Young Fathers: 10 things you need to know about the Mercury Music Prize 2014 winners

The hip-hop trio beat off the likes of Royal Blood and Bombay Bicycle Club to win the Mercury Music Prize 2014

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by Laurence Mozafari |
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Who the heck are Young Fathers? Good question - we’re assuming you asked it, because we just typed it. The Edinburgh-based trio just snagged the Mercury Music Prize 2014, beating off the likes of Royal Blood, Bombay Bicycle Club and the bookies' favourite, FKA Twigs.

The award hopes to highlight albums that might have been overlooked in the past year, Young Fathers' effort was cheerily named Dead and featured tracks such as Low and Get Up. Alloysious Massaquoi, Kayus Bankole and “G” Hastings picked up the highly coveted award at the ceremony at Camden’s Roundhouse in North London, hosted by Nick Grimshaw.

In a snappy acceptance speech, Massaquoi said simply: "Thank you, we love you, we love you all."

Now here’s 10 things you need to know about Young Fathers:

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