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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Asaph, a Bulawayo based rapper has made the MTV Africa Music Awards People\u2019s Choice category shortlist, the Daily News reports.<\/p>\n

An exited Asaph said the nomination was an honor:<\/p>\n

This is a big achievement to be on the same list with these big names. Besides just being acknowledged on this platform alone is a big deal. I am looking for votes from people and fans and encourage everyone to support me.<\/p>\n

Asaph was shortlisted together with Gemma Griffits, Sha Sha, and Winky D and he has rallied Zimbabweans to vote for him in the upcoming awards.<\/p>\n

In a social media post that urged Zimbos to vote for him Asaph said:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Asaph, a Bulawayo based rapper has made the MTV Africa Music Awards People\u2019s Choice category shortlist, the Daily News reports. An exited Asaph said the nomination was an honor: This is a big achievement to be on the same list with these big names. Besides just being acknowledged on this platform alone […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":32055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,5,35,15],"tags":[1493,2189,2337,2336,2338,19],"class_list":["post-32056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-culture-and-art","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","tag-asaph","tag-asaphmama","tag-mtv-africa-music-awards","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"\nBulawayo Rapper Asaph Makes The MTV People\u2019s Choice Award Shortlist - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Asaph, a Bulawayo based rapper has made the MTV Africa Music Awards People\u2019s Choice category shortlist, the Daily News ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bulawayo-rapper-asaph-makes-the-mtv-peoples-choice-award-shortlist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bulawayo Rapper Asaph Makes The MTV People\u2019s Choice Award Shortlist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Asaph, a Bulawayo based rapper has made the MTV Africa Music Awards People\u2019s Choice category shortlist, the Daily News ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bulawayo-rapper-asaph-makes-the-mtv-peoples-choice-award-shortlist\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-01-02T18:38:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/01\/img-5ff09ddd28c70.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bulawayo-rapper-asaph-makes-the-mtv-peoples-choice-award-shortlist#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bulawayo-rapper-asaph-makes-the-mtv-peoples-choice-award-shortlist\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Bulawayo Rapper Asaph Makes The MTV People\u2019s Choice Award Shortlist\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-02T18:38:12+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bulawayo-rapper-asaph-makes-the-mtv-peoples-choice-award-shortlist\"},\"wordCount\":125,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bulawayo-rapper-asaph-makes-the-mtv-peoples-choice-award-shortlist#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2021\/01\/img-5ff09ddd28c70.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Zimbabwe\",\"Asaph\",\"ASAPHMAMA\",\"MTV Africa Music Awards\",\"Zimbabwe\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"culture and art\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bulawayo-rapper-asaph-makes-the-mtv-peoples-choice-award-shortlist#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bulawayo-rapper-asaph-makes-the-mtv-peoples-choice-award-shortlist\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/bulawayo-rapper-asaph-makes-the-mtv-peoples-choice-award-shortlist\",\"name\":\"Bulawayo Rapper Asaph Makes The MTV People\u2019s Choice Award Shortlist - 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