First Direct Arena, the venue for Mobo Awards - Krept & Konan nominated for four prizes

The Mobo Awards (Music of Black Origin) will be held at First Direct Arena in Leeds and the duo of Krept & Konan have been nominated for four prizes at this year's awards, including best hip-hop act. The duo hail from south London and have released their debut album, The Long Way Home, in July. It has dominated this year's shortlist.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 30 September 2015.

JME has also secured four nominations – for best album, best song, best male act and best grime act.
Of course, both acts face stiff competition from Mark Ronson, who has enjoyed global success for Uptown Funk, his collaboration with Bruno Mars. He has got nomination in two categories, for best male act and best song.
Meanwhile, Rita Ora has received a nod for best music video. The new X Factor judge was shortlisted for Body On Me, which featured Chris Brown.
Jess Glynne is in the running for best female act – while Not Letting Go, her song with Tinie Tempah, has been named in the best song category.
Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Dr. Dre are among the notable competitors for the best international album gong.
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Rapper Kanye West will receive the lifetime achievement award at the MTV Video Music Awards and will be honored for his "ground-breaking videos, legendary performances and continued impact on music, art, fashion and culture." This award is the ceremony's highest honor and is known as the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard award.
This has been reported in bbc.com.

Previous recipients of this award include Madonna, Beyonce, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake and The Rolling Stones. It may be remembered that Kanye had sparked off a controversy at the 2009 ceremony, when he had jumped on the stage to interrupted Taylor Swift's speech and launch a rant about why his friend Beyonce should have won best female video instead.
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