Kanya King, founder of Mobo awards for Black British music, dies aged 57
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- Photograph: Joseph Okpako/Wire Image View image in fullscreen Kanya King pictured in 2025.
- Prefer the Guardian on Google Kanya King, the entrepreneur and tireless champion of Black British music who founded the Mobo awards, has died aged 57 from colon cancer.
- The news was announced by the Mobo Organisation, who said she died on Wednesday “after a courageous and characteristically determined battle” with her illness.
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Kanya King pictured in 2025. Photograph: Joseph Okpako/Wire Image View image in fullscreen Kanya King pictured in 2025. Photograph: Joseph Okpako/Wire Image Mobos Kanya King, founder of Mobo awards for Black British music, dies aged 57 Entrepreneur died of colon cancer, with Mobo Organisation hailing her as ‘one of the most fearless champions’ in the music industry
Prefer the Guardian on Google Kanya King, the entrepreneur and tireless champion of Black British music who founded the Mobo awards, has died aged 57 from colon cancer.
The news was announced by the Mobo Organisation, who said she died on Wednesday “after a courageous and characteristically determined battle” with her illness.