The highly anticipated 14th edition of the Pogues Zim Hip Hop Awards is set to take center stage on December 13, 2024, promising a night of glamour, recognition, and celebration of Zimbabwe’s thriving hip-hop culture. The prestigious event will take place at the Royal Gate Gardens in Chisipite, starting at 7 PM, under the theme “Beyond The Beat.”

This year’s edition comes with an exciting twist: the awards will be a strictly invitation-only event, with only 100 limited tickets available for purchase. Fans eager to be part of this exclusive experience can secure their tickets on flippintickets.co.zw on a first-come, first-serve basis. For those unable to attend in person, the awards ceremony will be livestreamed on the Pogues Zim Hip Hop Awards Facebook page, ensuring fans from across Zimbabwe and around the world can witness the festivities.

The Pogues Zim Hip Hop Awards extend heartfelt gratitude to Liquor Supplies, the headline partner, for their unwavering support over the years. This year also marks a new chapter as the House of Arts Association joins as curators, bringing fresh energy and vision to the awards.

As Zimbabwe’s premier platform celebrating the artistry and innovation of the hip-hop genre, the awards continue to shine a spotlight on local talent, inspiring a new generation of creatives to push boundaries.

Save the date, grab your tickets, and join us as we go Beyond The Beat for a night of unforgettable music, culture, and celebration.

Here are the:

Pogues Zim Hip Hop Awards nominees 2024

Best male

• Bagga
• Bling4
• Holy ten
• Voltz jt
• Ray kaz
• Slyme foxx

Best female

• Banshee
• Brucella
• Young gemini
• Shian
• Millz million
• Hanna

Best collaboration

• 216 whiskey gore remix
• OCD hurungwere
• I am chapter –chipawa pawa
• Scrip mula ft Holy ten – vakomana
• Young gemini – location
• R peels – pinda ft tanto wavie

Best hip-hop group

• Kbrizzy and phanas
• Mula nation
• OCD
• Dough major and dingo duke
• Uchiha empire clan

Best producer

• Phanas
• Jax da beat bully
• Calvin made it
• Nagbeatz
• The curator
• Boy tricky

Best newcomer

• Runna rulez
• Mr nyamz
• 216 whiskey
• Terry tempo
• Paintafresco

Best brand supporting hip hop

• Trust the process zw
• Sukhavad apparel
• Moto republic
• The voice of zim hip hop
• Shebeen fest

Best album

• Holy ten – risky life 2
• Zazise – story tellers of the cultre
• Young gemini – laliga
• Raykaz – Main oan pack
• Rpeels – God is my therapist 2
• Voltz jt -nope makoni

Best promoter

• Shoko festival
• Noble styles bars on bars
• Shebeen fest
• Zimboy
• The voice of zim hip hop

Best diaspora

• Mlue jay
• Mr Nyamz
• Iam chapter
• Dimitri and the scarecrow
• Shingi Mavhima
• Rhymeassassin
• Don dadda

Best dance act (announcement on the pages)

Best radio dj

• Mox
• PD the ghost and lady k
• Promethious
• Dee moses
• Tichdefine

Best club and event dj

• Dj rsk
• Mark vusani
• Dj tashman
• Dj scar

Best gospel act

• Swazzy
• Leon mwana wajoze
• Cverb
• Chief capone
• Red i am
• Reaper
• Churchboi gee

Best underground

• Uchiha clan
• Abel x
• Donne jovi
• mvpani
• Curtis derover
• Leodale
• Gambit illmind

Best alternative

• 216 whiskey
• Shone
• Bagga
• Mr Moreni
• Kayflow
• Dough major and Dingo duke

Planet dodger online media

• Promote zim hip hop
• Riddim and raps
• Earground
• Greedy south
• The zimsphere
• Zim hip hop circles

Best journalist

• Tawanda chari
• Takudzwa chiwanza
• Plot Mhako
• Takudzwa Manando
• Mkhokheli Zibengwa
• Dennis shoko

Song of the year

• Voltz jt –mukoma brian
• Bling 4 (4-0 Halftime)
• Young gemini – bag
• Kayflow gede ft takura
• Bagga jerusalema
• Holy ten -Banga.

Video of the year/ video director

• scrip mula ft holy ten – vakomana
• Mulanation- machinda
• Boy nino- sungano
• Kayflow- gede
• Mr nyams -saga
• Bagga –Jerusalem

Best live act

• Donne jovi
• kayflow
• Dough major and digo duke
• Young gemini

Best hip-hop hustle

• Voltz jt
• Holy ten
• Dough major and dingo duke
• Mr nyamz
• Young gemini

Best hip-hop verse sweet 16

• Indigo saint – controlla made me do it
• Donne jovi –VOTY2
• Krizzy-kings poem
• Raykaz –zazizay
• Kayfkow –jongwe
• Hooksmith- moto part 2

Hip hop personality of the year 

• Voltz jt
• Holy ten
• Boy nino
• R peels
• Donne Jovi
• Infinty wemabars

People’s choice award

• Slyme foxx
• Young Gemini
• Bagga
• Holy ten
• Bling 4
• Voltz jt
• Raykaz

Lifetime achievement award

• Take Fizzo

Positive social impact award

• Jason Gwanzura
• Voltz jt
• Banshee
• Mike cibeh
• Chief capone

Spoken word

• Sista x
• Banshee
• The master charmer
• The ammartian
• Street poet zim