Stormzy#Publishing imprint

Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr.{{Cite news |last=Warren |first=Jess |date=2023-04-03 |title=Stormzy put forward for council award in hometown of Croydon |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-65116206 |access-date=2024-10-17 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |last=Savage |first=Mark |last2=Rackham |first2=Annabel |date=2024-07-01 |title=Glastonbury 2024: Camila Cabello, Louis Tomlinson and more memorable moments |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0ve1zn9wlyo |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}} was born on 26 July 1993{{cite web |url=https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/musicnews/watch-stormzy-celebrate-his-birthday-with-a-shooey/8744262/ |title=Watch Stormzy celebrate his birthday with a Shooey |publisher=Triple J |date=26 July 2017 |access-date=18 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728072944/https://www.abc.net.au/triplej/news/musicnews/watch-stormzy-celebrate-his-birthday-with-a-shooey/8744262/ |archive-date=28 July 2017 |url-status=live}} in Thornton Heath, a subdivision of Croydon, at the south of London.{{cite web |url=https://www.londonnewsonline.co.uk/a-glastonbury-shout-out-from-stormzy-to-new-talent-of-south-london/ |title=A Glastonbury shout out from Stormzy to new talent of South London – South London News|first=Bethany|last=Deer |website=Londonnewsonline.co.uk |date=26 July 2019 |access-date=21 May 2020 |archive-date=25 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225234429/https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/a-glastonbury-shout-out-from-stormzy-to-new-talent-of-south-london/ |url-status=live }} His mother is Ghanaian,{{cite news|url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/stormzy-grime|title=Stormzy interview: the man that took grime to number one|newspaper=GQ|first=Eleanor|last=Halls|date=29 June 2017|access-date=3 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227005453/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/stormzy-grime|archive-date=27 February 2017|url-status=live}} his father was a taxi driver{{Cite web |last=Lamont |first=Tom |title=Stormzy: 'If it doesn't add up I give it to God' |url=https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/stormzy-grime-mc-interview |access-date=2022-10-05 |website=British GQ |date=15 July 2017 |language=en-GB}} and he is a cousin of rapper Nadia Rose.{{cite web|url=http://mixmag.net/feature/get-to-know-nadia-rose|title=Get to know Nadia Rose|work=Mixmag|first=David|last=Renshaw|date=23 September 2016|access-date=28 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129021956/http://mixmag.net/feature/get-to-know-nadia-rose|archive-date=29 November 2016|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/47fjq454SQwP9ksxvcymfpP/5th-nadia-rose|date=2017|title=Sound Of – 5th Nadia Rose|publisher=BBC Music|access-date=14 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106220322/http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/47fjq454SQwP9ksxvcymfpP/5th-nadia-rose|archive-date=6 January 2017|url-status=live}} He grew up in South Norwood, London, with his mother, brother, and two sisters. Stormzy did not come from a particularly musical household, although he liked music.{{cite news|url=http://www.hungertv.com/feature/stormzy-talks-us-through-his-unstoppable-rise-to-greatness/#|title=Stormzy: The full interview|date=14 September 2017|publisher=HungerTV|access-date=28 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729012932/http://www.hungertv.com/feature/stormzy-talks-us-through-his-unstoppable-rise-to-greatness/|archive-date=29 July 2018|url-status=live}} He attended Stanley Tech South Norwood.Jameson, Andrew (15 January 2015), [http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Rapper-declares-ll-biggest-Croydon/story-25863022-detail/story.html "Rapper Stormzy declares he'll be 'the biggest thing to ever come out of Croydon'"]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150729010524/http://www.croydonadvertiser.co.uk/Rapper-declares-ll-biggest-Croydon/story-25863022-detail/story.html |date=29 July 2015 }}. Croydon Advertiser. Retrieved 11 March 2016. He began rapping at the age of 11 and would clash with older rappers at his local youth club.{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/the-perfect-stormzy-hattie-collins-2014/|title=Stormzy Grew Up on Grime, Now He's Eclipsing His Heroes|website=Noisey.vice.com|first=Danny |last=Schwartz|date=18 November 2014|access-date=1 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205010436/http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/the-perfect-stormzy-hattie-collins-2014|archive-date=5 December 2014|url-status=live}}

Stormzy has said about his school years: "I was a very naughty child, on the verge of getting expelled, but I wasn't a bad child; everything I did was for my own entertainment. But when I went into an exam I did really well." He said he got six A*s, three As, and five Bs on his GCSEs, but then only achieved a "humbling" ABCDE on his A Levels: "For someone who would cuss in class and was on the verge of being expelled, it was A Levels that showed me that in life you need work ethic."{{cite web|first=Helen Meriel|last=Thomas|title=Six Things We Learned From Stormzy's Oxford University Talk|url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/six-things-we-learned-from-stormzy-s-oxford-university-talk-10508|work=NME|date=8 March 2016|access-date=30 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170823070526/http://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/six-things-we-learned-from-stormzy-s-oxford-university-talk-10508|archive-date=23 August 2017|url-status=live}} He studied for an apprenticeship in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, and worked in quality assurance for two years at an oil refinery in Southampton, Hampshire.{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/stormzy-kanye-west-endorsed-south-london-rapper-is-the-new-king-of-grime-10167544.html|title=Stormzy: Kanye West-endorsed South London rapper is the new king of grime|work=London Evening Standard|author=Smyth, David|date=10 April 2015|access-date=5 April 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170811011315/https://www.standard.co.uk/goingout/music/stormzy-kanye-west-endorsed-south-london-rapper-is-the-new-king-of-grime-10167544.html|archive-date=11 August 2017|url-status=live}}

After garnering attention on the UK underground music scene via his Wicked Skengman series of freestyles over classic grime beats, Stormzy released his debut EP Dreamers Disease independently in July 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.mobo.com/news-blogs/new-ep-stormzy-dreamers-disease|title=New EP: Stormzy 'Dreamers Disease' |publisher= MOBO |date=28 July 2014|access-date=1 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911153927/http://www.mobo.com/news-blogs/new-ep-stormzy-dreamers-disease|archive-date=11 September 2018|url-status=dead}} On 22 October 2014, Stormzy won Best Grime Act at the MOBO Awards. Later that month he became the first unsigned rapper to appear on Later... with Jools Holland, performing the song "Not That Deep" from Dreamers Disease. In November 2014, Stormzy collaborated with rapper Chip and Shalo on the track "I'm Fine", also appearing in a video for the song.{{cite web |url=http://www.mobo.com/news-blogs/new-music-chip-feat-stormzy-shalo-im-fine |title=New Music: Chip Feat. Stormzy & Shalo 'I'm Fine' |publisher=MOBO |date=26 November 2014 |access-date=26 February 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902234853/http://www.mobo.com/news-blogs/new-music-chip-feat-stormzy-shalo-im-fine |archive-date=2 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}

On 7 January 2015, Stormzy was number 3 in the "BBC Introducing top 5" on Radio 1.{{cite news |last=Savage |first=Mark |date=7 January 2015 |title=BBC Sound Of 2015: Stormzy interview |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30657598 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406104923/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30657598 |archive-date=6 April 2015 |access-date=8 June 2015 |work=BBC News}} In March 2015 he released the single "Know Me From", which entered the UK Singles Chart at number 49. In September 2015, he released a final instalment to his "WickedSkengMan" freestyle series, "WickedSkengMan 4", onto iTunes, along with a studio version of his "Shut Up" freestyle over XTC's Functions on the Low instrumental.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/wickedskengman-4-single/1038370815|title=WickedSkengMan4 – Single by Stormzy|date=11 September 2015|publisher=iTunes (UK)|access-date=20 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003071136/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/wickedskengman-4-single/id1038370815|archive-date=3 October 2015|url-status=live}} The track debuted at number 18 on the UK chart dated 24 September, becoming Stormzy's first top 40 hit and the first ever freestyle to reach the top 40 in the United Kingdom.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/18/justin-bieber-no-1-what-do-you-mean-stereophonics-keep-the-village-alive|title=Justin Bieber back at No 1 with What Do You Mean?|newspaper=The Guardian|date=18 September 2015|access-date=16 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227021956/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/18/justin-bieber-no-1-what-do-you-mean-stereophonics-keep-the-village-alive|archive-date=27 December 2016|url-status=live}}

On 12 December 2015, Stormzy performed "Shut Up" during British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua's ring-walk for his fight versus Dillian Whyte.{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalxtra.com/artists/stormzy/news/shut-up-during-anthony-joshuas-boxing-match/#FGwDQUbDTCX8KbKI.97|title=Watch Stormzy Perform 'Shut Up' During British Heavyweight Title Boxing Match|publisher=Capital XTRA|date=14 December 2015|access-date=14 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151216185950/http://www.capitalxtra.com/artists/stormzy/news/shut-up-during-anthony-joshuas-boxing-match/#FGwDQUbDTCX8KbKI.97|archive-date=16 December 2015|url-status=live}} Originally, "Shut Up", released as part of the "WickedSkengMan 4" single EP in September 2015, charted at number 59. Since the performance, it began climbing up the iTunes chart and into the top 40. As a result, Stormzy launched a Christmas number 1 campaign to get the song to number 1.{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalxtra.com/artists/stormzy/news/twitter-want-shutupforxmasno1/#X1e2dgmVsPlAGMbk.97|title=Stormzy And Twitter Want #ShutUpForXmasNo1|publisher=Capital XTRA|date=14 December 2015|access-date=14 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151217200519/http://www.capitalxtra.com/artists/stormzy/news/twitter-want-shutupforxmasno1/#X1e2dgmVsPlAGMbk.97|archive-date=17 December 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/stormzy-0/90329|title=Odds on Stormzy getting Christmas Number One cut following 'Shut Up' boxing performance|first=Luke Morgan|last=Britton|work=NME|date=14 December 2015|access-date=14 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151214170656/http://www.nme.com/news/stormzy-0/90329|archive-date=14 December 2015|url-status=live}} It generated a large amount of support, which made it enter the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart on 18 December 2015 at number 8, a week prior to the Christmas number-1 week, succeeding the chart position of "WickedSkengMan 4".

In April 2016, Stormzy released the non-album song "Scary" before he went into hiatus.{{cite web|url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/stormzy-scary-new-song.1969540.html |title=Stormzy - Scary|first=Danny |last=Schwartz |website=Hotnewhiphop.com |date=25 April 2016 |access-date=21 May 2020}}{{cite web |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/stormzy-opens-battle-depression-it-was-realisation-how-fragile-we-are-1609441 |title=Stormzy opens up on battle with depression: 'It was a realisation of how fragile we are'|first=Alicia |last=Adejobi |website=Ibtimes.co.uk |date=2 March 2017 |access-date=21 May 2020 |archive-date=25 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225234430/https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/stormzy-opens-battle-depression-it-was-realisation-how-fragile-we-are-1609441 |url-status=live }} After a year's hiatus from social media, Stormzy returned in early February 2017 via a series of billboard campaigns across London displaying the hashtag #GSAP 24.02. The album title was announced to be Gang Signs & Prayer.{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/stormzys-gang-signs-and-prayer-depicts-the-struggle-of-faith-and-life/ |title=Stormzy's 'Gang Signs & Prayer' Depicts the Struggle of Faith and Life |first=Jesse|last= Bernard|website=Vice.com |date=27 September 2017 |access-date=21 May 2020}} The album was released on 24 February 2017{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/stormzy-shares-full-debut-album-details-1965609|title=Stormzy shares full debut album details|last=Jones|first=Damian|date=2 February 2017|work=NME|access-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202103439/http://www.nme.com/news/music/stormzy-shares-full-debut-album-details-1965609|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38840004/stormzy-album-gsap-may-be-best-of-2017-says-1-xtras-adot|title=Stormzy album GSAP may be 'best of 2017' says 1Xtra's A.Dot|date=2 February 2017|work=Newsbeat|publisher=BBC|access-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202224523/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38840004/stormzy-album-gsap-may-be-best-of-2017-says-1-xtras-adot|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.factmag.com/2017/02/01/stormzy-gsap-tracklist/|title=Stormzy reveals tracklist for debut album Gang Signs & Prayer|last=Lee|first=Morgan|date=1 February 2017|work=Fact Mag|access-date=1 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202015400/http://www.factmag.com/2017/02/01/stormzy-gsap-tracklist/|archive-date=2 February 2017|url-status=live}} and debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart on 3 March 2017.Peaks in the United Kingdom:

• For all except noted: {{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/32902/stormzy/|title=STORMZY {{!}} full Official Chart history|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=4 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228023239/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/32902/stormzy/|archive-date=28 February 2017|url-status=live}}
• For "Scary": {{cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/160910cluk.txt|title=CHART: CLUK Update 10.09.2016 (wk36)|website=zobbel.de|access-date=16 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923135050/http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/160910cluk.txt|archive-date=23 September 2016|url-status=live}}
• For "Hear Dis": {{cite web|url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/160130cluk.txt|title=CHART: CLUK Update 30.01.2016 (wk4)|website=zobbel.de|access-date=11 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806152642/http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/160130cluk.txt|archive-date=6 August 2016|url-status=live}}

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Stormzy's headline appearance on the Pyramid Stage at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival was widely praised.{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/banksy-reveals-he-made-stormzys-vest-for-historic-glastonbury-gig-11751447|title=Banksy reveals he made Stormzy's vest for historic Glastonbury gig|first=Tania|last=Snuggs|publisher=Sky News|date=30 June 2019|access-date=29 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629163710/https://news.sky.com/story/banksy-reveals-he-made-stormzys-vest-for-historic-glastonbury-gig-11751447|archive-date=29 June 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/stormzy-review-pyramid-stage-glastonbury-historic-performance/|title=Stormzy review, Pyramid Stage, Glastonbury: a historic performance that tore down barriers and moved souls|first=Neil|last=McCormick|date=29 June 2019|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=29 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629143336/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/stormzy-review-pyramid-stage-glastonbury-historic-performance/|archive-date=29 June 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/stormzy-glastonbury-2019-set-dave-black-british-culture-banksy-a8980661.html|title=Opinion: It's official – Stormzy is a phenomenon and black British culture is flying|first=Jude|last=Yawson|date=29 June 2019|website=The Independent|access-date=29 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629185054/https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/stormzy-glastonbury-2019-set-dave-black-british-culture-banksy-a8980661.html|archive-date=29 June 2019|url-status=live}} His set made him the first black British rapper to headline the Glastonbury Festival.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-10 |title=How hip-hop spread from the Bronx to the world |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66452895 |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB}} The performance featured a speech by the politician David Lammy that discussed the proportion of black and minority ethnic people in the British criminal justice system{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jun/29/stormzy-historic-glastonbury-performance|title=All hail Stormzy for historic Glastonbury performance|last=Walker|first=Amy|date=29 June 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=29 June 2019|issn=0261-3077|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204194322/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jun/29/stormzy-historic-glastonbury-performance|archive-date=4 December 2019|url-status=live}} and, during "Vossi Bop", Stormzy encouraged the audience to join him in chanting "Fuck the Government and fuck Boris" - the latter a reference to former London Mayor Boris Johnson's Conservative Party leadership campaign.{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/glastonbury-2019-boris-johnson-laughs-off-stormzy-s-chant-against-him-a4178746.html|work=Evening Standard|title=Glastonbury 2019: Boris Johnson laughs off Stormzy's chant against him|first=Olivia|last=Tobin|date=29 June 2019|access-date=30 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630012927/https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/glastonbury-2019-boris-johnson-laughs-off-stormzy-s-chant-against-him-a4178746.html|archive-date=30 June 2019|url-status=live}} The show included guest appearances by dance group Black Ballet and pop singer Chris Martin. Stormzy wore a Union Jack stab vest designed by the artist Banksy, which was widely perceived as a comment on the rise in knife crime in London.{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/rapper-stormzy-hailed-for-making-history-at-glastonbury-with-performance-in-union-jack-stab-vest-a4178596.html|work=Evening Standard|title=Rapper Stormzy hailed for making history at Glastonbury with performance in Union Jack stab vest|first=Asher|last=McShane|date=29 June 2019|access-date=30 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190630011423/https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/rapper-stormzy-hailed-for-making-history-at-glastonbury-with-performance-in-union-jack-stab-vest-a4178596.html|archive-date=30 June 2019|url-status=live}}

He has reached number one on the UK Singles Chart four times; firstly as part of "Artists for Grenfell" on 23 June 2017 with "Bridge Over Troubled Water", secondly with his own solo single "Vossi Bop", which debuted at number one upon its entry, ahead of "Me!" by Taylor Swift featuring Brendon Urie by some 500 combined sales, thirdly with his collaboration with Burna Boy and Ed Sheeran, "Own It" and fourthly with as a featured artist on the Ed Sheeran single "Take Me Back to London". Stormzy later released the singles "Crown", "Sounds of the Skeng"{{cite web |author=Stormzy |title=@stormzy on Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B1wd9OJpxDv/ |via=Instagram |access-date=29 August 2019 |date=29 August 2019}} and "Wiley Flow", before announcing his second album, Heavy Is the Head, for release on 13 December 2019.

In the 2020 action-adventure game Watch Dogs: Legion, Stormzy appears as a fictionalized version of himself, offering a mission in which his character plays the track "Rainfall" from Heavy is the Head.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/watch-dogs-legion-stormzy/|title = Watch Dogs: Legion will have special Stormzy mission available on launch day|first=Alyssa |last=Mercante|website=GamesRadar+|date = 10 September 2020}} The video for Rainfall appears in the mission, showing Stormzy's motion capture performance over locations, graphics, and the fictionalized future London setting of the game.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szrDcTGvp7o| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211104/szrDcTGvp7o| archive-date=2021-11-04 | url-status=live|title=STORMZY – RAINFALL (FEAT. TIANA MAJOR9)| date=22 October 2020|access-date=23 October 2021|publisher=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} Stormzy was recognised for both his contributions to music and his activism, landing him at number 5 in the Top 10 of the annual Powerlist in 2020,{{cite web |last1=Busby |first1=Mattha |title=Meghan and Stormzy named among most influential black people in UK |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/oct/25/ismail-ahmed-money-transfer-boss-tops-list-of-influential-black-people-in-britain |website=The Guardian |access-date=17 April 2020 |date=25 October 2019}} with an estimated net worth of £20 million in 2020.{{cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/13/ed-sheeran-tops-young-musicians-sunday-times-rich-list-fortune-200-million-12694663/|title=Ed Sheeran tops young musicians Sunday Times Rich List with fortune of £200 million|first=Emma|last= Kelly|website=Metro|date=13 May 2020|access-date=16 May 2020|archive-date=25 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225234521/https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/13/ed-sheeran-tops-young-musicians-sunday-times-rich-list-fortune-200-million-12694663/|url-status=live}} Heavy is the Head was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize 2020. This was the second nomination in his career. In the Powerlist 2021 he ranked as the third most influential Black Briton, for his advocacy against racial injustice and philanthropy, pledging £10 million to charities{{cite news |title=Lewis Hamilton named most influential black person in UK |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-54973608 |access-date=19 January 2021 |work=BBC News |date=17 November 2020}}{{cite news|last1=Siddique |first1=Haroon |title=Lewis Hamilton named most influential black person in UK |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/17/lewis-hamilton-named-most-influential-black-person-in-uk |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=19 January 2021 |date=17 November 2020}}

Stormzy released the single "Mel Made Me Do It" on 23 September 2022, his first solo single since 2020. Its music video included a variety of cameos from Usain Bolt and Louis Theroux, among others.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/stormzy-shares-video-for-new-song-mel-made-me-do-it-watch/|title=Stormzy Shares Video for New Song "Mel Made Me Do It": Watch|website=Pitchfork|last=Arcand|first=Rob|date=22 September 2022|access-date=14 October 2022}} He returned to social media on 12 October 2022 to announce his third album This Is What I Mean, which was recorded on Osea Island in England. It was released on 25 November 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/news/music/stormzy-announces-new-album-this-is-what-i-mean-3327752|title=Stormzy announces new album 'This Is What I Mean'|work=NME|last=Neale|first=Matthew|date=12 October 2022|access-date=13 October 2022}} The first single was titled "Hide & Seek" on 14 October 2022.{{Cite web |title=Stormzy 'Hide & Seek' lyrics meaning revealed |url=https://www.capitalxtra.com/artists/stormzy/hide-and-seek-new-album-lyrics-meaning-revealed-explained/ |access-date=2022-10-18 |website=Capital XTRA |language=en}}

On 22 June 2023, Stormzy released the single "Toxic Trait" featuring Fredo.{{Citation |last= |title=Toxic Trait (feat. Fredo) - Single by Stormzy |date=2023-06-22 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/toxic-trait-feat-fredo-single/1692738145 |access-date=2023-06-22 |language=en-US}} A month later, Stormzy and Raye released "The Weekend", having previously collaborated on the latter artist's 2016 track "Ambition".{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Kyann-Sian |date=2023-07-20 |title=Stormzy and RAYE team up for sultry, romantic collab 'The Weekend' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/stormzy-raye-the-weekend-collaboration-single-video-3470963 |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=NME |language=en-GB}}

Stormzy describes himself as "a child of grime"; he was influenced by the likes of Lethal Bizzle, Bruza, D Double E and Flirta D.{{cite book|last=Collins|first=Hattie|date=2016|title=This is Grime|location=London|publisher=Hodder & Stoughton|page=281|isbn=978-1-473-63927-0}} However, he also cites R&B singers such as Frank Ocean and Lauryn Hill as influences on his sound.{{cite web|url=http://rwdmag.com/exclusive-interview-stormzy-it-used-to-grind-my-gears-but-now-i-actually-love-rap/|first=Ben|last=Fawcett|title=Exclusive Interview: Stormzy – 'It Used To Grind My Gears, But Now I Actually Love Rap'|work=RWD Mag|access-date=1 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205170211/http://rwdmag.com/exclusive-interview-stormzy-it-used-to-grind-my-gears-but-now-i-actually-love-rap/|archive-date=5 December 2014|url-status=live}}

In May 2016, Stormzy endorsed Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. In an interview with the newspaper The Guardian, he spoke of his admiration for Corbyn's activism.{{cite news|last=Wolfson|first=Sam|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/21/stormzy-grime-skepta-kanye-drake|title=Stormzy: 'My man Jeremy Corbyn! I dig what he says'|newspaper=The Guardian|date=21 May 2016|access-date=11 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621082415/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/may/21/stormzy-grime-skepta-kanye-drake|archive-date=21 June 2017|url-status=live}}

On 24 June 2017, Stormzy performed a chant of "Oh, Jeremy Corbyn" to the tune of The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" on the Other Stage at the Glastonbury Festival.{{Cite news|last=Harrison|first=Andrew|date=7 October 2017|title='Oh, Jeremy Corbyn' - how Seven Nation Army inspired the political chant of a generation|language=en-GB|work=The Observer|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/07/oh-jeremy-corbyn-chant-white-stripes|access-date=13 November 2020|issn=0029-7712|archive-date=7 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907073807/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/07/oh-jeremy-corbyn-chant-white-stripes|url-status=live}} He also performed a rap he had written for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, telling the festivalgoers to demand that the authorities "tell the... truth" and for the "Government to be held accountable".{{Cite web|date=24 June 2017|title=Stormzy uses Glastonbury set to demand Grenfell answers|url=https://www.itv.com/news/2017-06-24/stormzy-uses-glastonbury-set-to-demand-grenfell-answers|access-date=13 November 2020|website=ITV News|language=en|archive-date=25 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225234522/https://www.itv.com/news/2017-06-24/stormzy-uses-glastonbury-set-to-demand-grenfell-answers|url-status=live}} In September of that year, after being presented with the Solo Artist of the Year award by Corbyn at the GQ Men of the Year Awards,{{cite news|last=Moore|first=Sam|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/jeremy-corbyn-stormzy-gq-awards-2134599|title=Watch Jeremy Corbyn present Stormzy with best solo artist prize at the GQ Awards|work=NME|date=6 September 2017|access-date=6 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906125134/http://www.nme.com/news/music/jeremy-corbyn-stormzy-gq-awards-2134599|archive-date=6 September 2017|url-status=live}} Stormzy called Prime Minister Theresa May a {{Wikt-lang|en|paigon}}, a Jamaican Patois word used to describe an untrustworthy person.{{cite news|first1=Ben|last1=Beaumont-Thomas|title=Stormzy: 'Theresa May is a paigon'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/06/stormzy-theresa-may-is-a-paigon-gq-awards|access-date=25 March 2018|newspaper=The Guardian|date=6 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325232417/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/06/stormzy-theresa-may-is-a-paigon-gq-awards|archive-date=25 March 2018|url-status=live}}

On 21 February 2018, Stormzy performed a freestyle at the Brit Awards, calling out May for her inaction in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire the previous year.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/feb/21/stormzy-asks-may-wheres-the-money-for-grenfell-at-brit-awards|title=Stormzy asks 'Theresa May, where's the money for Grenfell?' at Brit awards|work=The Guardian|first=Ben|last=Beaumont-Thomas|date=21 February 2018|access-date=23 February 2018|quote=Theresa May, where's the money for Grenfell?" he asked the prime minister, adding that the government "just forgot about Grenfell, you criminals, and you got the cheek to call us savages, you should do some jail time, you should pay some damages, we should burn your house down and see if you can manage this.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222203911/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/feb/21/stormzy-asks-may-wheres-the-money-for-grenfell-at-brit-awards|archive-date=22 February 2018|url-status=live}} The following day, 10 Downing Street issued a statement defending the Prime Minister.{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/feb/22/theresa-may-stormzys-grenfell-freestyle-brits|title=No 10 defends PM after Stormzy's Grenfell freestyle at Brits|work=The Guardian|first=Jessica|last=Elgot|date=22 February 2018|access-date=23 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222225733/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/feb/22/theresa-may-stormzys-grenfell-freestyle-brits|archive-date=22 February 2018|url-status=live}}

In November 2019, along with other musicians, Stormzy endorsed Corbyn in the 2019 UK general election with a call to end austerity. He also said "people-led change can be possible under a Jeremy Corbyn Labour government".{{cite news|last=Saunders|first=Emmeline|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/stormzy-backs-labour-says-change-20957571|title=Stormzy backs Labour and says 'change is possible under a Corbyn government'|work=Daily Mirror|date=21 November 2019|access-date=27 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127095228/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/stormzy-backs-labour-says-change-20957571|archive-date=27 November 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/25/musicians-backing-jeremy-corbyns-labour|title=Letters {{!}} Musicians backing Jeremy Corbyn's Labour|work=The Guardian|date=24 November 2019|access-date=25 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191125144040/https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/25/musicians-backing-jeremy-corbyns-labour|archive-date=25 November 2019|url-status=live}} He described the Labour leader as "the first man in a position of power who is committed to giving the power back to the people" and branded Boris Johnson "a sinister man".{{cite news|last=Hainey|first=Fionnula|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/celebrities-voting-election-conservative-labour-17327967|title=Who are celebrities voting for in the 2019 general election?|work=Manchester Evening News|location=Manchester|date=4 December 2019|access-date=11 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211010847/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/uk-news/celebrities-voting-election-conservative-labour-17327967|archive-date=11 December 2019|url-status=live}} In the aftermath of the George Floyd protests, Stormzy issued a statement via his label, stating that he plans to donate £1 million a year for 10 years to charities, organisations and movements that are committed to fight racial inequality, justice reform and black empowerment in the United Kingdom.{{Cite news|date=11 June 2020|title=Stormzy Pledges To Donate £10 Million To Justice Reform And Black Empowerment In The UK|language=en-GB|work=Uproxx|url=https://uproxx.com/music/stormzy-10-million-to-black-empowerment/|access-date=14 June 2020|archive-date=25 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225234425/https://uproxx.com/music/stormzy-10-million-to-black-empowerment/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|date=11 June 2020|title=Stormzy pledges £10m to fighting racial inequality|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53009900|access-date=13 June 2020|archive-date=25 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225234538/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53009900|url-status=live}} In an interview with the BBC, he said: "Black people have been playing on an uneven field for far too long and this pledge is a continuation in the fight to finally try and even it". Stormzy performed in January 2024 at the Artists for Aid Benefit Concert in Newark which raised funds for the Gaza Strip and Sudan.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-pictures/artist-for-aid-benefit-concert-for-gaza-and-sudan-1234940663/artists-for-aid-benefit-concert-at-newark-symhony-hall-1-4-24-10/|title=Artist for Aid: Benefit Concert for Gaza and Sudan|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=January 5, 2024}}{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/mustafas-benefit-concert-for-gaza-and-sudan-provided-solemn-solidarity-amid-ongoing-global-crises/|title=Mustafa’s Benefit Concert for Gaza and Sudan Provided Solemn Solidarity Amid Ongoing Global Crises|website=Pitchfork|date=January 5, 2024}}

Stormzy is a Christian.{{cite web|last=Premier|date=10 March 2017|title=Stormzy: the chart-topping rapper who wears his faith on his sleeve|url=http://www.premierchristianity.com/Blog/Stormzy-the-chart-topping-rapper-who-wears-his-faith-on-his-sleeve|access-date=5 June 2020|website=Premier Christianity|language=en-GB}} On the BBC's Christmas Day lineup in 2019 he read a passage from the Gospel of Luke.{{Cite web|date=18 December 2019|title=Stormzy Bible reading to end BBC One's Christmas Day|first=Ben|last=Beaumont-Thomas|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/18/stormzy-bible-reading-bbc-one-christmas-day|access-date=5 June 2020|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=25 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225234435/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/18/stormzy-bible-reading-bbc-one-christmas-day|url-status=live}}

In November 2017, it was revealed that Stormzy had posted a series of messages on Twitter in 2011 that were deemed to be homophobic. These included a tweet in which he referred to a gay character on the soap opera EastEnders as a "fucking fag". He also asked another user who was discussing using hair straighteners if they were a "fag" and urged his followers to "put on BBC1 this little black boy is a fucking fag".Beaumont-Thomas, Ben (22 November 2017), [https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/22/stormzy-apologises-for-unearthed-homophobic-tweets Stormzy apologises for unearthed homophobic tweets] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511081256/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/nov/22/stormzy-apologises-for-unearthed-homophobic-tweets |date=11 May 2018 }}, The Guardian. He later posted a series of tweets, stating:

{{cquote|I said some foul and offensive things whilst tweeting years ago at a time when I was young and proudly ignorant. Very hurtful and discriminative views that I've unlearned as I've grown up and become a man. The comments I made were unacceptable and disgusting, full stop. Comments that I regret and to everyone I've offended, I am sorry, these are attitudes I've left in the past... I take responsibility for my mistakes and hope you can understand that my younger self doesn't reflect who I am today. Again, I'm sorry to everyone I've offended. To the LGBQT community and my supporters and friends, my deepest apologies.{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/42078366/stormzy-apologises-for-homophobic-tweets|date=2017-11-27|access-date=2018-09-25|title=Stormzy apologises for homophobic tweets|work=BBC Newsbeat|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104203233/http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/42078366/stormzy-apologises-for-homophobic-tweets|archive-date=4 November 2018|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/stormzy-apologises-for-foul-and-disgusting-homophobic-tweets-a3698651.html|date=22 November 2017|access-date=25 September 2018|title=Stormzy apologises for 'foul and disgusting' homophobic tweets|author=Gillett, Francesca|newspaper=London Evening Standard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925220006/https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/stormzy-apologises-for-foul-and-disgusting-homophobic-tweets-a3698651.html|archive-date=25 September 2018|url-status=live}}}}He also attracted controversy on 7 October 2020, when grime artist Chip released a video of Stormzy and several others at Chip's house in June of that year. The video was posted on Twitter and Instagram captioned: "June... When you get sent a video of Stormzy & friends tryna run up on your house."{{Cite web|date=7 October 2020|title=Chip hits out at Stormzy for showing up at his house after feud|first=Louise|last=Griffin|url=https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/07/chip-hits-out-at-stormzy-for-showing-up-at-his-house-after-feud-as-he-shares-video-13388464/|access-date=13 November 2020|website=Metro|language=en|archive-date=25 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225234440/https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/07/chip-hits-out-at-stormzy-for-showing-up-at-his-house-after-feud-as-he-shares-video-13388464/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=8 October 2020|title=Chip calls out Stormzy for 'showing up at his house' in since-deleted tweet|first=Ellie|last=Harrison|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/chip-stormzy-twitter-feud-waze-flowers-house-video-b880344.html|access-date=14 November 2020|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-date=25 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225234429/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/chip-stormzy-twitter-feud-waze-flowers-house-video-b880344.html|url-status=live}} The event resulted in the police being called. Chip deleted the video within a few hours, but Stormzy was criticized for causing a heated argument with Chip's family and refusing to leave the building. The altercation was allegedly in response to a perceived diss by Chip on the track "Waze".

In February of 2025 Stormzy received heavy backlash on social media for posting an advert for McDonald’s{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/DF-IoS1oovq/ |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=www.instagram.com}} and deleting previous posts in support of Palestine.{{Cite web |date=2025-02-14 |title=Stormzy faces backlash for McDonald’s collaboration after pro-Israel claims |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/stormzy-meal-mcdonalds-palestine-israel-b2698076.html |access-date=2025-02-14 |website=The Independent |language=en}}

Stormzy has funded the "Stormzy Scholarship for Black UK Students" at the University of Cambridge, covering tuition costs for two students and maintenance grants for up to four years.{{Cite web|last=Nunn|first=Sam|date=15 August 2018|title=Stormzy Scholarship for Black UK Students|url=https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/stormzy-scholarship|access-date=2 June 2020|website=www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk|language=en|archive-date=25 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225234445/https://www.undergraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/stormzy-scholarship|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=16 August 2019|title=Stormzy announces second year of 'The Stormzy Scholarship', a student funding scheme with Cambridge University|url=https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/stormzy-announces-second-year-of-the-stormzy-scholarship-a-student-funding-scheme-with-cambridge|access-date=2 June 2020|website=University of Cambridge|language=en|archive-date=25 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225234438/https://www.cam.ac.uk/news/stormzy-announces-second-year-of-the-stormzy-scholarship-a-student-funding-scheme-with-cambridge|url-status=live}} He had previously approached the University of Oxford who "didn't want to get involved", according to him.{{Cite news|last1=Marsh|first1=Sarah|last2=Hancox|first2=Dan|date=8 November 2018|title=Stormzy: Oxford University turned down my scholarship offer|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/08/stormzy-oxford-university-turned-down-my-scholarship-offer|access-date=2 June 2020|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=25 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225234437/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/nov/08/stormzy-oxford-university-turned-down-my-scholarship-offer|url-status=live}} In 2022 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Exeter for his work to promote education and fighting racial inequality.{{Cite web |date=2025-03-20 |title=Stormzy to receive honorary degree from Cambridge |url=https://www.euronews.com/culture/2025/03/20/british-rapper-stormzy-to-receive-honorary-degree-from-the-university-of-cambridge |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=euronews |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=University of Exeter |url=https://news-archive.exeter.ac.uk/homepage/title_917405_en.html |access-date=2023-06-04 |website=news-archive.exeter.ac.uk |language=en}}

In November 2022, Stormzy announced a partnership with Adidas and ten other brands, including football clubs Manchester United and Fulham, as well as Sky Sports and Goal.com, for a programme called "#Merky FC", set to launch in January 2023 and aiming to increase the representation of Black and mixed-Black British people in the football industry, by providing long-term, paid professional placements at the brands involved in the initiative.{{Cite web |last=Addley |first=Esther |date=2022-11-03 |title=Merky FC: Stormzy's initiative to boost off-pitch diversity in football |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/nov/03/merky-fc-stormzy-launches-new-initiative-to-boost-diversity-in-football |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=The Guardian |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-03 |title=Stormzy exclusive interview: Rapper launches Merky FC to fight racial inequality in football |url=https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12735229/stormzy-launches-merky-fc-to-fight-racial-inequality-in-football |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Sky Sports |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-03 |title=Introducing Merky FC: A project from Stormzy and adidas |url=https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/stormzy-adidas-merky-fc/bltd358f606ac95743b |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Goal.com}}{{Cite news |date=2022-11-06 |title=Stormzy: Rapper launches Merky FC to improve diversity off the football pitch |language=en-GB |work=BBC Newsround |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/63511180 |access-date=2023-01-28}} The programme was available to all UK-based, young people of Black heritage, aged from 18 to 24.{{Cite web |title=Merky FC |url=https://www.merkyfc.com/about |access-date=2023-01-28 |website=Merky FC}}

In July 2018, it was announced that the Penguin Random House division William Heinemann was to launch a new publishing imprint in partnership with Stormzy, called #Merky Books.{{cite web |title=#Merky Books |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/company/publishers/cornerstone/merky-books |website=www.penguin.co.uk |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en}} The imprint launched with Stormzy's first book, Rise Up, in autumn 2018, followed by Taking Up Space: The Black Girl's Manifesto for Change by Chelsea Kwakye and Ore Ogunbiyi in summer 2019. That Reminds Me, a novel in verse by Derek Owusu, was released in November 2019.Onwuemezi, Natasha (6 July 2018), [https://www.thebookseller.com/news/stormzy-launches-imprint-prh-824231 "Stormzy launches #Merky Books with PRH"], The Bookseller. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715235710/https://www.thebookseller.com/news/stormzy-launches-imprint-prh-824231 |date=15 July 2018 }}.Allfree, Claire (17 November 2019), [https://www.metro.news/book-reviews-thanks-to-stormzy-heres-a-poetic-memoir-of-life-as-a-black-man/1800966/ "Book reviews: Thanks to Stormzy, here's a poetic memoir of life as a black man"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208213135/https://www.metro.news/book-reviews-thanks-to-stormzy-heres-a-poetic-memoir-of-life-as-a-black-man/1800966/ |date=8 December 2019 }}, Metro. In October 2021, #Merky Books released Keisha the Sket, a viral serialised novel from the mid-2000s written by a Black London teenager in text-speak slang; the print publication includes both the original and a rewrite in standard English.Grant, Kirsty (14 October 2021), [https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-58872982 "Keisha the Sket author says she felt shame at her viral story"], BBC News. An annual #Merky Books New Writers' Prize is awarded to "young, underrepresented, and unpublished writers from across the UK and ROI" who are "telling the stories that are not being heard, and the stories that deserve to be read, across fiction, non-fiction or poetry."{{cite web |title=#Merky Books New Writers' Prize |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/merky-new-writers-prize |website=www.penguin.co.uk |access-date=24 August 2022 |language=en}} An inaugural winner{{Cite book |last=Zayyan |first=Hafsa |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/441205/we-are-all-birds-of-uganda-by-hafsa-zayyan/9781529118667 |title=We Are All Birds of Uganda |date=27 January 2022 |language=en}} of the prize, Hafsa Zayyan's We Are All Birds of Uganda was published in 2021 by #Merky Books,{{Cite news |date=2021-01-16 |title=We Are All Birds of Uganda: Will Gompertz reviews Hafsa Zayyan's debut novel ★★★☆☆ |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55638908 |access-date=2022-09-12}}{{Cite news |date=2021-02-20 |title=We Are All Birds of Uganda by Hafsa Zayyan review – a powerful debut|first=Shahidha |last=Bari|author-link=Shahidha Bari |url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/feb/20/we-are-all-birds-of-uganda-by-hafsa-zayyan-review-a-powerful-debut |access-date=2022-09-12 |newspaper=The Guardian |language=en}} and was shortlisted for the 2022 Glass Bell Award.{{Cite web |author= |title=Glass Bell Award 2022 shortlist announced |website=Books+Publishing |url=https://www.booksandpublishing.com.au/articles/2022/07/29/218301/glass-bell-award-2022-shortlist-announced/ |access-date=2024-07-11 |language=en-AU}}

{{Main|List of awards and nominations received by Stormzy}}

{{Main|Stormzy discography}}

Studio albums

• Gang Signs & Prayer (2017)
• Heavy Is the Head (2019)
• This Is What I Mean (2022)

• Gang Signs & Prayers Tour (2017){{Cite news |url=https://www.capitalxtra.com/tours-events/tours-news/2017-stormzy-uk-tour-tickets-gang-signs-and-prayer/ |title=Stormzy Announces UK Tour Ahead Of New Album 'Gang Signs & Prayer' |publisher=Capital Xtra |date=7 February 2017 |access-date=13 June 2020 |archive-date=25 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225234450/https://www.capitalxtra.com/tours-events/tours-news/2017-stormzy-uk-tour-tickets-gang-signs-and-prayer/ |url-status=live }}
• Heavy Is the Head Tour (2020–2022){{Cite news |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/stormzy/2020-world-tour-tickets-dates-own-it-uk-ed-sheeran/ |title=Stormzy 2020 World Tour: Tickets, Dates & Prices Revealed |publisher=Capital FM |date=5 December 2019 |access-date=13 June 2020 |archive-date=25 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201225234439/https://www.capitalfm.com/artists/stormzy/2020-world-tour-tickets-dates-own-it-uk-ed-sheeran/ |url-status=live }}

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Category:1993 births

Category:Living people

Category:21st-century British male singers

Category:21st-century Ghanaian male singers

Category:21st-century English singers

Category:Black British male rappers

Category:British male rappers

Category:21st-century male rappers

Category:21st-century British rappers

Category:Brit Award winners

Category:Pop rappers

Category:English Christians

Category:English people of Ghanaian descent

Category:Grime music artists

Category:Musicians from Thornton Heath

Category:Rappers from the London Borough of Croydon

Category:Singers from the London Borough of Croydon

Category:English remixers

Category:People from South Norwood