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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Samara Letycia de Almeida Dutra

Kanya King's Legacy Lives On: How The MOBO Awards Changed British Music Forever

The music entrepreneur leaves behind a lasting legacy after helping reshape the landscape of Black British music through the MOBO Awards. (Credit: Kanya Kings/ Facebook)

Kanya King, the founder of the MOBO Awards and one of the most influential figures in British music, has died aged 57 following a battle with colon cancer.

The news was announced by the MOBO Organisation, which confirmed that King died on Wednesday after what it described as a 'courageous and characteristically determined battle' with the illness.

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