The founder of the MOBO Awards, Kanya King, has passed away at the age of 57 from colon cancer. In 1996, using her own resources, she created these awards to give visibility to Black artists in a music industry that often ignored them. Her legacy includes boosting figures such as Dizzee Rascal and Amy Winehouse.
Detection technology: the algorithm that arrived too late 🎗️
Colon cancer, if detected early, has a high survival rate. However, AI-based screening systems are not yet widespread in primary care. While machine learning algorithms analyze stool samples and colonoscopies with increasing accuracy, the reality is that diagnosis still depends on regular check-ups that many patients, like King, postpone until symptoms become evident.
MOBO Awards: when the prize was paying for gas 🏆
King started the MOBO Awards with such a tight budget that she probably paid for the trophies with pocket change. Now, decades later, the industry mourns her loss while streamers fight over an award she invented so that no one would have to ask for favors. Ironies of fate: her greatest legacy is a gala that she herself could not fully enjoy.