The Congratulate hitmaker scooped four awards, including best male artist, while his newcomer rival settled for three.
Other winners were Kwesta, who took lyricist of the year award, and Solo snatched the best newcomer award.
The beef between AKA and Nyovest was palpable. The adversaries sat a row apart and there were undertones of rivalry.
But
when Nyovest accepted the song of the year award he declared some truce
when he said: "I want to take this moment to ask all South African
rappers to unite. I'd like to congratulate AKA for a great night, you
really worked hard brother, you deserve the awards," he said, adding
that K.O's Caracara, which was not nominated, should have won.
Later
Nyovest told Sowetan that "the show was really entertaining. But from
the morning I felt I wasn't going to win anything, but I'm glad I took
the one I wanted the most [album of the year]."
A few technical
glitches during the show were forgotten thanks to the entertaining and
quirky hosting from comedian Pule and co-host playwright Jbobz, who kept
the crowd in stitches with their skits.
Eccentric fashion and
thick American accents were the order of the day - the only thing
missing was clouds of smoke and the auditorium would have been mistaken
for a club.
Riky Rick's performance was the standout performance.
The
awards were attended by notable music industry heavyweights like Native
Rhythms's Sipho Sithole, Tamara Dey and Bafana Bafana player Reneilwe
Letsholonyane.
A heartfelt montage of the late Mizchief was played
and a brass band came on stage to honour the life of the late rapper,
who died in September this year.
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