Published on
05/06/2026 - 15:34 GMT+2
The MOBO Organisation has announced that British entrepreneur and cultural pioneer Kanya King, who founded the annual music award which honours achievements in “music of Black origin”, has died aged 57.
King founded the MOBOs in 1996 as a way to acknowledge and celebrate the music of Black British artists from across genres including hip-hop, grime, pop, R&B, soul, jazz, and more.
From Goldie to Gabrielle, Ms Dynamite to Stormzy, Little Simz to Olivia Dean, the MOBOs have celebrated and awarded countless artists that have gone to shape and define contemporary music.
