Emtee, Fifi Cooper, Nathi win big at Metro FM Awards
THE 15th annual Metro FM Music Awards took place in Durban on February 27 and Emtee, Fifi Cooper and Nathi Mankayi were among the evening’s biggest winners. Rapper Emtee, whose real name is Mthembeni Ndevu, walked away with four awards. He won best remix for his single Roll Up which featured AKA [Kiernen Forbes] and Wiz Kid [Ayodeji Balogun]. He also won Best Hip Hop album for Avery, Best Music Video for Roll Up and the Listener’s choice award.
The 23 year old rapper was so overwhelmed when he received his fourth award that he couldn’t keep up with all his wins.
“Bonang, what is this award for?” He asked the host when he was handed the award.
“I’m very blessed,” he said.”I’m so grateful to my company, Ambitiouz Entertainment and to the fans who voted. This is only the beginning!”
Emtee walked away with R400, 000 (R100, 000 for each award he won).
Fifi Cooper [Refilwe Mooketsi] was another big winner. The Motswako rapper won Best Newcomer, Best Produced Album and Best Female Album. The rapper couldn’t contain her excitement.
“I’ve a son, so it’s very important for me to dream big so that I can provide for him,” she said after the show.
Afro soul singer, Nathi Mankayi won the biggest award of the evening – Song of the Year for his hit Nomvula. He also won Best African pop album for his debut album, Buyel’Ekhaya, and received R230, 000 for his wins.
With more nominations than any other musician, Emtee was expected to be the biggest winner of the evening. Some took to social media to express their disappointment at the fact that the musician didn’t win more awards.
The awards were hosted by television personality Bonang Matheba and Radio Presenter Moeti “DJ Moflava” Tsiki.
Here are all the winners of the 15th MetroFM Music Awards held in Durban on Saturday night.
SONG OF THE YEAR
Nathi – Nomvula
BEST MALE ALBUM
Cassper Nyovest – Refiloe
BEST AFRICAN POP ALBUM
Nathi – Buyelekhaya
BEST COMPILATION ALBUM
999 music – Summer Ya Di Summer
BEST DANCE ALBUM
Prince Kaybee – Better Days
BEST FEMALE ALBUM
Fifi Cooper – 20FIFI
BEST DUO OR GROUP ALBUM
DBN Nyts – Believe
BEST HIT SINGLE
AKA ft Burnaboy, Khuli Chana, Yanga – Baddest
BEST MUSIC VIDEO
Emtee – Roll Up
BEST HIP HOP ALBUM
Emtee – Avery
BEST URBAN JAZZ ALBUM
Nomfundo Xaluva – From now on
BEST KWAITO ALBUM
DJ Bongz – Game Changer
BEST NEW ARTIST
Fifi Cooper – 20FiFi
BEST R&B SINGLE
Cici – Runaway
BEST REMIX
Emtee – Roll Up Re-Up
BEST URBAN GOSPEL ALBUM
Worship House – True Worship 2015 (Live)
BEST COLLABORATION
AKA ft Burna Boy, Khuli Chana & Yanga – Baddest
BEST PRODUCED ALBUM
Fifi Cooper – 20FiFi
BEST STYLED ALBUM
Cici – Runaway
LISTENER’S CHOICE AWARD
Emtee
ONE AFRICA AWARD
Burna Boy
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Arthur Mafokate
– The Citizen/Timeslive
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