Black music has been the driving force in Britain’s music industry and culture. It’s time we treated it that way | Kanya King

By Kanya King•The Guardian Music

We need to start seeing Black contribution to Britain as foundational rather than merely influential. And that should extend way beyond musicKanya King is founder of the Mobo awardsLast week, UK Music published the Black Music Means Business report, quantifying something many of us have always known instinctively. Over the past three decades, music originating from Black genres has generated £24.5bn of the UK music industry’s £30bn recorded music market.As the Mobo (music of Black origin) organisation I founded approaches its 30th anniversary this week, I’ve found myself reflecting not just on how far we’ve come, but on how much further we still have to go. Continue reading...

We need to start seeing Black contribution to Britain as foundational rather than merely influential. And that should extend way beyond music

Kanya King is founder of the Mobo awards

Last week, UK Music published the Black Music Means Business report, quantifying something many of us have always known instinctively. Over the past three decades, music originating from Black genres has generated £24.5bn of the UK music industry’s £30bn recorded music market.

As the Mobo (music of Black origin) organisation I founded approaches its 30th anniversary this week, I’ve found myself reflecting not just on how far we’ve come, but on how much further we still have to go.

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