Watch a selection performances from 2015 MOBO Awards and check out the winners.
When the MOBO nominations came out in September, every rap and grime fan in the UK began to bristle with excitement at the possibility of a big sweep in this year’s awards, with 27 nominations in total across the categories. But as MOBOs history goes, the right acts often get nominated, only to then be pipped by a commercial blue whale like Sam Smith, Jessie J, or this year, maybe “Uptown Funk”. Last night, though, the MOBOs came all sorts of good, awarding big prizes like Best Male Act and Best Album to stars from the UK rap and grime scene.
South London bossman Stormzy took home Best Male Act and Best Grime Act, and Krept and Konan won Best Album and Best Hip Hop Act. Skepta was awarded Best Song for “Shutdown”, but when his win was announced to no Skepta, no video message, and nobody in particular to pick it up for him, there was a small wave of confusion around the room. And, obv, Bizzle turned up in a Lambo.
Elsewhere, Section Boyz, Fuse ODG, and Popcaan all took home prizes. As did FKA Twigs for the video to “Pendulum”, revealing in her acceptance speech that her first ever music video appearance back in the day would have been Lethal Bizzle’s “Firecamp” but Bizzle cut her out in the final take. And Wiley finally got that Paving the Way award that had been touted for a while.
Maybe the only award of the night that went amiss was Best Flex, which we’re awarding to this guy below.
Watch a selection of the performances and acceptance speeches below, and see a full list of the winners below.
Best hip-hop act: Krept and Konan
Best newcomer: Section Boyz
Best African act: Fuse ODG
Best female act: Ella Eyre
Best male act: Stormzy
Best song: Skepta – “Shutdown”
Best grime act: Stormzy
Best album: Krept and Konan – The Long Way Home
Best video: FKA twigs – “Pendulum”
Best reggae act: Popcaan
Best jazz: Binker and Moses
Best R&B/soul act: Shakka
Best gospel act: Faith Child
Best international album: Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
Mobo outstanding achievement award: CeeLo Green
Paving the way: Wiley
Paving the way: Sir Lenny Henry
Rita Ora | ‘Body On Me’ ‘Poison’ + ‘Trapping Ain’t Dead’
Lethal Bizzle | ‘Fester Skank’ & Pow’
FKA twigs | ‘Figure 8’ & ‘In Time’
Stormzy’s Acceptance Speech
Fuse ODG | ‘Dangerous Love’
Krept & Konan | Best Album acceptance speech
CeeLo Green | ‘CeeLo Green Sings The Blues”, ‘Crazy’ & ‘Forget You’
