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Mobo Awards founder Kanya King dies aged 57
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June 5, 2026
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0:24Now PlayingKanya 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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