Stormzy
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Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. (born 26 July 1993), known professionally as Stormzy, is an English rapper, singer and songwriter. In 2014, he gained attention on the UK underground music scene through his Wicked Skengman series of freestyles over classic grime beats. Stormzy's song "Shut Up", which was initially released as a freestyle on YouTube, became popular and peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart after he launched a campaign to reach Christmas number one.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Superheroes
- Superheroes
- Rise Up
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1993-07-26
Discography
- Dreamers Disease2014
- Not That Deep2014
- Know Me From2015
- WickedSkengMan 42015
- Dead Body Part 2+32015
- Dude2015
- My Hood2016
- Birthday Girl2016
- One Take Freestyle2016
- Scary2016
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- Listeners
- 815,833
- Total plays
- 24,124,077
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Michael Omari (born 26 July 1993), better known by his stage name Stormzy, is a British rapper, singer and songwriter. In 2014, he gained attention on the UK underground music scene through his Wicked Skengman series of freestyles over classic grime beats. He 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 influential Sound of 2015 list. His most successful song to date is the BPI gold-selling "Shut Up", which was initially released as
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- Stormzy
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- Stormzy performing in 2022
- Person.birth_name
- Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr.
- Person.birth_place
- Thornton Heath, London, England
- Person.years_active
- 2010–present
- Person.partner
- Maya Jama (2014–2019, 2023–2024)
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- Stormzy discography
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- Musical artist.origin
- Norbury, London, England
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- Official website
- www.stormzy.com
- Image
- Stormzy - Openair Frauenfeld 2019 03.jpg
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- Stormzy
- date of birth
- 1993-07-26
- pseudonym
- Stormzy
- start of work period
- 2010-00-00
- social media followers
- 2360000
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- Early life
- Music career
- 2014–2017: ''Dreamers Disease'', "Shut Up" and ''Gang Signs & Prayer''
- 2018–2021: Glastonbury and ''Heavy Is the Head''
- 2022–present: ''This Is What I Mean''
- Style
- Political activism
- Personal life
- Scholarships
- Publishing imprint
- Awards
- Discography
- Filmography
- Tours
- References
- External links
Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. (born 26 July 1993), known professionally as Stormzy, is an English rapper, singer and songwriter. In 2014, he gained attention on the UK underground music scene through his Wicked Skengman series of freestyles over classic grime beats. Stormzy's song "Shut Up", which was initially released as a freestyle on YouTube, became popular and peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart after he 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 became the first British rapper to headline the Glastonbury Festival; where he wore a UK-stab vest designed by Banksy, in light of the rise in knife crime in London.