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The Banksy-designed stab-proof vest that Stormzy famously donned at Glastonbury Festival last year has been nominated for a major design award. The vest was worn by the Croydon rapper to highlight structural racism in the UK after he made history by becoming the first-ever Black British solo act to headline the festival in 2019.  The eye-catching piece, […]

Earlier this morning, Stormzy premiered his new music video “Superheroes” in a way we don’t usually see: streaming the video into a number of UK school classrooms, straight to its intended audience. The track, which features on his 2019 album Heavy Is The Head, offers a message of hope and inspiration to young black people. The […]

This year’s shortlist for the Mercury Music Prize has been announced to the usual mix of approval and criticism.  Kano, Stormzy, Michael Kiwanuka and Moses Boyd are all up for the award alongside Dua Lipa, Charli XCX, Laura Marling and others. While many are happy with the list, some have criticised the lack of more […]

Fraser T Smith is one the UK’s leading producers, songwriters and composers, who has been involved with some of your favourite songs and albums.  Smith has worked alongside the biggest names in pop, such as Adele, Sam Smith and Florence & The Machine, but some might say his contributions to British rap and grime has been the most impactful. […]

As was surely expected at this point in the ongoing confusion of the novel coronavirus, a number of events ranging from tours to developer conferences have been called off. Both BTS and recent releaser of Father of All Motherfuckers Green Day announced on Thursday that multiple upcoming international dates on their respective schedules had been ditched. “We […]

Drake has made his way across the pond a number of times over the last few years. In the past, he’s endorsed Skepta’s Boy Better Know and tapped a handful of UK grime and drill artists and producers for his 2017 album More Life. Drizzy’s most recent endeavor is his single “War,” which features a drill […]

Much was made of Cadell‘s beef with Stormzy when they sparred a few years ago, but then things seemed to quiten down and we all got on with our lives. Now, however, with the increasingly heated war between Wiley and Stormzy, the details of Cadell’s situation have bubbled back up to the surface. Referenced in […]

The Wiley vs Stormzy saga continues. After Stormzy replied to Wiley‘s “Eediyat Skengman” with “Disappointed“, Wiley clapped back with a sequel that accused him of not caring about grime and citing his use of the “Know Better” beat as an example of that. Well, Stormzy’s replied with “Still Disappointed”, addressing every point that Wiley’s made and uses […]

It’s all kicking off. In the latest developments, Dot Rotten has re-entered the beef and now Wiley‘s escalated it with “Eediyat Skengman 2”.  Taking things to new levels, Wiley addresses some of the accusations Stormzy threw at him in “Disappointed“, denying most of them, and counters by going after his mum — If I see your […]

Ed Sheeran recruited some of the biggest stars in the world for No. 6 Collaborations Project, but the record almost had yet another heavy-hitter. Stormzy, who collaborated with Sheeran for “Take Me Back to London,” revealed on a recent episode of The Jonathan Ross Show that he personally stopped JAY-Z from appearing on the album. “We were all […]