Little Simz, Jorja Smith, Mahalia and Max Cyrus are set to participate in a particular efficiency in honour of the late Jamal Edwards.
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On November 7 on the Grosvenor House Hotel in London, the all-star solid can pay tribute to influential late entrepreneur Edwards as a part of the Music Industry Trusts Award (MITS).
According to a press launch, every of the 4 artists “will each pay their own personal tribute to him with their performances. This will be a collective moment to celebrate Jamal, one of the industry’s most loved figures, and all of his achievements, the music careers he shaped and most importantly, the many lives he touched.”
Mahalia mentioned: “The first time I met Jamal, I was 12 in a field at Bestival. At first, he kind of looked at me like I was crazy and then he smiled and said “go on, then.” A yr later, he put me on SBTV for my first official on-line efficiency. He was one of many first individuals to actually consider in me and provides me a platform and I’ll at all times really feel by some means indebted to him for that. His affect on fashionable music and the place the trade is right now actually can’t be overstated. Love you ceaselessly, Jam.”
SBTV founder and DJ Edwards died in Acton, west London on February 20. He was 31 years outdated. In August, a coroner dominated that his dying was a results of a cardiac arrest because of taking cocaine.
An NME obituary to the influential music trade determine mentioned: “He achieved accolades solely the best ever get to the touch in such a brief lifespan, and he modified the course of UK music ceaselessly. He lived by his personal phrases, and was an inspirational pioneer who won’t ever be forgotten. Jamal Edwards will probably be in historical past books.
“A tweet of his that is circulating right now sums up him and his legacy up the best: ‘We all die. The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.’”