Mobos), has said negative media coverage nearly ended the event, in a wide-ranging open letter that calls for racism in the British music industry to “no longer be swept under a red carpet”.King, who founded the Mobos in 1996, sent the letter to the culture secretary, Oliver Dowden, and told the Guardian the awards show could very easily “not be in business” after inaccurate reports about the event made sponsors reticent to be associated with it.King says that after an incident at a record label afterparty after the 2002 Mobos, press reports – including a story in the Sun with the headline “Stars flee riot at award party” – led to her remortgaging her home to avoid the Mobos collapsing when sponsors backed away.“In the article there was.