Laura Mvula and producer-turned-artist Naughty Boy scooped two prestigious awards at the MOBO awards this weekend as thousands descended upon Scotland’s SSE Hydro Arena for the award show’s landmark 18th year.
The evening saw gongs handed out in 13 diverse MOBO categories featuring nominees such as Disclosure, AlunaGeorge, Rudimental, Jessie J, Jessie Ware and Wretch 32 amongst others who were all in the running for one of the coveted awards with success stories; Laura Mvula and Wiley in the lead with four nominations each. Each winner was given an 18ct gold leaf MOBO trophy carefully redesigned for this year’s special celebrations.
Throughout the evening, Glasgow and BBC3 audiences were treated to exhilarating performances from Tinie Tempah who took home the Best UK Hip Hop/Grime act award and Laura Mvula who picked up two awards for Best Female in association with Tresor Paris and Best RnB/Soul Act. While winners for Best Newcomer Award in association with HTC, Krept & Konan made no secret of their delight at taking home the gong, which will no doubt help them on their journey to further industry success. The dynamic duo has been recognised as one of the UKs most promising urban artists and has become one of a handful to be awarded a prestigious MOBO award while still unsigned.
There were some stunning performances across the board but Naughty Boy joined by rising talent ShezAr McKenzie and the infamous So Solid Crew‘s comeback performance stood out head and shoulders above the rest with 10 members of the South London collective taking the stage for a relentlessly high octane rendition of the garage classic ’21 Seconds’. The show-stopping finale was a fitting celebratory end to MOBO18.
