this year for the past 5 years the Skanda republic champion has boycotted the awards for 5 years. In support of hip hop & growing the culture the sahhas will always welcome artists who are not happy how the awards handled in future we will like him to participate again.
patty manroeDropped on 27 January, this is the first full-length offering from the bubbly emcee from Cape Town, courtesy of After Life Talent. Malatjie is an Afrikaans word used in the Cape to refer to a person who is mentally unstable. we were honored to have her on stage she is top 5 of the best female mc's who are consistent putting work
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Show highlightsCassper Nyovest, The Doc Shebeleza hitmaker, walked away with 5 awards at the prestigious ceremony namely The Milestone Award, Hustler of the year, MVP , Album of the year & best male we salute you Caspper.
new generation j mollyJ Molly the new merging young artist rocked the stage & showed how his generation can rock the crowd he released his anticipated EP which pulled streaming numbers he is also nominated for best new comer & best mixtape check out his tape on slikour onlife or soundcloud.
we crown best femaleRouge wins this years best female ahead of MegMafia, nelz,Lee stk & patty Manroe The judges & the public have decided she put in more work then any other female even thou Gigi was suppose to be part of the best 5 this year it would've been a great battle because both females had a great year we congratulate Rouge.
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hip hop politicsWith all the politics happenings this year the sahha team decided to theme this year Hip Hop politics 24 years of freedom the country has witness many disputes from different oppositions parties we kept the ceremony current
creed crewSouth of Johannesburg gets its share of world class talent and artistic talent from the Creed Dance Crew, with most of the members residing in Glenvista. Now they are 2017 best dance crew the Sahha would like to encourage these youngsters to keep up the good work see you next year.
song of the yearKwesta takes song of the year ahead of cassper & Aka. he has been very consistent with his music he is the current best digital seller with:
5x Platinum - NGud (Single) 1x Platimun - Maibabo (Single) 1x Platinum - Nomayini (Single) we like to congratulate kwesta for this great achievement |
SAHHA CoRner |
Emtee entertainer/Artist Bars: 3/5 Style: 5/5 Delivery: 4/5 Skills:4/5 |
4bidden Mc/Musician Bars: 4/5 Style: 2/5 Delivery: 5/5 Skills:4/5 |
Flex Boogie Live performer Bars: 5/5 Style: 3/5 Delivery: 4/5 Skills:5/5 |
Recent News
Every year we have the pleasure of bringing the hottest SA Hip Hop artists from old to new, together under one roof. Over the last few years, Le Club rappers have come in numbers, the likes of Jaz , Snazz, Gundi & Slikour even partook in The Corner cyphers.
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The Corner cyphers, also had Maraza , Ejay, Pava Guns & Clara T ripping the mic into pieces. Other features include Reason , Mr beef , Flex boogie , Crusade , PdotO & more. Make sure you catch all The Corner content from 2012 – 2016 on our Youtube channel
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nomination brief.
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NINE PROVINCES
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AWARDED
WINS
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honourable minster mthethwa recieves the pyramid gift.
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sahha Trophy
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The South african Hip Hop awards was the most highly anticipated event on any hip hop calendar. Taking place at The Lyric Theatre after two years at The Alex theater in Braamfontein, the level of the production was stepped up. The awards will be screened on e.tv on New Year’s Eve.
As expected, AKA and Cassper Nyovest were the big winners of the night. AKA won Best Male, Best Video, Best Collab and MVP Of The Year. Cassper won Best Album, Most Digital Sales, and Song Of The Year. During his acceptance speech he took a jibe at his rivals: "I am the only guy in this whole room who can say I have a gold-selling album.” Cassper Nyovest and Riky Rick had the entire theatre up on their feet with their hits, ‘Doc Shebeleza’ and ‘Boss Zonke’ respectively. |
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Recent News
partners Our official partners for this year
are available on the partners tab we are proud to have them on board . |
Gold reef cityVenue is at lyric theater in Gold reef city with all the glamour & glitz casino various shops
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Live PermormancesEvery year the Mc is always the heart & soul of the event without the artists themselves non of this will be possible.
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