{"id":2187877,"date":"2025-12-05T09:31:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2187877"},"modified":"2025-12-05T09:31:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T09:31:09","slug":"silence-is-violence-tz-artists-under-fire-as-khaligraph-octopizzo-battle-for-unkut-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/silence-is-violence-tz-artists-under-fire-as-khaligraph-octopizzo-battle-for-unkut-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"SILENCE IS VIOLENCE? TZ Artists Under Fire as Khaligraph &#038; Octopizzo Battle for Unkut Crown!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zBnVlJGXMu0?autoplay=1&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>The Unkut Hiphop Awards 2025 are here, and the biggest battle is for Male Artist of the Year: Khaligraph Jones vs. Octopizzo! We break down the nominees, including Scar Mkadinali, and predict who will take the crown in this week\u2019s highly anticipated event.<\/p>\n<p>In a shocking twist, we analyze the impact of the unexpected Bien and Khali collaboration on the Pawa Remix\u2014is this a new era of unity in Kenyan music, or a strategic move?<\/p>\n<p>Finally, we dive into the serious controversy surrounding Tanzanian artists and their deafening silence during the President Samia Suluhu Hassan crackdown. Don\u2019t miss this deep dive into the biggest stories, rivalries, and political drama shaking East African Hip Hop this week!<\/p>\n<p>Key Findings Summary:<\/p>\n<p> \u2022 Awards: The Unkut Hiphop Awards 2025 gala is scheduled for December 4th.<br \/>\n \u2022 Rivalry: Khaligraph Jones and Octopizzo are both nominated in the highly competitive Male Artist of the Year category.<br \/>\n \u2022 Scar: Scar Mkadinali is nominated for Lyricist of the Year and is featured in multiple collaboration categories.<br \/>\n \u2022 Controversy: The political crackdown in Tanzania under President Samia Suluhu Hassan is a current and sensitive topic, making the silence of Bongo Flava and Hip Hop artists a major point of discussion.<\/p>\n<p>SIGN UP ON LemFi using the IKONINI referral code, click on this link<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/referral.lemonade.finance\/invite\/jmbLoTGSeDjjrCQa9<\/p>\n<p>Iko Nini is a Kenya podcast that covers everything Kenyan entertainment, politics &#038; social issues<\/p>\n<p>BUY RAPCHA RAW N UNKUT 4 on GUMROAD<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/shorturl.at\/ksm2v<\/p>\n<p>SUPPORT IKO NINI THROUGH CASHAPP<br \/>\n$IKONINI<\/p>\n<p>BECOME A MEMBER FOR EARLY ACCESS &#038; EXCLUSIVE CONTENT:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC5h4-WH0LAV4CWs380yM33A\/join<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zBnVlJGXMu0\">Video Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Unkut Hiphop Awards 2025 are here, and the biggest battle is for Male Artist of the Year: Khaligraph Jones vs. Octopizzo! We break down the nominees, including Scar Mkadinali, and predict who will take the crown in this week\u2019s highly anticipated event. In a shocking twist, we analyze the impact of the unexpected Bien [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2187878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25180],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2187877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1764927067_maxresdefault.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2187877"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187877\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2187879,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2187877\/revisions\/2187879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2187878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2187877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2187877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2187877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}