Mobo Awards founder Kanya King dies aged 57

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Mobo Awards founder Kanya King dies aged 57

Kanya King – who founded the Mobo Awards which celebrate Black British music – has died at the age of 57.

Her family said it followed a "courageous and characteristically determined battle" with colon cancer.

In a statement – they said the creation of the Mobo awards was an "act of cultural justice" which had demonstrated the power of Black music to a world which had too often chosen not to see it.

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Date: June 5, 2026