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Stormzy Poster - Minimalist Art Print

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Stormzy isn’t ruffled by the insults of politicians, because he knows he’s clever. “I’m intelligent,” he says. “That’s why there’s always a bit of a smugness to me.” He did well in his GCSEs, gaining six A*s, three As, and five Bs, and would have smashed his A levels if he’d bothered to do any work. As it was, he got ABCDE. “It showed me that in life, you need work ethic,” he’s said since. Eight songs in, during Sweet Like Chocolate, the monitor in his ear blew. 'I came off stage literally bawling my eyes out. I’ve never cried like that in my life.' Stormzy says this, almost laughing. He looks completely unscared. Is he planning to step out of the spotlight? It’s a hard thing to do, now it’s focused on him and he shines so bright. He might want to lay low, but I’m not sure the world will stop ringing on his doorbell.

Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. (born 26 July 1993), known professionally as Stormzy, is a British rapper, singer and songwriter. Stormzy’s third album ‘This Is What I Mean’ arrived last November, and Stormzy told Rolling Stone UK earlier this summer that he’s already working on new music. Now, when I’m alone with my thoughts, it’s like, ‘OK, this is on you to figure out, and for you to get to the bottom of, and for you to work through,’ which is a new thing for me.” Now, he says, “I just want to be an artist. I just want to figure out this next bit of my life. I want to live. I want to see what I like, what I love, what I don’t like, what I want to do, who I want to be, what characteristics I need to work on, and I just want to be an artist. I’ll just make art, I’ll come home, I’ll walk my dog. I don’t know, man. I think the spotlight makes me a bit… hmm, is it nervous? Does the spotlight make me nervous? Is that a cop out? The spotlight… sometimes it scares the shit out of me.” I’m exhausted just hearing this. What a rollercoaster Stormzy’s life has been recently! Yes, he says, and he’ll be happy when it’s not. Now he’s out of a long-term relationship, he’s trying to work things out solo. “The beauty of a relationship, you lean on each other, you rely on each other, you take energy and give energy to each other,” he says. He and Jama started dating when he was 21 and first became a musician, so it’s strange for him to be making music, with all that entails, without a partner.

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So, Stormzy is far from frightened of politics. On social media, he encouraged young people to register to vote and said he’d vote Labour. This led Michael Gove to comment that “Stormzy is a far better rapper than he is a political analyst” before, bizarrely, quoting one of his lyrics. “ I set trends dem man copy” tweeted the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 52.

In 2015, he finally received attention in the UK for his breakthrough song ‘Shut Up’. Stormzy later went on to release the critically acclaimed albums ‘ Gang Signs & Prayer‘ and 2019’s ‘ Heavy Is the Head‘. Few artists emerged with the hype surrounding Stormzy. Rarely artists possess the talent to definitively justify that hype like Stormzy. His inventive bars and bold, distinctive flow instantly made the south Londoner one of rap’s most in-demand MCs and there’s been no let-up. But with Heavy Is the Head that just wasn’t possible. He had all his other new commitments, plus everything else that comes with being famous. “I had to go out into the world,” he says. So he got in touch with a lot of different producers. For instance, he spent several weeks in LA, working with Pharrell Williams, among others. But it didn’t result in anything: “I give him all the love and props, but sometimes it just doesn’t gel.” Oh Jeremy Corbyn: Stormzy with the Labour leader at the GQ Men of the Year awards 2017. Photograph: David M Benett/Getty ImagesHere you can shop for all of Stormzy posters & prints. You can find many tour posters from different venues and cities around the world, and both of his album releases. Posters and prints are available in 3 different sizes.

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