Skepta Wins The 2016 Mercury Prize!

Skepta has won the 2016 Mercury Prize! The Grime revival shows no signs of slowing down as the MC won with Konnichiwa, an album (his fourth) that he recorded, produced and released himself.

The Tottenham MC is the first Grime artist to win the Mercury Prize since Dizzee Rascal’s Boy in da Corner in 2003.

Skepta – real name Joseph Junior Adenuga - was absolutely the right artist to take home the gong, and we weren't the only ones celebrating his win. Check out Skepta's Mum's dancing reaction:

On collecting the winner’s trophy and cheque for £25,000 the ‘Shutdown’ MC said, “The star is the person on the mic who always gets seen but I want to say thank you to every single person who made Konnichiwa happen.”

“Thank you to everybody who was there for me when I was going through depressed times. I don’t know man, I’m so thankful … With no record label we just travelled the world,” the grime star added.

Skepta also paid tribute to fellow grime artist Kano, whose album Made in the Manor was one of 2016’s best: “Kano did this for us and the love is there. Kano, love you for life man,” he said.

The judging panel (names listed below) said, “This is such a great record!  Confident, funny, clever, scary, personal and political. Skepta makes music for our times”

Check out Skepta's performance of 'Shutdown' at the award show below:

The 2016 Hyundai Mercury Prize Albums of the Year:

Anohni - Hopelessness

Bat For Lashes - The Bride

David Bowie - Blackstar

Jamie Woon - Making Time

Kano - Made in the Manor

Laura Mvula - The Dreaming Room

Michael Kiwanuka - Love & Hate

Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool

Savages - Adore Life

Skepta - Konnichiwa

The 1975 - I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it

The Comet Is Coming - Channel the Spirits

The 2016 Judging Panel:

Phil Alexander - Editor-in-Chief, Kerrang!, Mojo and Q;

Clara Amfo - Broadcaster

Jarvis Cocker - Musician and Songwriter

Jamie Cullum - Musician and Broadcaster

Harriet Gibsone - Music News Editor; The Guardian/TheGuardian.com

Will Hodgkinson - Chief Rock & Pop Critic The Times

Shahid Khan aka Naughty Boy - Musician, Songwriter and Producer

Annie Mac - DJ and Broadcaster

Ellie Rowsell from Wolf Alice - Musician and Songwriter

Kate Tempest - Musician, Poet and Author

Jessie Ware - Musician and Songwriter

Jeff Smith - Head of Music, 6 Music and Radio 2

The judging facilitator is Simon Frith - Professor of Music, Edinburgh University.