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MOBO Awards

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The MOBO ('Music of Black Origin') Awards, founded in the United Kingdom by Kanya King in 1996, which has honoured reggae and Caribbean music through a Best Reggae Act category; in 2004 its organisers withdrew two dancehall nominations amid the Stop Murder Music campaign, a widely reported episode in the controversy.

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Jamaican Singers Lose MOBO Noms In Gay Protest (Billboard)

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Story · Well supported'Murder music': an international campaign and a free-expression argument

A cross-border human-rights campaign collided with dancehall over lyrics, cancellations and a disputed pledge.