Kanya King on Black music, the Mobos and her cancer diagnosis

Kanya King founded the Mobo awards in 2006 to address what she saw as a “glaring gap in the market” and to shine a light on Black music.

King believed so strongly in Mobo she remortgaged her house to launch it. And since then the ceremony has been instrumental in promoting the careers of artists both at home and abroad.

King was awarded a CBE for services to music and culture.

But last September, the 55-year-old was told she had six months to live after being diagnosed with stage four bowel cancer.

We sat down with her and asked how she felt when she received that news.