Nadia Nakai Explains Why She Didn’t Rep Zimbabwe Following Her BET Nomination. Recognition and accolades are sometimes seen as the final word validation of an artist’s expertise and arduous work. For Nadia Nakai, being nominated on the just-ended BET Award was undoubtedly a major achievement in her profession.

Nadia Nakai has been an integral a part of the SA Hip-hop group since she was born and bred in SA to a Zimbabwean mom. The rapper’s origin has stirred confusion amongst her followers and music awards organisers. Throughout the just-ended BET Awards, the Cash Again hitmaker was nominated within the  Greatest Worldwide Circulation class representing Zimbabwe to which she later modified to South Africa.

Talking throughout an interview with Zingah on Choppin It With Bhudha T Podcast, Nadia Nakai mentioned that she requested the BET Awards organisers to vary the nation she represents to South Africa. Not that she doesn’t recognise her Zimbabwean roots, however she mentioned that it wasn’t going to be honest for Zimbabwean rappers who’ve been representing the Hip-hop tradition for a very long time.

“Me & Blxckie bought nominated for BET and it mentioned Zimbabwe, however then I bought it corrected, they put South AH,” she mentioned. “They needed to as a result of you recognize why although? There’s no means I might go and signify Zimbabwe for BET when there are superb feminine artists which might be primarily based in Zimbabwe, that know the tradition, that rap in Shona, that reside that life.”

“They need to be the primary one which will get nominated representing Zimbabwe as a result of they’re really doing the rattling factor in Zimbabwe. I can’t take that credit score and say I’m Zimbabwean however I really dont transfer there like that, you recognize that’s not the place I’m at,” she added.

Bragga additional mentioned that the Zimbabwean feminine rapper who’s deserving to be nominated for the BET is KikkyBad**s. “Like KikkyBad**s, I really feel like she deserves to be nominated for a BET representing Zimbabwe as a result of she actually is coming with the total aesthetic, the dope songs, she’s rapping in Shona, she’s a part of the tradition. She’s like how I’m right here so I’m not gonna take that away from the artists which might be doing it there. That’s the explanation why I insisted you have to change it as a result of that’s not true,” Nadia Nakai mentioned.