MOBO Awards founder Kanya King dies at 57

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Kanya King, the widely respected music executive, founder of the MOBO Awards, and champion of Black British music, has died at the age of 57. King passed away on Wednesday (June 3) after “a courageous and characteristically determined battle with colon cancer,” the MOBO Organisation said in a statement today (June 5). King was surrounded … Continued

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