Hip-hop group Young Fathers have scooped the prestigious Mercury Music Prize.
The trio, made up of Alloysious Massaquoi, "G" Hastings and Kayus Bankole, beat the likes of FKA Twigs, Damon Albarn and Bombay Bicycle Club to the £20,000 award.
DJ Nick Grimshaw announced the band as the winners at the Roundhouse in Camden, north London this evening.
Young Fathers" record Dead beat 11 other shortlisted acts, which also included Jungle, Kate Tempest, Anna Calvi, East India Youth, GoGo Penguin, Jungle, Royal Blood, Polar Bear and Nick Mulvey.
Band member G Hastings, from Edinburgh, said afterwards: "We"ll take it in our stride. We always wanted to make something bigger than the city we were living in."
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FKA Twigs with her shortlist prize
Young Father"s EP, Tape Two, was also named best Scottish album in June this year, beating Biffy Clyro and Edywn Collins, but they were not tipped to win tonight.
FKA Twigs, who was nominated for her album LP1, was among the favourites, as well as Blur frontman Damon for his debut solo record Everyday Robots.
The prize is judged by a panel of 12 critics, musicians, top DJs and other music industry figures who often use the shortlist to champion new artists and underdogs, so it"s no surprise a fairly unknown band have been named this year"s winners.
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Damon Albarn also missed out
The reaction was unsurprisingly mixed on Twitter and Facebook after the announcement, with one viewer simply writing "R.I.P Mercury Music Prize" and others asking, "Who???"
But there were plenty of music fans heaping praise on the group, with one posting: "Congrats to Young Fathers. Deserved winners of the Mercury Music Prize tonight."
Another wrote on the site: "Yas. I bought that when it came out. Great album #MercuryMusicPrize."
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