Skepta beats David Bowie to win 25th Mercury Prize

Grime artist Skepta has been announced as the winner of the Mercury Prize, the UK's most prestigious music award. The north London-born singer won the award and the £25,000 prize for his fourth studio album Konnichiwa at the ceremony at the Eventim Apollo in Hammersmith, London, on Thursday night. The album was released on Skepta's Boy Better Know record label which he co-founded with his brother JME in 2005 and was described by industry figures as "confident, funny, clever, scary, persona