History Music / Stormzy

Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. born 26 July 1993, known professionally as Stormzy ([[IHaveManyNames also referred to as Big Mike, the Problem, Stiff Chocolate and Wicked Skengman]]) is a British rapper and grime artist from [[UsefulNotes/{{London}} Croydon, London]].

* AngryBlackMan: It’s actually something he tries to avoid conveying too much, for fear of stereotyping. Crosses into this during his first BRIT Awards set; as he dissed Theresa May in a freestyle over her inaction during the events of Grenfell Tower.

Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. born 26 July 1993, known professionally as Stormzy ([[IHaveManyNames also referred to as Big Mike, the Problem, Stiff Chocolate and Wicked Skengman]]) is a British rapper and grime artist from [[UsefulNotes/{{London}} Croydon,London]].

* Gang Signs And Prayers(2017)
* Heavy Is The Head(2019)

* 168: The Mixtape(2013)

* Not That Deep(2014)
* Dreamers Disease(2014)

* CountryMatters: He's a British rapper so it pops up, a particular instance is during the chorus for Wiley Flow.

* LargeHam: Larger than life personality to match his large stature.

One of the most well-known innovators of UK Hip-Hop, particularly the Grime genre, his mainstream popularity and successes have made him arguably a TropeCodifier despite him having only come up in the scene fairly recently compared to much older grime artists.

* AngryBlackMan: It’s actually something he tries to avoid conveying too much, for fear of stereotyping. Crosses into this during his first BRIT Awards set where he dissed Theresa May in a freestyle about her inaction during the events of Grenfell Tower.
* CountryMatters: He's a British rapper so it pops up a particular instance is during the chorus for Wiley Flow.

->'''Stormzy:'''One week, it's "Blinded By Your Grace". Next week, it's bang you in your face.

%%* AngryBlackMan: Crosses into this several times especially when conveying a powerful message or during beef.
%%* CountryMatters: He's a British rapper so it pops up.
%%* DarkerAndEdgier: Just because he's a mainstream artist with plenty of young fans and a [[RealMenLoveJesus religious expressiveness]] doesn’t mean he's forgotten his background as a [[BattleRapping battle rapper]].
%%->'''Stormzy:'''One week, it's "Blinded By Your Grace". Next week, it's bang you in your face.

->'''Stormzy:'''One week, it's "Blinded By Your Grace". Next week, it's bang you in your face.

[[caption-width-right:350:“Man try say he’s better than me, tell my man [[TitleDrop shut up]]. Mention my name in your tweets. Oi rudeboy, shut up.”]]

One of the most well-known innovators of UK Hip-Hop particularly the Grime genre, his mainstream popularity and successes have made him arguably a TropeCodifier; despite having only come up in the scene fairly recently compared to much older grime artists.

* AngryBlackMan:Crosses into this several times especially when conveying a powerful message or during beef.
* CountryMatters: He’s a British rapper so it pops up.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Just because he’s a mainstream artist with plenty of young fans and a [[RealMenLoveJesus religious expressiveness]] doesn’t mean he’s forgotten his background as a [[BattleRapping battle rapper]].

* WolverinePublicity: He is by far one of the most popular if not the most popular mainstream British rapper of the modern generation and is responsible for both the resurgence of the Grime genre and the new wave of British rappers to the point that he garners more attention than OG grime artists and him featuring on tracks for even a short verse gains attraction. It’s actually a major reason for his beef with grime godfather Wiley.

[[caption-width-right:350:“Man try say he’s better than me, tell my man Shut Up”]]

Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. (born 26 July 1993), known professionally as Stormzy is a British rapper.

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* DarkerAndEdgier: Just because he’s a mainstream artist with plenty of young fans and a [[RealMenLoveJesus religious expressiveness]] doesn’t mean he’s forgotten his background as a battle rapper.
-->'''Stormzy:'''One week, it's "Blinded By Your Grace". Next week, it's bang you in your face.

-->'''Stormzy:''' That's my brother. I've got nothing but good words to say about him.

* WolverinePublicity: He is by far one of the most popular if not the most popular mainstream British rapper of the modern generation and is responsible for both the resurgence of the Grime genre and the new wave of British rappers to the point that he garners more attention than OG grime artists and him featuring on tracks for even a short verse gains attraction. It’s actually a major reason for his beef with [[UrExample grime godfather]] {{Music/Wiley}}.

Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. (born 26 July 1993), known professionally as Stormzy ([[IHaveManyNames also Big Mike, the Problem, Wicked Skengman and Stiff Chocolate]]) is a British rapper, singer, songwriter and actor. Whilst he has been rapping since he was a child, and properly started back in 2010 it wasn’t until 2014, he garnered attention in the UK underground music scene through his Wicked Skengman series of freestyles over classic grime beats. He crossed over to the mainstream when his diss track "Shut Up", which was initially released as he was then catapulted to grime superstardom in 2017 due to his album, Gang Signs & Prayer being the first grime album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart winning British Album of the Year at the 2018 Brit Awards. In 2019, Stormzy achieved his first UK number-one single with "Vossi Bop" and his headline appearance at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival was widely praised; he wore a Union Jack stab vest designed by Creator/Banksy, [[RuleOfSymbolism representing the rise in knife crime in London]], which he himself as a child was victim to.

Also known for his controversial yet still [[{{Anvilicious}} outspoken]] comments on UK politics, Stormzy along with 40-odd other public figures and celebrities endorsed Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in 2016 for the UK general election. On 21 February 2018, in the middle of his set, he performed a freestyle at the 2018 Brit Awards, calling out UsefulNotes/TheresaMay for her perceived inaction in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire the previous year. In 2018 he released Vossi Bop which became a hit due to the lyric "Fuck the Government and fuck [[UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson Boris]]" so popular in fact that the lyric was recited [[{{Bowdlerise}} almost]] [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=4C_z9vH1ddo word for word in Parliament]].

* WolverinePublicity: He is by far one of the most popular if not the most popular mainstream British rapper of the modern generation and is responsible for both the resurgence of the Grime genre and the new wave of British rappers to the point that he garners more attention than OG grime artists and him featuring on tracks for even a short verse gains attraction. It’s actually a major reason for his beef with [[{{Ur-Example}} grime godfather]] {{Music/Wiley}}.

* WolverinePublicity: He is by far one of the most popular if not the most popular mainstream British rapper of the modern generation and is responsible for both the resurgence of the Grime genre and the new wave of British rappers to the point that he garners more attention than OG grime artists and him featuring on tracks for even a short verse gains attraction. It’s actually a major reason for his beef with grime godfather Wiley.

* WolverinePublicity: He is by far one of the most popular if not the most popular mainstream British rapper of the modern generation and is responsible for both the resurgence of the Grime genre and the new wave of British rappers to the point that he garners more attention than OG grime artists and him featuring on tracks for even a short verse gains attraction. It’s actually a major reason for his beef with [[{{Ur-Example}} grime godfather]] {{Music/Wiley}}.

Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. (born 26 July 1993), known professionally as Stormzy(also Big Mike, the Problem, Wicked Skengman and Stiff Chocolate) is a British rapper, singer, songwriter and actor. In 2014, he garnered attention in the UK underground music scene through his Wicked Skengman series of freestyles over classic grime beats and crossed over to the mainstream when his diss track "Shut Up", which was initially released as a freestyle on Website/YouTube, became popular and peaked number eight on the UK Singles Chart after Stormzy launched a campaign to reach Christmas number one. Stormzy won Best Grime Act at the 2014 and 2015 MOBO Awards and was named as an artist to look out for in the BBC's Sound of 2015 list but was then catapulted to grime superstardom in 2017 due to his album, Gang Signs & Prayer being the first grime album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart winning British Album of the Year at the 2018 Brit Awards. In 2019, Stormzy achieved his first UK number-one single with "Vossi Bop" and his headline appearance at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival was widely praised; he wore a Union Jack stab vest designed by Banksy, in light of the rise in knife crime in London. His second album, Heavy Is the Head, was released on 13 December 2019. Stormzy won Best Male Solo Artist at the BRIT Awards 2020 and was also nominated in several other categories such as Best Album for Heavy Is The Head and Song Of The Year for Vossi Bop.

Also known for his controversial yet still [[{{Anvilicious}} outspoken]] comments on UK politics, Stormzy along with 40-odd other public figures and celebrities endorsed Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in 2016 for the UK general election. On 21 February 2018, he performed a freestyle at the 2018 Brit Awards, calling out UsefulNotes/TheresaMay for her perceived inaction in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire the previous year. In 2018 he released Vossi Bop which when he performs live including at major events, encourages the audience to chant the lyric "Fuck the Government and fuck Boris" the latter a reference to former London Mayor and now British Prime Minister UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson whom Stormzy refers to as “a really bad man”.

Also known for his controversial yet still [[Anvilicious outspoken]] comments on UK politics, Stormzy along with 40-odd other public figures and celebrities endorsed Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in 2016 for the UK general election. On 21 February 2018, he performed a freestyle at the 2018 Brit Awards, calling out UsefulNotes/TheresaMay for her perceived inaction in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire the previous year. In 2018 he released Vossi Bop which when he performs live including at major events, encourages the audience to chant the lyric "Fuck the Government and fuck Boris" the latter a reference to former London Mayor and now British Prime Minister UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson whom Stormzy refers to as “a really bad man”.

* WolverinePublicity: He is by far one of the most popular if not the most popular mainstream British rapper of the modern generation and is responsible for both the resurgence of the Grime genre and the new wave of British rappers to the point that he garners more attention than OG grime artists and him featuring on tracks for even a short verse gains attraction. It’s actually a major reason for his beef with [[Ur-Example grime godfather]] {{Music/Wiley}}.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[ArcWords Heavy Is The Head]] [[TheChainsOfCommanding that wears the]] [[TitleDrop Crown]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Influences: {{Music/Wiley}}, {{Music/Skepta}}, Music/JayZ, Music/FrankOcean, Music/LaurynHill]]
Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. (born 26 July 1993), known professionally as Stormzy, is a British rapper, singer, songwriter and actor. In 2014, he garnered attention on the UK underground music scene through his Wicked Skengman series of freestyles over classic grime beats. His diss track "Shut Up", which was initially released as a freestyle on Website/YouTube, became popular and peaked number eight on the UK Singles Chart after Stormzy launched a campaign to reach Christmas number one. Stormzy won Best Grime Act at the 2014 and 2015 MOBO Awards and was named as an artist to look out for in the BBC's Sound of 2015 list. His debut album, Gang Signs & Prayer (2017), was the first grime album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart and won British Album of the Year at the 2018 Brit Awards. In 2019, Stormzy achieved his first UK number-one single with "Vossi Bop" and his headline appearance at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival was widely praised; he wore a Union Jack stab vest designed by Banksy, in light of the rise in knife crime in London. His second album, Heavy Is the Head, was released on 13 December 2019.

Also known for his controversial and outspoken comments on UK politics, Stormzy endorsed Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in 2016. On 21 February 2018, he performed a freestyle at the 2018 Brit Awards, calling out UsefulNotes/TheresaMay for her perceived inaction in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire the previous year. When he performs Vossi Bop live including at major events, Stormzy tends to encourage the audience to chant the lyric "Fuck the Government and fuck Boris" to him the latter a reference to former London Mayor and now British Prime Minister UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson.

* WolverinePublicity: He is by far one of the most popular if not the most popular mainstream British rapper of the modern generation and is responsible for both the resurgence of the Grime genre and the new wave of British rappers to the point that he garners more attention than OG grime artists and him featuring on tracks for even a short verse gains attraction. It’s actually a major reason for his beef with [[TropeCodifier grime godfather]] {{Music/Wiley}}.

* WolverinePublicity: He is by far one of the most popular if not the most popular mainstream British rapper of the modern generation and is responsible for both the resurgence of the Grime genre and the new wave of British rappers to the point that he garners more attention than OG grime artists and him featuring on tracks for even a short verse gains attraction. It’s actually a major reason for his beef with [[TropeCodifier grime godfather]]{{Music/Wiley}}.

* WolverinePublicity: He is by far one of the most popular if not the most popular mainstream British rapper of the modern generation and is responsible for both the resurgence of the Grime genre and the new wave of British rappers to the point that he garners more attention than OG grime artists. It’s actually a major reason for his beef with [[TropeCodifier the Godfather of grime]]{{Music/Wiley}}.

* WolverinePublicity: He is by far one of the most popular if not the most popular mainstream British rapper of the modern generation and is responsible for both the resurgence of the Grime genre and the new wave of British rappers to the point that he garners more attention than OG grime artists. It’s actually a major reason for his beef with [[TropeCodifier the Godfather of grime Wiley]].

[[caption-width-right:193:[[ArcWords Heavy Is The Head]] [[TheChainsOfCommanding that wears the]] [[TitleDrop Crown]]]]
[[caption-width-right:193:Influences: {{Music/Wiley}}, {{Music/Skepta}}, Music/JayZ, Music/FrankOcean, Music/LaurynHill]]

[[quoteright:193:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/07008467_a10b_45f3_9c32_5bf1850a6486.jpeg]]

[[caption-width-right:193:Influences: Music/Wiley, Music/Skepta, Music/JayZ, Music/FrankOcean, Music/LaurynHill]]

[[caption-width-right:193:Influences: Wiley, Skepta, Music/JayZ, Music/FrankOcean, Music/LaurynHill]]

Also known for his controversial and outspoken comments on UK politics, Stormzy endorsed Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in 2016. On 21 February 2018, he performed a freestyle at the 2018 Brit Awards, calling out UsefulNotes/Theresa May for her perceived inaction in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire the previous year. When he performs Vossi Bop live including at major events, Stormzy tends to encourage the audience to chant the lyric "Fuck the Government and fuck Boris" to him the latter a reference to former London Mayor and now British Prime Minister UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson.

Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. (born 26 July 1993), known professionally as Stormzy, is a British rapper, singer, songwriter and actor.

In 2014, he garnered attention on the UK underground music scene through his Wicked Skengman series of freestyles over classic grime beats. His diss track "Shut Up", which was initially released as a freestyle on Website/YouTube, became popular and peaked number eight on the UK Singles Chart after Stormzy launched a campaign to reach Christmas number one. Stormzy won Best Grime Act at the 2014 and 2015 MOBO Awards and was named as an artist to look out for in the BBC's Sound of 2015 list. His debut album, Gang Signs & Prayer (2017), was the first grime album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart and won British Album of the Year at the 2018 Brit Awards. In 2019, Stormzy achieved his first UK number-one single with "Vossi Bop" and his headline appearance at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival was widely praised; he wore a Union Jack stab vest designed by Banksy, in light of the rise in knife crime in London. His second album, Heavy Is the Head, was released on 13 December 2019.

* TheOner: [[https://youtu.be/PxbzujA69DA Know Me From]], which has him walk down a street while the lyrics are illustrated with the help of plenty of friends. PlayedForLaughs when the video cuts to black halfway through to explain that two cars blocked the shoot, although the rest of the video is from the same take. There’s also his [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MhESGrnUieU One Take Freestyle]] and [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EBwaflYUYrM Crown]].

Also known for his controversial and outspoken comments on UK politics, Stormzy endorsed Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in 2016. On 21 February 2018, he performed a freestyle at the 2018 Brit Awards, calling out Theresa May for her perceived inaction in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire the previous year. When he performs Vossi Bop live including at major events, Stormzy tends to encourage the audience to chant the lyric "Fuck the Government and fuck Boris" to him the latter a reference to former London Mayor and now British Prime Minister UsefulNotes/BorisJohnson.

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Him and Music/{{Ed Sheeran}} are an unlikely duo who have collaborated on three songs, [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mKGsRjbqhHo Shape Of You]], [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XJQy_R9CYR4 Take Me Back To London]] and [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eYwbGaSurCQ Own It]]. They’ve also acknowledged each other as great friends outside of music for example when they did [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xf1YTfVAI-I. this]].

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Him and Music/{{Ed Sheeran}} are an unlikely duo who have collaborated on three songs, [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mKGsRjbqhHo Shape Of You]], [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XJQy_R9CYR4 Take Me Back To London]] and [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eYwbGaSurCQ Own It]]. They’ve also acknowledged each other as great friends outside of music for example when they did [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xf1YTfVAI-I. this.]]

—->'''Stormzy:'''One week, it's "Blinded By Your Grace". Next week, it's bang you in your face.

—>'''Stormzy:'''One week, it's "Blinded By Your Grace". Next week, it's bang you in your face.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Him and Music/{{Ed Sheeran}} are an unlikely duo who have collaborated on three songs, [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mKGsRjbqhHo Shape Of You]], [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XJQy_R9CYR4 Take Me Back To London]] and [[https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eYwbGaSurCQ Own It]]. They’ve also acknowledged each other as great friends outside of music for example https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xf1YTfVAI-I.
—>'''Stormzy:''' That's my brother. I've got nothing but good words to say about him.