Are the MoBos representative of the current black music scene in the UK? Is JLS getting spins in modern rooms?

Best UK Act in association with Lebara Mobile - N-Dubz

Best Newcomer - JLS

Best Song in association with PRSforMusic 'Beat Again', JLS

Best Album - 'Uncle B', N-Dubz

Best DJ - Trevor Nelson

https://www.mobo.com/awards

Edited November 13, 200915 yr by Matt Male

Errr no. No soul category in the MOBOs. Criminally under recognised.

Run by tossers for tossers - I swear Mobo has been put together specifically to provide a slap in the face for proper black music (of all shades).

Dave

Below is an extract from an article in 1999, I was there that night , and it was like a wild west saloon !!!, with rival gangs of london youths using the occassion as a central meeting point to settle old scores , battle it out with each other , YES I know it was ten years ago !!!

FIGHTS MAY CLOSE 'SUPERCLUB' JUST WEEKS AFTER START BYLINE: BRITAIN'S MOST-HYPED dance venue, the seven-storey pounds 8m club home, in Leicester Square, central London, is facing closure just a month after its high-profile opening. The Metropolitan Police has objected to the renewal of the club's public entertainment licence because of a series of fights at the club last week after the Music of Black Origin (MOBO) awards party. A large number of police were called to the club. A spokeswoman from Westminster City Council, the licensing authority, said a legal objection from the police had been received. The club's licence expires at the end of the month, when the full police report will be heard. "We take any objection by the emergency services very seriously," said the spokeswoman. The power and money behind the venture belong to a 46-year-old Scot, Ron McCulloch, an entrepreneur whose restaurant, pub and club chain is developing global ambitions. He said he was disappointed with the police action and that the club would make its own submissions to the licensing committee. Last Thursday the club was the venue for a private celebrity party after the MOBO awards. According to the police, the trouble started at 1.15am, when a small group of gatecrashers broke in through a side door. Door staff tried to stop the gatecrashers. "One member of staff was assaulted, struck with a bottle," the police log records. The gatecrashers dispersed into the club. After the party the doors were opened to the public. Further scuffles then broke out in the club. The management refused to admit any more clubbers, and spats then broke out among the 200 people queuing outside. Over 30 police were sent to the club, and part of Leicester Square was sealed off. But there were no injuries or arrests. The Metropolitan Police said yesterday that it was drawing up a report on "alleged breaches of licence at the club". It will then decide whether further action should be taken. The club initially had a temporary licence. It was given a full public entertainment licence last week, but all Westminster licences are due for renewal at the end of the month. A successful police objection would spell the end for the club, as it would prevent music and dancing on the premises.

The Mobos are a joke as far as soul music is concerned - they dropped the soul category a couple of years ago...some of you might have already seen this excellent video with black british artists protesting - sees them blagging their way through security and getting posters out on the red carpet but inevitably they get thrown out ha ha but they make their point

The Mobos are a joke as far as soul music is concerned - they dropped the soul category a couple of years ago...some of you might have already seen this excellent video with black british artists protesting - sees them blagging their way through security and getting posters out on the red carpet but inevitably they get thrown out ha ha but they make their point

Brilliant, i love at the start where just saying Omar gets them through.

Yes you're all right, MoBos meaningless nowadays. Although one argument against the awards in the first place was that virtually all popular music is of black origin anyway.