# MOBO Awards 2018 cancelled: Moses Boyd collecting the Jazz Award at the 2017: Video

- Link: https://jazzblues.eu/2018/09/28/mobo-awards-2018-cancelled-moses-boyd-collecting-the-jazz-award-at-the-2017-video/
- Published: 2018-09-28T00:01:16+01:00
- Author: https://JazzBlues.EU

**This year’s MOBO awards have been cancelled. The ceremony celebrating all forms
of black music and urban culture (including categories for jazz, soul, gospel and
R&B) was due to take place in November but its founder Kanya King CBE says she’s
taking a ‘gap year’, promising to return with a bigger, revamped show in 2019. It’s
the first time this has happened since its inception in 1996.**

King says despite the cancellation, she has described it as an “exciting new chapter”.
Her ‘MOBO Help Musicians Fund’ will be expanded, distributing £40,000 to unsigned,
independent musicians; and the organisation will also launch a film production company.

Moses Boyd collecting the Jazz Award at the 2017 MOBO Awards

The full statement from King is below:

![](https://i0.wp.com/mm.aiircdn.com/140/5bab808a14057.jpg?w=640&ssl=1)

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