“We are writing this open letter to ask you to help pave the way for alternative and rock POC artists.”
London-based rock duo Nova Twins, aka Amy Love and Georgia South, have penned an open letter addressed to the MOBO Awards. They’re calling for increased representation for “alternative and rock POC artists”.
The MOBO Awards are set to return on 9 December. The upcoming virtual ceremony was announced last week alongside the nominations for this year’s awards and a string of new categories such as Best Music Producer and Best Media Personality.
You can read the open letter in full below.
Our open letter to the @moboawards :
We're asking for your help in the hopes that a Rock/Alternative category will be added to the MOBO (Music Of Black Origin) Awards in 2021, recognising the POC contributors to the genre.
Please RT, sharing this message far and wide! 🖤🖤 pic.twitter.com/wol3iCi4uH
— NOVA TWINS (@NovaTwinsMusic) November 30, 2020
Follow the Nova Twins here.
Update: The MOBO Awards have responded via Twitter. Read their response below.
We see you Nova Twins! 👀 Rock and the alternative music genre certainly has its roots in black music and the contributions of talented musicians in this field deserve to be further celebrated (1/2). https://t.co/raEVNkwSYc
— MOBO Awards (@MOBOAwards) November 30, 2020
The MOBO Awards Judging Panel have actually discussed this and we will continue to review potential category expansions for future Award ceremonies. We will always do our best to represent Black music talent across a variety of genres (2/2)
— MOBO Awards (@MOBOAwards) November 30, 2020
