@iamcal_vin and @TheBoyAsaph to host this year's @ZimHipHopAwards

In a bid to decentralize the genre,this year's ZimHipHop Awards will be held in BULAWAYO so it was only right that two of the city's biggest rappers play host for the ceremony.The Boy Asaph who is currently pushing his 25 album and Cal Vin who will release Revenge Of the Vin sometime in December will host the awards showcase that is slated for the Zimbabwe Academy Of Music on the 9th of December.

Nominations for the awards were released earlier this month to very mixed feelings as some felt a lot of deserving albums and artists were disregarded.Some notable absentees can probably be alluded to the Academy's nomination criteria which demands that rappers submit their works to be considered for an award so speculation is rife that some rappers didn't submit.Peep the nominees below and feel free to tell us which artists you feel were slighted.

Best Male
•Stunner                 
•Mudiwa
•Mc Chita            
•Tehn  Diamond                     
•Myk Pimp
•POY

Best Female
•Trae Yung              
•Kikky Bad Ass          
•Kara (Jecha Koso)    
•Miss McKays                    
•Whitney Cash            
•Natasha Muz

Best Collaboration
• Tehn Ft Thaiwanda - No Stress
•Poy Ft Splits Loui - Get Out The Way
•Mr Kata – Zunguza Remix
•Myk Pimp Ft Jnr Brown Trk - Get Mine
•Tulk Munny Ft Sinbad Take Fizzo  Female Bhuru -Paranoia ReUp
•Mc Chita – Uptown Tsotsi

 Best Hip-Hop Group
•Kaygee 40 & shugeta
•Dollar Sign Music
•Mula Nation
•BGS
•Few Kings
•The Mafia

Best Producer
•Quazor
•Take Fizzo
•Dj Krimz Beatz
•P2daoh
•Mclyne Beats
•Verseless

 Best New Comer
•Muse 
•Floppy X
•P Mula
•Tulk Munny
•Marcus Mafia
•R Peels

Best Local Brand Supporting Local Hip-Hop
•Hip Hop 263 - Naboth Rizzla
•Team Big Family
•Zvanhuwa Fashion Collection
•Volt

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 Fear

Best Promoter
•Thorne
•Naboth Rizzla
•Preezo
•Zimboy
•Boss Chenge

Best Diaspora
•Mab
•Rich Forbes
•Brucella
•Wamambo
•Hillzy
•Gt Beats

Best Club DJ
•Raydiz
•Tk beatz
•Dj Krimz Beatz
•Dj Srew
•Dj Kead Wikead

Best Gospel Act
•T1nda
•Caespido
•Mudiwa
•Kaygee40 & shugeta
•J Soldier
•Lil Megaz

Best Dance Crew
•Super Geeks
•Mega Tronz Empire
•Explosion

Best Underground
•Four Beat Fam
•H Files
•FYP
•Dakid Verse
•Indigo Saint

Best  Media – ONLINE
•Keep It Real Fridays
•Ritchers Blog
•FoKus
•Lounge 263
•The Zim Tainment

Best media – T.V
•Onvi Tv
•Naboth Rizzla Hip Hop 263

Best media  –JOURNALIST
•Masimba Biyasi (dakid Verse) Zim Rap Cities
•Tanaka Musanhi - Zim Rap Cities
•Bongani Ndlovhu - Chronicle
•Kennedy Navaya - Standard
•Tariro Zinyemba - Hmetro

Best Alternative
•Hubby  Blakes
•8L
•Simba Tagz
•Coco Master

Song Of The Year
•Guluva 7 - Ngena Ka1
•Tehn Diamond  - No Stress
•Mc Chita - Uptown tLTsotsi
•Briss mbada –  King Solomon.
•Muse -100 bars
•Tulk Munny – Tsika Jive

Video Of The Year
•T1nda - Majarakara
•Takura - Kamushekero
•Poy - Higher
•Tehn Diamond - No Stress
•Mudiwa – Slaying
•Marcques - Manga Muripi

Best Hip Hop Hustle.

•Naboth Rizzla
•Clyde Banks
•Dj Towers
•Mudiwa
•Takura
•Mr Kata

Best Hip Hop Verse
•Guluva  - Ngena Ka1 Verse 1
•Sharky - No No No  By DexterBaysiq Verse 3
•Briss Mbada - Gaya  By Marques Mafia  Verse 3
•Jnr Brown - Boys Dzetonaz By Kikky Verse
•Mc Chita - Uptown Tsotsi  Verse 1
•Gze  - Chamunorwa   Verse  1

 Best Radio DJ
•Pd & Lady K 
•Mox
•Promethious
•Emmitty Smooth
•Lampy & Kritic
•Thorne La Roq

Peoples Choice
•T-Gonzi
•Jnr Vrown
•DJ Towers
•Floppy X
•Stunner
•Mudiwa
•Takura
•POY
•Kikky Bad Ass
•Muse