The 56-year-old, who founded the event which celebrates and elevates black music in the UK, discovered she has stage four bowel cancer last year and was told she may have just six month to live.
The Mobo Awards have partnered with Prostate Cancer UK this year to to raise awareness as black men are at higher risk of developing it so early detection is important.
In some cases bowel cancer can block the bowel, this is known as a bowel obstruction.
IT'S the fourth most common cancer in the UK, the second deadliest - yet bowel cancer can be cured, if you catch it early enough.
In December of last year, Kanya made the devastating announcement as she accepted a lifetime achievement prize at the Live Awards at London's Troxy.
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