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21 year-old north
London rap prodigy Ms Dynamite has added to her already-impressive
list of accolades with six nominations in this year's Music of Black
Origin (Mobo) Awards.
The nominations
come after a year in which she has burst onto the scene with two
top 10 singles and a Mercury-nominated debut album.
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| Alicia Keys
has four nominations in this year's Awards |
Ms Dynamite, or
Naomi McLean-Daley, has been named on the Mobo shortlists for categories
including best album, UK act of the year, best single and best R&B
act.
US singer-songwriter
sensation Alicia Keys and hip-hop star Ja Rule follow
her with four nominations each.
Prominence
Daley shot to prominence
after appearing on a track with the pioneering garage group So
Solid Crew.
On her debut album,
A Little Deeper, she hits out at "gangsta culture" and
criticises drug dealers and black-on-black violence.
Spirit rather
than skin colour
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| So Solid Crew
are shortlisted for act of the year |
The Mobos, now
in their seventh year, honour "all types of music from urban culture"
- a manifesto that seeks to reward music that is black in spirit
rather than skin colour.
As if to prove
the point So Solid Crew are shortlisted for act of the year while
Birmingham's The Streets - aka 22 year-old Mike Skinner -
is hotly tipped for best album.
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| Mike Skinner
aka The Streets has been described as an English Eminem |
More nominees
The other artists
vying to be named UK act of the year are chart-toppers Sugababes,
soul singer Beverley Knight, dance maestro Daniel Bedingfield
and female garage trio Mis-Teeq.
The awards will
be presented at the London Arena on 1 October.
Talent support
Founder and organiser
Kanya King said the Mobos were supporting UK talent - but there
was also a strong line-up of US acts.
"We're back waving
the union flag but, as always, with an ear Stateside," she said.
"This year's line-up
reflects the emergence of strong domestic talents."
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