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Benett—Getty Images by [Nash Jenkins](https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/) ## Nash Jenkins Sep 16, 2016 5:30 AM UTC This year’s Mercury Prize — the award given annually to the best new British album — has gone to the London-born rapper Skepta, who beat David Bowie for the honor. It’s for his album _Konnichiwa,_ a political work described as a “landmark in British street music,” the BBC [reports](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37376386). The 33-year-old Skepta — born Joseph Junior Adenuga — is a major figure in the grime genre, a gritty fusion of hip-hop, U.K. garage and drum-and-bass music. The Mercury award brings him a cash prize of more than $33,000, and the honor of beating out David Bowie, whose final album _Blackstar_ — released mere days before his death — was also up for the prize. “I’m just so thankful. I’ve been trying to do this music stuff and work it out for so long,” Skepta told the BBC. \[[_BBC_](http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-37376386)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4496536/skepta-david-bowie-mercury-prize/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4496536/skepta-david-bowie-mercury-prize/"},"headline":"Grime Star Skepta Beat David Bowie for One of Britain's Top Musical Honors","datePublished":"2016-09-16T05:30:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:38:50.012Z","description":"Skepta's album Konnichiwa was chosen over Bowie's Blackstar","url":"https://time.com/4496536/skepta-david-bowie-mercury-prize/","keywords":["Music","David Bowie"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ce79663177350ce/6988a663ab6d77a4026ab42a/gettyimages-605908740.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nash Jenkins","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/p-nash-jenkins/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5ce79663177350ce/6988a663ab6d77a4026ab42a/gettyimages-605908740.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hyundai Mercury Prize 2016","caption":"Hyundai Mercury Prize 2016","creditText":"David M. 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