AKA Nominated For A BET Award

 
 
After the release of his second album Levels which brought him a great deal of success including winning Best Male Artist at the South African Music Awards and Best Collaboration for ‘All Eyes On Me‘ at the Metro FM Awards. The Super mega just scored himself another nomination.
BET just released the nods for the Awards set to take place on the 28th of June.
 
 
AKA is nominated for Best International Act: Africa this year alongside SA’s Afro Pop Group The Soil, Nigaria’s Wizkid, Sarkodie from Ghana, Fally Ipupa from DRC, Sauti Sol from Kenya, Nigaria’s Yemi Alade and Stoneboy from Ghana.
AKA has received a lot of recognition from other African countries and collaborating with artists abroad has opened up a sea of new fans. The question here is, has he done enough to bring it back home?
 
SOURCE: Hype Magazine

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