Mahalia, one of the brightest talents in the UK, is furious over the British music industry’s attitude to R&B. In response to the genre still being lumped in with pop in one of the award’s categories, she tweeted at the Brit Awards in January: “Forget putting us in this category. Give us our own!!!!! How many times do we have to scream at you?”
She added: “Winning awards isn’t the reason why we make and release music. We do this shit out of love. But, at this point, it’s nothing short of disrespectful.”
