Nigerian music sensation, Asake has won the Best African act at the 2024 MOBO awards.
The crooner of “Lonely at the top” defeated superstars like Adekunle Gold, Davido, Rema, Ayra Starr, Burna Boy, Wizkid, and Rema to win the award.
Uncle Waffles, an artist from Swatini, Libianca, a Cameroonian-American, and Tyla, a South African, were also included in the category.
Afro-gospel singer Limoblaze won best gospel artist at the 2024 MOBO Awards, so Asake wasn’t the only Nigerian to take home a trophy.
Asake and Limoblaze have now won MOBO Awards alongside Nigerians 2Baba, D’Banj, Wizkid, Davido, and Burna Boy.
Rapper Tunde, a British-Nigerian, took up the Best New Artist honor.
Topping the winners’ chart with two accolades, Central Cee, a British rapper, won Best Male Act and Song of the Year for his collaboration with British-Nigerian rapper Dave on “Sprinter.”
Drake and 21 Savage were the joint winners of the Best International Act award while Soul II Soul was awarded with the Lifetime Achievement Award.