Nominees for the prestigious Nigerian Awards, Headies were announced last week.
The annual award features South African artists annually, under the Best South African Artist of the Year category.
Uncle Waffles represented SA in the category despite being nominated as a citizen of Swaziland over the past months.
Nasty C, Focalistic, the late rappers – Costa Titch and AKA were also part of the category.
DJ Tarico from Mozambique is the only non-South African in the category.
Best Southern African Artist of the Year
- AKA (South Africa)
- Nasty C ( South Africa)
- Costa Titch (South Africa)
- Uncle Waffles (South Africa)
- Focalistic (South Africa)
- DJ Tarico (Mozambique)
These South African artists are doing great well in the music industry and they’ve penetrated the international scene.
Uncle Waffles, Nasty C and Focalistic have been performing at international gigs and they tour other countries.
AKA and Costa are dead, but their music still speak.
Congratulations to the nominees!