Oh no! After the official South African Music Awards nominations were announced late last week, 20-year-old rapper Nasty C topped the list with an impressive six nominations. The newcomer got nods in the Best Newcomer of the Year, Best Male Artist, Album of the Year, Best Rap Album and two nominations in the Music Video of the Year category. However, after complaints flooded the Recording Industry of South Africa and SAMA office, the rapper’s two Music Video of the Year nominations have been disqualified.
Despite the fact that Nasty C’s ‘Good Girls’ and ‘Don’t Do It’ videos were submitted for consideration on the on 24th of January 2017, the videos were not flighted before the closing date of the entries of 31 January 2017 as required by the SAMA rules.
“We have always trusted that all music videos submitted for this category to us have already been flighted by broadcasters during the specified entry period of the SAMAs entries ,” the organization says in a press release. “This case has proven us wrong and we accept full responsibility for our oversight to further verify whether the music videos submitted for this category were in fact flighted during the relevant SAMAs entry period. ”
Therefore, the organization has announced that the two entries are therefore automatically disqualified because they do not meet the criteria for Best Music Video Category. Replacement nominees will be announced soon.
Nhlanhla Sibisi, CEO of RiSA commented: “The SAMA prides itself with a rich history of accountability and credibility. Our legitimacy is in our checks and balances including public involvement and how swiftly we act.” Nasty C’s tally of nominations goes down to five, making fellow rapper Kwesta the most nominated artist of SAMA 23 with his six nods.
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