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Two South African Music Icons Gone On The Same Year đź•Šđź•Š
If you're old enough you will remember the Zahara & AKA "awards rivalry" The Metros (2011) & The Sama (2012)
2011: NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
The 11th Metro FM music awards in 2011 saw Bulelwa “Zahara” Mkutukana going pound for pound with rap superstar AKA – real name Kiernan Jarryd Forbes.
The hotly-contested awards ceremony resulted in the two stars walking away with three gongs each. Zahara scooped the Best Female Album, Hit Single of the Year for Le Ngoma featuring DJ Sbu, and Song of the Year for Loliwe.
On the other hand, AKA won best Newcomer, Best Hip-hop Album and Best-produced Album for his debut project Altar Ego.
2012: SAMAS
A year later and the pair were again the stars of yet another awards event – the South African Music Awards (Samas). This time, however, Zahara dominated with a staggering eight awards to AKA’s two trophies.
Zahara won in the Best Smooth Urban Music Album, Special Award: Best Selling Album and Album of the Year categories. She was also named Newcomer of the Year, Female Artist of the Year and scooped up the Best Collaboration award for Incwad’ Encane featuring Georgy.
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