Nova Twins: An Open Letter To The MOBO Awards
Written by Johnson Stephen on December 1, 2020
Nova Twins have written an open letter to the MOBO awards and it reads as follows:
Dear MOBO Awards,
We are Nova Twins, a band of two mixed race girls from South East London and Essex who shout through distorted mics and play gnarly bass riffs.
We are writing this open letter to ask you to help pave the way for Alternative and Rock Person Of Color artists. We believe that you can widen the representation that ourselves and so many others didn’t have growing up. Rock ‘n Roll is of black origin but because of the systemic issues that we still face today, Person Of Color contributors to the genre have been lost along the way.
We grew up watching the MOBO Awards, feeling grateful for its CEO and Founder Kanya King MBE, who pushed boundaries and helped bring black music and culture into the mainstream. We want to use our platform to raise the voices of the unheard, diversifying the space for Alternative Person Of Color bands but we can’t do it alone. We need trailblazing, influential platforms like the MOBOs to back us and look ahead to a more diverse future for music.
This is more than just a category, it’s a message to all young black people, letting them know that they can do and be anything that they choose. That they have more creative options available to them, other than the ones society has offered them. It’s up to us all to give the new generation the tools and encouragement to do so. It’s time to create a different landscape to the one we entered.
2020 has been a time for us all to reflect and re-educate ourselves. Let 2021 be the year we all take action.
Much love,
Amy & Georgia
(Nova Twins)
Links
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