{"id":265569,"date":"2016-11-06T06:09:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-06T06:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=265569"},"modified":"2016-11-06T06:09:22","modified_gmt":"2016-11-06T06:09:22","slug":"mobo-awards-give-out-prize-to-wrong-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/mobo-awards-give-out-prize-to-wrong-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobo Awards give out prize to wrong band"},"content":{"rendered":"
R&B trio WSTRN were mistakenly given someone else’s prize at Friday night’s Mobo Awards in Glasgow.<\/p>\n
The Londoners were announced as winners of best song and gave a speech before organisers revealed the prize should have gone to MC Abra Cadabra.<\/p>\n
“Of the many worthy winners of best song, we deeply regret a mistake was made,” said Mobo organisers, in a statement blaming a “production error.”<\/p>\n
Craig David, Drake, Kano and Lady Leshurr won the night’s main prizes.<\/p>\n
David was named best male, capping a year in which he has returned from the pop wilderness with a number one album, Following My Intuition.<\/p>\n
Drake, whose single One Dance was at number one for 14 weeks earlier this year, was named best international act.<\/p>\n
And the winner is… When announcements go wrong<\/p>\n
While Birmingham MC Lady Leshurr, who learned to make music in her local youth club, took home best female act.<\/p>\n
The 27-year-old is perhaps less well-known than her fellow winners, but is poised for big things after a series of freestyle raps, called The Queen’s Speech, went viral online.<\/p>\n
She is currently recording her debut album with US mega-producer Timbaland.<\/p>\n
“This is like a dream come true,” said the rapper. “I’ve been watching the Mobos since ages ago, basically. To be here behind this stand… I’m shaking.”<\/p>\n