Labrinth is definitely an outspoken artist, and he decided to let the Daily Star know why he doesn’t think the awards make sense.…from NME:
Labrinth, who is nominated for four awards at this year’s event, spoke to the Daily Star about his thoughts on the awards, which were originally created to reward people making music of black origin. “I think it is a bit weird because Ed Sheeran doesn’t make black music, and neither does Conor Maynard – he makes commercial pop,” he said.
He added: “Even I’m not making black music. It’s commercial music, but at least it is more related to hip-hop so it makes more sense. I don’t think it should be called the Music Of Black Origin anymore. It should be Music Of Urban Origin, or just Music Awards.”
You can read the full article at NME.