JAMELIA HITS BACK AT GABRIELLE’S MOBO JIBE
British singer JAMELIA has blasted pop star GABRIELLE after she called for the Music of Black Origin (MOBO) awards to be axed.
The Dreams hitmaker believes the annual award ceremony, praising urban artists, should be axed because they "lack a soul prize and are dominated by U.S. artists." But Jamelia, 26, - who hosted Wednesday night’s Mobo awards - defended the awards, branding Gabrielle’s comments "sad" She says, "Just because there isn’t a special category does not mean that soul artists are not being recognised.
"I find it sad and remarkable that people are always looking for negatives for negative’s sake, when Mobo have just pulled off one of their best shows ever."
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Everybody’s complaining about the Mobos poor representation but how can we complain when we dont even support our own upcoming homegrown talent, I was selling Cd’s in Camden about a year ago and people would ignore me as though im peddling crack! Even Dizzy didnt turn up to get his award! what a @$?*ing cheek he hasnt made a big tune since boy in the corner album (funny how he can turn up to the white mans mercury awards and where they give you money, so glad he didnt get sh*t !, @$?k dat yout) i was pissed when i saw he didnt turn up when dudes like Kano and Tinchy are on tha grind, i think he thinks he’s some superstar or somethin with that WACK tune ‘ old skool’, drifting off the point, anyway we need to start supporting our own, people wouldnt even stop to listen to my music unless 50cent was on it and all the while im thinking what the hell can you relate to with 50 apart from the fact he’s black and ‘Was’ a hustler, we need to stop %$@*ing bitchin about the mobos and look at ourselves cos at the end of the day who can ignore an artist with the UK 100% behind his back, actually thats given me an idea for a track! look out for ‘UK Behind Me!’ Peace
Comment by Thugged — September 21, 2007 @ 9:48 pm