The South African Hip Hop Award nominees were released last night and well, let's just say some were elated yet others were a bit disappointed at the nomination results.

With no surprise, top of the nomination lists were the likes of AKA and Cassper Nyovest. Though their beef has turned into biltong it's interesting to see how their competitiveness has reaped them great rewards, thanks to their quality competitiveness that has given us great music and eye-catching videos from the two artists. 

Whilst Cassper Nyovest sits comfortably with a total of eight nominations under his belt. Let's not also forget the man struck gold this week since the release of his debut album Tsholofelo.

Surprisingly Cashtime Family which consists of rappers K.O, Kid X and Ma E among others were not nominated as much as we thought they would. As news broke of the South African Hip Hop Award nominees for 2014, debate broke out about why Cashtime Life artists K.O and Kid X had effectively been excluded from the list. But later on it was revealed that the Cashtime Family had requested to be excluded from the nominations and the awards themselves. 

Album of the Year

Kwesta – Dakar
Duncan- Street Government
AKA- Levels
Da L.E.S - Mandela Money
Cassper Nyovest- Tsholofelo

Producer of the Year

AKA
Kay Masta
Tweezy
Ganja Beats
Psyfo

Hustler of the Year

Ifani
Cassper Nyovest
Monde Dube
DJ Naves

Best International Brand

Sprite
Miller
Castle Lite
Red Bull
Hunter’s Extreme

Best Local Brand

Butan
Head Honcho
GALXBOY
Bambata

Song of the Year

Cassper Nyovest - Doc Shebeleza
Da L.E.S - Fire
AKA – Congratulate
Riky Rick ft. DJ Dimplez, Kid X, Kwesta, Maggz, Ginger
Breadman, Nadia Nakai and Okmalumkoolkat - Amantombazane Remix
Duncan – Tsiki Tsiki
AKA ft. K.O – Run Jozi
DJ Dimplez ft. Dreamteam and Anatii – Yaya

See more nominees here 

Credit Image:Facebook.AKA