Our own YoungstaCPT left the SA Hip Hop Awards a happy man. He scooped the awards for Best Video and the coveted Album of the Year.
The rapper from Wynberg - real name Riyadh Roberts - was nominated for five categories including Lyricist of the Year, Best Male and Best Video and Brand of the Year.
Gegap in a black salaah top, black koefieyah, black sunnies and sneakers, the 27-year-old accepted his awards for Album of the Year for 3T and Best Video for Young Van Riebeek at the kwaai event in Jozi on Wednesday.
He tweeted: “Things Take Time, shukraan to everyone for everything, Y?Gen till the end.”
22 tracks. No features. No label.
— Youngsta Kaapstad (@YoungstaCpt) November 22, 2019
100% independent. Shukran 🏆
3T means THINGS TAK3 TIME 🕉 https://t.co/pb0AkfZbdc
Other double winners were Cassper Nyovest (Best Promoter and Best Hustler) and Flame (Best Freshman and Best Male).
Lyricist of the Year is Ginger Trill, while Nadia Nakai is the Best Female
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— #NadiaNaked (@Nadia_nakai)
Spraycan artist Falko One scooped an honorary award and US-based Emile YX? won the Ubuntu Activism Award.
Ahead of the awards, YoungstaCPT told the Daily Voice he’s working on new material.
TAKE TWO: YoungstaCPT won Best Video & Album of the Year at SA Hip Hop awards in Joburg
Fans can look forward to more videos shot on the Cape Flats, in the vein of videos for his favourite hits like For Coloured Girls, Just Be Lekker, La Familie and Thousand Mistakes.
“I’m giving people a visual to the album so you can watch and listen. The Just Be Lekker video will be out December in time for my birthday, that festive time when everyone’s partying.”
He enjoys public participation in his videos, and says: “I’m not trying to show people the stereotypical coloured image of us living in poverty and gangsterism, which plague the community, but it’s our reality.
“It’s not like I have to set up anything; I just come there and press record, these things are there.
“I’ll ask someone who is dominant in an area and ask them to get the people together.”