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Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>Nigerian music superstars, Burna Boy and Wizkid won big at the 2020 Music of Black Origin Awards (MOBO) which was streamed live on YouTube in the early hours of Thursday.<\/p>\n

The MOBO Awards are an annual music award presentation honouring achievements in \u201cmusic of black origin\u201d, including hip hop, grime, R&B, soul, reggae, jazz, gospel, and African music.<\/p>\n

Wizkid and Burna Boy won the Best African Act and Best International Act categories respectively.<\/p>\n

This is the fourth time Wizkid would clinched the MOBO award. He has won the MOBO Best African Act\u201d and \u201cBest International Act\u201d Award at different times.<\/p>\n

Wizkid was nominated alongside Burna Boy, Tiwa Savage, Davido, Rema, Fireboy, Adekunle Gold in the Best African Act category.<\/p>\n

In the Best International Act category, Burna Boy and Rema were nominated alongside Drake, Lil Baby, Megan Thee Stallion, the late Pop Smoke, and others.<\/p>\n

The MOBO Awards which has just returned after a three-year haitus was hosted by media personality and YouTube content creator, Maya Jama.<\/p>\n

It featured performances from U.K artists such as Ms Banks, Headie One, M Huncho, Loski, Kojey Radical, Shaybo, and Tiana Major.<\/p>\n

H.E.R, Davido, Tiwa Savage and Stylo G also performed at the event.<\/p>\n

Opinions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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