Also mostly overlooked was this year’s Mercury prize winner Michael Kiwanuka, nominated only in the best R&B/soul category. The song nominees triumphed over major Black British chart hits including S1mba’s Rover, J Hus’s Must Be, AJ Tracey & Mabel’s West Ten and Headie One, Stormzy & AJ Tracey’s No 1 hit Ain’t It Different. The creatively vibrant and sometimes controversial style of drill rap is championed heavily in the best song category, with Tion Wayne’s I Dunno, Digga D’s Woi and Abra Cadabra’s On Deck – in part a diss track responding to Wayne’s I Dunno – nominated alongside two Afro-swing tracks: Darkoo’s Gangsta and Young T & Bugsey’s Don’t Rush. Photograph: Dave Burke/Rex/ShutterstockĪlongside the aforementioned women, the best female act category features Ms Banks – the sole female nominee in the best hip-hop category alongside Nines, J Hus, D-Block Europe, Krept & Konan and Potter Payper – and FKA twigs.
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