Stormzy’s debut album ‘Gang Signs & Prayer’ has swept through the UK like rising global sea levels through the climate denying White House, setting a new standard for British grime music. But we’re only just getting to know this enigmatic new fulcrum of UK rap, so here’s some vital statistics on the man no-one’s yet calling The Stormzatron.
Who is Stormzy? The at-a-glance bio
Born Michael Omari in Thornton Heath, South London, Stormzy has been rapping since 11, eventually ditching plans to become a quality assurance officer on an oil refinery to follow his musical destiny. After making his name on his own YouTube channel, his series of ‘Wicked Skengman’ freestyles brought him to the attention of the wider scene and his first EPs began appearing in 2014. By the following year he was being tipped for greatness by BBC Introducing and nipping at the heels of the Top 40 with his second single ‘Know Me From’. Come September 2015 his freestyle of ‘Shut Up’ over XTC’s ‘Functions On The Low’ instrumental became the first ever freestyle to break the UK Top 40, hitting Number 18 and setting The Stormzatron (anybody?) on the road to releasing grime’s first ever UK Number One album in ‘Gang Signs & Prayer’.
What is Stormzy’s net worth?
On the back of his album breaking the record for the most number of streams in its first week of release, Stormzy crashed into the Forbes 2017 Cash Princes list with an estimated net worth of £1.5 million. Shut up!
What is Stormzy’s height?
Tall boy, our Stormzo, towering over his contemporaries at a ceiling-scraping 6’5”. His good mate Ed Sheeran must feel even more like a hobbit when they’re hanging out.
What is Stormzy’s age?
Something of an early starter, Stormzy (born 26 July 1993) has bagged his first Number One at the age of just 23 (at the time of writing). Honestly, there are things in the back of our fridge older than him.
Why was Stormzy almost arrested in his own home?
In February, Stormzy Tweeted a photo of his front door, after several panels were kicked in by “Feds” while he was sleeping off the Elle Style Awards. “Apparently I’m a burglar who burgles his own home,” he wrote, insisting that the police pay for the door to be repaired. A police statement read: "Police were called to an address in West Brompton at 00:55hrs on Tuesday 14th February to a report of a conspiracy to burgle a ground floor flat, believed to have been vacant. Officers attended and forced entry to the property, and found there to be two lawful occupants inside. Officers remained at the property until it was made secure.”
Woke up to Feds destroying my front door coz apparently I'm a burglar who burgles his own home. @metpoliceuk need your bank details still http://pic.twitter.com/fGH1fsePHv
— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) February 14, 2017
Where can you see Stormzy tour?
Having recently completed an extensive tour of the UK and Europe, he hits the summer festival season hard, with appearances confirmed at Glastonbury, Park Life, TRNSMT and V amongst many others across the globe. He also hits Australia and the US before the end of the year. Check the full schedule on his website.
Is Stormzy clever?
Cleverer than most. A self-proclaimed “boffin”, he received six A* grades at GCSE and has spoken at Oxford University, discussing sexism in grime and his mum’s appearances in his videos.
What’s Stormzy’s beef with boxer Dillian Whyte?
Back in January 2016, Stormzy performed ‘Shut Up’ as British heavyweight boxer Anthony Joshua’s entrance music for a fight against Dillian Whyte, adapting the lyrics to rap “Man try say he’s better than AJ, tell my man shut up”. Whyte lost the fight but sized up against Stormzy in a post-match interview: “Listen, if you're from south London you know what the codes are from day one,” he said. “If he is south, he sticks with south. You don't side with a man from north London. I'd knock him out. I'd give him the real one and knock him out. Listen, Stormzy wouldn't dare say ‘shut up’ to my face and that's a fact.”
A few days later Stormzy dropped his ‘One Take (Freestyle)’ taking another pop at Whyte: “I clocked it/My man's lost it, man held a beating/The ref should've stopped it, mopped it/Had one chance you flopped it, threatening me won't make you the heavyweight champ, rudeboy, stop this.” That’s a second beat down for Whyte, then.
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