MTN UG Hip-Hop Awards 2020: All the nominees

The nominated works were released between July 2018 and June 2019. Rapper BigTril leads the list with four nominations in the of Male Rapper of the Year, Producer of the Year, Song of the Year and Rap Fusion of the Year categories.

Recho Rey was the most nominated female rapper in three categories: Female Rapper of the Year, Central Rapper of the Year and Rap Fusion of the Year. 

The public can vote for their favourite rappers via the MTN Uganda official website.

Below are all the nominees:

Male Rapper of the Year

• BigTril
• Da Agent
• Feffe Bussi
• Byg Ben
• Fik Fameica

Female Rapper of the Year

• Recho Rey
• Cynnate
• Tushi Polo
• Felista

Song of the Year

• 'Kampala Takoma' – Mun*G ft. Crysto Panda
• 'Parte after Parte' – BigTril
• 'Boss Up' – DJ Crim ft. Mun*G and Vyper Ranking 
• 'Nfunayo' – VIP JEMO
• 'UG’s Most Wanted' – Byg Ben ft. Various Artists

Producer of the Year

• Dagg Mizzo
• Yung Jey Basalesale
• Mio Made
• BigTril
• Samurae

Video of the Year

• 'KITA' – Timothy Code
• 'Akatambala' – Da Agent
• 'LevelUp' – Flex D’Paper
• 'Go Get It' – Truth 256
• 'UG’s Most Wanted' – Byg Ben ft. Various Artists

Album of the Year

• Imbuka Eyi’Yange – Byg Ben
• African Stories – Pryce Teeba & Baru
• Change – Naxa
• VROOM – Tucker HD
• TRUHSE – B-Flex & A1 Fresh

Mixtape of the Year

• Self Discovery – Nickarma Nox
• Blackmail: 7 Day Delivery – Blixxack
• Zagang Volume 1 – Zagang
• Rare Sounds – Ganzi
• JoyRide – Jesse x Levi

Collaboration of the Year

• 'Boss Up' – DJ Crim, Mun*G ft. Vyper Ranking 
• 'Welcome to KLA' – Tucker HD ft. Blixxack
• 'Maji Moto' – Pryce Teeba & Fasie
• 'UG’s Most Wanted' – Byg Ben ft. Various Artists
• 'Oluwa Diamond' – Double S ft. Moelogo

Inspiration Song of the Year

• 'Twanyumirwanga' – Xhanol Mushin
• 'Amen' –The Mith ft. Mal-X
• 'Barna' – Joy Anthem
• 'Speak Up' – 1DER JR ft. Kamanzi
• 'I’ll be your salvation' – Philant Official

Lyricist of the Year

• 'BBE' – Pyramid MC
• 'Numbers' – Navio 
• 'Kukunku Freestyle' – St. Maxi Mayne
• 'Won Off' – Ajo
• 'Welcome to KLA' – Tucker HD

Sweet 16

• 'Numbers' – Navio
• 'M7 Vs. Bobi Wine' – Pyramid MC
• 'UG’s Most Wanted' – Tucker HD
• 'Pablo Freestyle' – TimothyCODE
• 'Owabajaja Kabaliga' – Leumas

Rap Fusion of the Year

• 'Bwogana' – Recho Rey & Winnie Nwagi
• ' Love Yoo' – Feffe Bussi
• 'Giddem' – BigTril ft. Beanie Gunter
• 'Omu Bwati' – Fik Fameica ft. Patoranking 
• 'Kyekyo' – Navio

 Rookie of the Year 

• St. Maxi Mayne
• St. Ronnie
• Naxa
• B-Flex
• Cynnate

Hiphop DJ of the Year

• DJ Sting
• Sal The Deejay
• Slaughter Elly
• DJ Mark Xtreme
• DJ Crim

Media Personality of the Year

• The Mith & Deejay Crim (Urban TV)
• Mosh Mulla (Record TV)
• Calvin Da Entertainer (UBC TV)
• Jokwiz (NXT Radio)
• MC Ollo (NBS TV)

Diaspora Rapper of the Year

• Ms. Banks
• GNL Zamba
• Blixxack
• Cynnate
• Double S

Central Rapper of the Year

• Recho Rey
• Da Agent
• Feffe Bussi
• Fik Fameica
• VIP Jemo

Eastern Rapper of the Year

• Mamre Snares
• Leumas Owabajaja
• Mas D’rapper
• HID 16TH
• Umukuka Blazy

Western Uganda Rapper of the Year

• Crazie Wispa
• Da MuZa
• Truth 256
• Lithan Xtrm

Northern Rapper of the Year

• Toobi Smallz
• Rappa Blutit
• Gbaraspoken
• Ga Swagga