With the wet and cold weather creeping in and the nights getting longer, there has never been a better time to catch up on all the news you may of missed this week in the UK music scene. This week looks at the celebration of many of our artists at the MOBO Awards to SBTV celebrating its 9th birthday and much more. So kick back, relax and enjoy as we bring you this week’s UK Music Scene Round Up;
South London clears up at the MOBO Awards 2015
Since its incarnation in 1997, the MOBOs have looked to celebrate the diverse range of talent within the UK scene, as reflected in 2015 when they added a ‘Best Grime Act‘ category to the mix.
This year saw the 20th annual celebration of the Awards event, In terms of awards, it was a really good night for South London with Rappers Section Boyz winning ‘Best Newcomer‘ ahead of fellow UK rappers J Hus, George The Poet and Nick Brewer. Rap duo Krept & Konan beat the likes of Conscious lyricist Akala and Female Grime artist Lady Leshurr for ‘Best Hip Hop Act‘ as well as taking home the award for ‘Best Album‘ with their debut project ‘The Long Way Home’.
Grime Artist Stormzy took home two awards, ‘Best Grime Act‘ & ‘Best Male Act‘] which means he now has three MOBO awards since bursting onto the scene in 2014. Other Award winners on the night included Skepta who won ‘Best Song‘ for Grime banger ‘Shutdown’ and Ella Eyre who took home ‘Best Female Act‘.
A surprise winner was UK Comedian Lenny Henry who received the ‘Paving The Way’ award for his contributions along with Grime Godfather Wiley who also won a ‘Paving The Way’ award.
P Money wants to assemble a ‘Grime Crew’
Since 2010, Red Bull have been hosting a bi-yearly “sound clash” event with different groups of performers, DJs and artists going head to head for ultimate sound supremacy.
In 2014, we saw one of the most diverse battles yet with Boy Better Know, the reigning champions from 2012 taking on Stone Love, the legendary dancehall soundsystem and Rebel Sound [made up of Chase and Status, Shy FX and David Rodigan], as well as US rap collective A$AP Mob. Rebel Sound eventually took the crown that night.
As we await to hear who will step forward for the 2016 clash, Grime MC P Money has thrown his hat in the ring, saying he’d love to put together an ultimate grime crew for the event. during an interview with SBTV the Lewisham Grime Artist had this to say:
“I was just thinking it would be a sick scene thing and it would be great to organise something where we’re all involved and all in control”
P Money in an interview with SB.TV. While this sounds like a great idea, it would be exciting to see what P Money could put together if he was serious about being involved,
“At the moment I’d probably put in OGz, BBK and Newham Generals as well as some of the new gen guys like Stormzy.”
Yungen signs record deal with RCA
After what seems like years perfecting his craft and talent through a string of successful independent releases, Yungen announced last night that he has signed his first record deal with Sony RCA. The news came in the form of a tweet statting ; “Who God has blessed no man can curse… So happy to announce I’ve signed my first record deal with SONY RCA,” along with a picture of him putting pen to paper.
SB.TV celebrates it’s 9th Birthday
It would be hard to imagine the UK urban scene without SB.TV, the youth broadcasting channel which since its formation in 2006, has featured the likes of Wiz Khalifa, Nas, Kelly Rowland, YG, Joey Bada$$ as well as providing a platform for UK artists such as Ed Sheeran, Chipmunk and TInchy Stryder.
This Monday [November 2nd], SB.TV celebrated it’s 9th birthday with founder Jamal Edwards tweeting;
“9 years ago today I started the SBTV YouTube, Mad! Big up everyone who has been on/watched/supported or worked for the channel! #SelfBelief”
Words: Nathan Tuft – @Natz_AO
