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Skepta Wins Mercury Prize In UK

British-Nigerian rapper, Joseph Adenuga, better known as Skepta, was awarded the UKโ€™s prestigious Mercury Prize on Thursday for his album โ€œKonnichiwaโ€, in recognition of a resurgent homegrown genre.

Skepta muscled out late rock legend, David Bowie, to clinch to top prize.

The award ceremony, which held at Londonโ€™s Eventim Apollo, saw Skepta win the ยฃ25,000 award price for self-released album Konnichiwa, which covers topics including police harassment and his anger at British politics.

Skepta, who featured in Wizkidโ€™s Ojuelegba remix, belongs to a Hip-hop genre called the Grime, a genre of music that emerged in England in the late 90s to early 2000s.

It is primarily a development of UK garage and jungle, accustomed with heavy instruments and is mostly homemade.

โ€œThe internet has given a lot of opportunities to people who are not built for big corporations,โ€ he told the BBC after winning the award. โ€œIt allows you to speak to fans directly. To make things from your bedroom and give it to them.โ€

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