LITTLE SIMZ was named Best Hip Hop Act at last night’s MOBO Awards – but that’s not the only thing she has to celebrate.
I can reveal she has raked in stacks of cash over the past year and is now almost a millionaire.
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The hip hop star, below, has seen assets in her firm Little Simz LLP rise to £946,187, which is a world away from the previous year when she was £8,823 overdrawn.
Welcome to my world.
After bills were deducted, assets in Simz’s company were worth £887,056, which means the Londoner earned £18,000 a week last year.
She set up the firm in 2018 to handle pay from her music and live performances, as well as book and acting royalties.
Simz released her fifth album No Thank You at the end of 2022 and is also nominated for three Brit Awards at next month’s ceremony.
As well as a flourishing music career, she has proven her acting ability as Shelley in hit Netflix drama Top Boy.
Last night’s bash also saw Central Cee named Best Male Act and Raye win Best Female Act.
Other wins came for Stormzy, who won Video of the Year for Mel Made Me Do It, and Soul II Soul, who took home the Lifetime Achievement Award.
I’m sure there will be plenty of sore heads this morning after the celebrations.
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GIRL group FLO led the glam arrivals as the MOBO Awards landed in Sheffield last night.
The trio wore revealing frocks to walk the red carpet at the annual ceremony, celebrating the best in black music and culture, at the Utilita Arena.
Another triple threat – Sugababes – were there and performed at the bash. During the night, DJ Spoony and Ghetts also took to the stage.
An access-all-areas special from the ceremony will air on BBC One at 11.30pm tomorrow night.
Robbie socks it to us in his pants
I’VE barely seen Robbie Williams with any clothes on since he slimmed down – so this rubber ring is about as covered up as it gets.
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The Rock DJ singer, who spent most of his Netflix docuseries in pants, posed with the inflatable flamingo while promoting wife Ayda Field’s new sock line, although I doubt that’s what many people were looking at.
Later this year Robbie will release musical biopic Better Man, and with it comes another chance at finally cracking America.
Paramount is splurging £22million to help the film roll out across North America.
The past 12 months have seen his friend Kylie Minogue finally make waves in the US.
Perhaps now is his time to shine.
Vick: Bey look a Wonder
VICK HOPE was convinced Beyonce tried to befriend her at the Grammys – until she realised the singer was actually looking behind her.
On air after attending the ceremony with husband Calvin Harris, the Radio 1 DJ said: “I swear she was trying to lock eyes. I noticed during one of the performances that she kept looking over.
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“I was like, ‘I think she’s trying to get my attention’, so I kept looking back at her. Then I realised she was looking at STEVIE WONDER, not me. I don’t know if she was trying to make eye contact with him.”
Given he’s blind, I doubt it, Vick.
There was another famous face who did want to chat to her, though. Vick said: “One great thing was Lewis Capaldi emerging from the bar and he came straight over.
“He was like, ‘I’m just on my own, no one came with me so I just popped down’.
“He was in his jeans and T-shirt. I absolutely love him. He looked really well but granted, he had quite a lot of food down his T-shirt. He must have spilled his burger.
“He had a tinny, I don’t know where he got that from.”
Adele gig scrum is a Messe
THERE are many things you can do in five hours, like fly to Tenerife, run a marathon or have open-heart surgery.
But I ended up spending that long trying for tickets to the opening night of Adele’s residency in Germany yesterday.
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The singer, above, will perform ten dates at the purpose-built Munich Messe in August – but I am impressed with anyone who managed to get tickets.
I joined the digital queue at 9am but by 2pm was told there were still 150,000 people in front of me. That’s when I decided to throw the towel in, given the venue only has the capacity for 80,000 people anyway.
People are already trying to rip off unlucky fans by putting tickets on resale sites.
Last night the Viagogo site had them listed for the opening night on August 2 at £2,311 each. Sod that. Even flying out to see her in Las Vegas would be cheaper.
Sia in reasonable shape
SIA has announced her new album will be packed with major collaborations.
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She dropped Kylie Minogue hook-up Dance Alone yesterday but will put out her full collection, Reasonable Woman, on May 3.
The Aussie singer is duetting with Chaka Khan on a track called Immortal Queen, teams up with British star Labrinth on Incredible and even works with Paris Hilton on a song called Fame Won’t Love You.
