https://mobo.com/news/2025-mobo-awards-coming-newcastle
The MOBO Awards coming to Newcastle. Fantastic news for the North East.

racist award if there ever was one. if it was a MOWO one there would be any up in arms about it. music, by composers and artists should be across the board and colour or race should never come into it. where is the inclusivity they bang on about it here.

Fully agree accrington fan, music awards should take everyone into account.

Berkley Hunt loves stirring it. He's best ignored in my opinion.

It’s all part of the Woke culture, ie the ‘inclusivity’ philosophy rarely works both ways. I’d rather watch Peppa Pig anyway.

The only MOBO I'm part of is Mending Old Broken Ornaments

Or More Obscure Bollocks Offered….

Sides are splitting.

Kanya King launched the MOBO awards in 1996 with business partner Andy Ruffell.
The MOBO Awards (Music of Black Origin, also known as the MOBOs) are an annual British music award presentation honouring achievements in "music of black origin", including hip hop, grime, UK Drill, R&B, soul, reggae, jazz, gospel, and African music.

Good on them I say cos those genres of music have always been overlooked by the more mainstream music awards.

I won't be attending as the genres you mention I do not like at all.

Loada shoite.

Ska and Reggae is the dogs bollox.
But I must admit I'm not too fussed on the other genres.

I enjoyed the Bob Marley biopic last year. The Exodus album really was the dog's bollocks - never off the turntable at parties in the late 70s.

Who cares.

Oh No! That means you must be a "far right racist". Dont worry, I gather Starmer thinks 75% of British people are.He's another berk.

I agree with you and mr accrington.

Who said that???
(looksaroundandsidetoside)...realises it was Oddie.
More nonsense from the pathological dimwit on the World Wide Web.
Oddball will you please stop biting and falling for it hook line and sinker everytime...the Nurse said the Hospital is running out of Surgical Thread due to my sides splitting every time you post.

Just fell off the couch!!!

Excellent Album but just pisses me off that loads and loads of original Ska and Reggae bands/artists don't get the same recognition.

Exodus was given all the credit and the World wide sales it deserved 50 years ago..If people like grime and drill rap they'll buy into it...What exactly is your point,Mutley.??

I don't get what your point is. I've expressed my point...what exactly is your point?? Please elaborate and be clear and then I may answer your 'question '. Ta. Waiting with enthusiasm.

What you like Mutley!

American rapper Azelia Banks is the only person to be nominated for both a Mobo & a Lesbo in the same year

Calls me a dimwit but the pillock didnt know what a Berkley Hunt was. Honestly, you couldn't make it up.

As if Oddie...as if.

i,d guess the top ones do like the top black jazz bands and muscicians back in the 1920/30 also did in an era of mass racial descrimination in the usa. cab calloway and his all black band sung minnie the moocher a favourite of mine from the 30,s but did not make him, his band or the record any worse or better by finding out eventually they were black and not white artists when i saw them instead of just having to listed to a scratchy 78 rpm record.

There probably isn't that much music left that hasn't been influenced by black artists or culture or owt like that. Plus you don't have to be black to win an award. Pretty inclusive.

99% of music today originates from early black music.