Samas sore loser: Kelly Khumalo attacks EVERYONE in expletive-laden rant

Musician Kelly Khumalo is fuming after walking away empty-handed at the 29th South African Music Awards (Samas) which were staged at the SunBet Arena in Pretoria on Saturday, 18 November.

The Empini hitmaker was nominated in the Best Afropop Album and Female Artist of the Year categories – which were won by Sjava and gospel singer Ntokozo Mbambo, respectively.

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KELLY KHUMALO’S RANT AFTER LOSING AT THE SAMAS

While Best Afropop Album formed part of the awards that were not televised on Friday, South Africans were afforded the opportunity to watch the Female Artist of the Year award being scooped during the main event on Saturday – this included Kelly Khumalo, who seemingly was not in attendance on the night but watched from home.

In a number of posts on social media platform X, the Esiphambanweni singer threw a tantrum (and expletives) when she did not win the hotly contested Female Artist of the Year award, alluding to the Samas votes being rigged.

“You guys know the truth. Numbers never lie. Call me Emaweni [title of her latest album],” Kelly Khumalo wrote.

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She continued: “Arranged winnings FUSEG!… I’m not scared of all of you FUSEG! FUSEG NONKE.”

When one netizen pointed out that it was the judges who decided the winner, Kelly replied, “tell them I’m not scared of them.”

Kelly went on to use the IsiZulu expletive, ms*nu – made popular on social media by DJ Euphonik many years ago.

The mother-of-three also attacked Ntokozo Mbambo for winning against her with her gospel album, Lavish Worship.

“She knows she doesn’t deserve it. Numbers don’t lie… Even Ntokozo knows that numbers don’t lie! We are not scared of her. Fuseg Samas,” she wrote.

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BIGGEST WINNERS

While Kelly Khumalo licks her wounds, these musicians are celebrating their 29th Samas win:

Kabza De Small was the biggest winner of the night with four awards in the Best Duo/Group of The Year award alongside DJ Maphorisa, Best Produced Album, Best Amapiano Album and Best Kwaito Album.

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Kelly’s “rival” Ntokozo followed with three gongs; Female Artist of The Year, Album of the Year and Best Contemporary Faith Album awards.

In a bittersweet moment, the late AKA scored the coveted Male Artist of The Year and Best Collaboration for Lemons (Lemonade) featuring Nasty C. In addition, his posthumous album, Mass Country, was named the Best Engineered Album.

Other winners include K.O, who won the SAMRO Highest Airplay Composer Award and CAPASSO Most Streamed Song Award for his hit song, SETE, featuring Young Stunna and Blxckie.

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Makhadzi won Best Traditional Album for African Queen 2.0. DJ Maphorisa’s brother, Myztro, was named Newcomer of the Year for his amapiano album, 2.0 Nkwari and Lloyiso won Best Pop Album for Seasons.

Also bagging awards was former Black Motion member, Mörda, who scooped the Best Dance Album and Remix of the Year for Ndinovalo jointly with Yallunder.

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