Nasty C's music videos disqualified from SAMAs
Two videos from rapper Nasty C have been disqualified from the South African Music Awards, after the videos were entered before being flighted.
According to organisers of the SAMAs they received a number of enquiries about the qualification of Nasty C's music videos, "Good Girls" and "Don't Do It", in the category for Best Music Video.
"Our investigations have revealed that the videos were submitted for entry on 24 January 2017 but that the videos were not flighted before the closing date of the entries of 31 January 2017 as required by the SAMA rules," organisers say.
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The organisers add that they have always trusted musicians to do the right thing and stick to the rules.
"This has proven us wrong and we accept full responsibility for our oversight, to further verify whether the music videos submitted for this category were in fact flighted during the relevant SAMAs entry period."
Replacement nominees will be announced soon.
RiSA CEO Nhlanhla Sibisi says: "The SAMA prides itself with a rich history of accountability and credibility. Our legitimacy is in our checks and balances including public involvement and how swiftly we act,"
Nasty C's tally of nominations has now gone down to five, making fellow-rapper Kwesta the most nominated artist at this year's awards.