A REGGAE artist has been axed from this year's MOBO awards nominations — because he's a convicted rapist.
Jah Cure was up for the Best Reggae Act, despite only being released from jail in 2007.
The singer, 33 — real name Siccature Alcock — was locked up in 1999 for the gunpoint assault in Jamaica.
Organisers said they acted after being told about the conviction and "severity of the crime".
It's not the first controversial MOBO nomination. Reggae acts Vybz Kartel and Elephant Man were both axed in 2004 in a row over homophobic lyrics.
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