Over the past 30 years, few executives have done more to promote and champion Black British music talent than Kanya King. While names like Stormzy, Central Cee, Little Simz and Dave have risen to arena and festival headliner status, King — the co-founder and chief executive of the MOBO (Music of Black Origin) Awards — has been plugging away to create new pathways for artists.
In its earliest days, the MOBOs was just “fighting to be acknowledged,” she tells Billboard. Now? Black music and British acts are at the “absolute center of global culture,” says King, who received a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) on the 2018 Queen’s Birthday Honours list for her services to music and culture. (She had previously received an MBE — Member of the British Empire — in 1999.)
The MOBOs ceremony, first held in November 1996, was the first in Europe to celebrate Black music and has become a staple of the awards season calendar. Performers over the years include Rihanna (2006), Lauryn Hill (2005), Sade (2000) and Destiny’s Child (1999).
This year’s ceremony, taking place at Co-op Live in Manchester, England, on March 26, is poised to be similarly star-studded. Grammy Award winner Olivia Dean will perform alongside Tiwa Savage and FLO; the former leads nominees this year with four nods. Beyond general categories, specific genre-led fields celebrate local genres such as grime (a U.K.-specific fusion of rap and garage) as well as global sounds including hip-hop, R&B and jazz.
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