Stormzy Wiki:- Born on July 26, 1993, Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr., commonly known as Stormzy, is a British rapper, singer, and songwriter. He rose to prominence in the UK underground music industry in 2014 as a result of his Wicked Skengman freestyle series, which he recorded over classic grime sounds.
After Stormzy launched a campaign to reach Christmas number one, his single “Shut Up,” which was first made available as a freestyle on YouTube, gained popularity and peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart.
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Stormzy won Best Grime Talent at the 2014 and 2015 MOBO Awards and was listed as an act to watch in the BBC’s Sound of 2015 list. His 2017 self-titled debut album Gang Signs & Prayer, which won the 2018 Brit Awards for British Album of the Year, made history as the first grime album to reach the top of the UK Albums Chart.
With “Vossi Bop,” Stormzy achieved his first UK number-one single in 2019. His headlining performance at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival received praise, and in response to the rise in knife crime in London, he wore a Union Jack stab vest created by Banksy.
Parents And Education
Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Sr. was born in Croydon, London, on July 26, 1993. His mother is Ghanaian and father was a taxi driver. He grew up in South Norwood London with mother, brother and two sisters.
Stormzy was a fan of music, although his family was not particularly musical. He attended South Norwood Tech. He began rapping at the age of 11, and in the local youth centre, he engaged in battles with more seasoned rappers.
“I was a really naughty youngster, on the edge of getting expelled, but I wasn’t a bad child; everything I did was for my own enjoyment,” Stormzy has remarked about his time in school.
Career
Stormzy independently released his debut EP Dreamers Disease in July 2014 after gaining recognition on the UK underground music scene with his Wicked Skengman series of freestyles over traditional grime sounds.
Stormzy won Best Grime Act at the MOBO Awards on October 22, 2014. He performed the song “Not That Deep” from Dreamers Disease on Later with Jools Holland later that month, becoming the first unsigned rapper to do so.
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Rapper Stormzy and rapper Chip and Shalo worked together on the song “I’m Fine” in November 2014. Stormzy also took part in the music video.
Controversy
Stormzy’s series of homophobic remarks from 2011 were discovered to have been published on Twitter in November 2017. He called a gay character on the soap show EastEnders a “fucking fag” in one of his tweets, among other offensive remarks.
Another person who was talking about using hair straighteners was also asked whether they were a “gay,” and he urged his followers to turn on BBC1 and declare that the “little black boy” was a “fucking fag.” Later, he tweeted several times, saying.
Relationship
From 2015 through 2019, British television host and actor Maya Jama and English rapper Stormzy Back had a romantic relationship. The couple, who were well-known in the UK, decided to call it quits in 2019, and Maya Jama was rumoured to be dating NBA superstar Ben Simmons. Near the end of 2021, the NBA player and Maya Jama got married, but they broke it off in August 2022.
Net Worth
Stormzy is a British rapper, singer, and songwriter with a net worth of $25 million. He is renowned for being among the most well-liked rappers in the UK.
Nationality
British
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