Idris Elba honoured with MOBO award

Idris Elba

Idris Elba was presented with the MOBO Inspiration Award on Tuesday – an honour he described as “very special”.

The actor/DJ is the first ever recipient of the accolade, which has been created by Kanya King, the founder of the awards.

According to Kanya, Idris was selected to be the inaugural winner due to his determination to “help and inspire the next generation of talent” in the UK, and because he is an “individual who has achieved formidable success in his respective field, against all odds and as such acts as an inspirational figurehead”.

The Prometheus star was presented with the prize at the MOBO nominations announcement event, held at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London, and although he was genuinely humbled to win it, Idris was relieved it wasn’t a differently titled award.

Upon being handed his statuette by Kanya, he said: “I thought you were going to say Lifetime Achievement Award – I’m just too young. I want to say thank you so much, this is an amazing honour. I never thought I’d ever hold one of these. I think the spirit of MOBO is about growing, you know, and if I was just a musician then I wouldn’t get one of these, but if I am someone that believes in life expanding your horizons, just like MOBO is doing, and trying to inspire others to do the same, then this is a very special award for me and I’m very thankful for it.”

Idris hopes the success he has achieved in his career will inspire the “millions” of other talented people to follow and fulfil their dreams.

The MOBO Awards take place at Wembley Arena in London on October 22.

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Idris Elba keeps kids out of spotlight

Idris Elba

Idris Elba doesn’t want to live a celebrity lifestyle. The 41-year-old actor – who has daughter Isan, 11, with his ex-wife Dormowa Sherman, and four-month-old son Winston, with girlfriend Naiyana Garth – insists he has no plans to move to the US from the UK, because he doesn’t want his children growing up in the limelight.

Speaking to the Daily Mirror newspaper, he said: “I won’t be moving out here [to LA]. I don’t want to get into all of that. I don’t want my family growing up here. That isn’t me, it just isn’t. I rented a place on my own in North Hollywood, but the time I spent here was on my own. I’m not into the whole fame thing. I don’t have celebrity friends. I have the same ones I had from when I was a kid. For me it’s about my family, it’s about my kids, what is best for them.”

Idris credits his childhood growing up in Hackney, London, for helping him to stay level-headed.

He explained: “It wasn’t easy but I feel at home there. I love it, it’s that kind of place. My heart will always be there. I learned so much there. I have the best memories of playing outside with my friends. We had very little but it didn’t matter. It was the simple things that I enjoyed and I still do. It was a poor area back then but it taught me a lot.”

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