The Nigerian rap duo were beaten to it by South African golden boy rapper, Cassper Nyovest.
Olamide and Phyno have lost out on the ‘Best Hip-hop’ act award at the 2015 MTV Africa Music Award (MAMA).
The Nigerian duo were hotly tipped to be winners of the award, but fell short of the mark via a voting process. They were beaten to it by South African golden boy rapper, Cassper Nyovest.
Olamide and Phyno were hoy favorites this year due to the continent-wide acceptance of their music, which the duo fused together in the 2015 symbolic joint-album, ‘2 Kings’ released in April 2015.
It was released through Cloud 9 and the iTunes Store with little announcement by Penthauze Music and YBNL Nation. The album features collaborations with producers and guest artists such as Wizkid, Lil Kesh, Storm Rex, Pheelz, Major Bangz, B.Banks and Young John.
Neither Olamide and Phyno have acknowledged nor reacted to their loss of the prestigious award at the time of this report.
The reactions of Nigerians to this loss has been one of sadness and expressions of loss. All of that is summed up by the tweet below:
The MAMA 2015 ‘Best Hip-hop Act’ category is not new to controversy. AKA had earlier expressed his disappointment at the nomination list, after he failed to get chosen as one of the continent’s contenders for the crown.






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