Stormzy is the stage name of Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr., a British rapper, singer, and composer. He became well-known in the UK underground music scene in 2014 because of his Wicked Skengman series of freestyles performed over vintage grime sounds.

Essential data

Full name: Micheal ebenezar kwadjo omari owuo Jr.

Professional name: Stormzy

Born: 26, July 1993

Age: 28years old

Birthplace: Croydon, London

State of nationality: United kingdom

Occupation: Songwriter, singer, Rapper, political activist.

Early life

Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. was born in Croydon, London, on July 26, 1993. He is the cousin of rapper Nadia Rose and has a Ghanaian mother. Together with his mother, brother, and two sisters, he was raised in South Norwood, London.

Although he enjoyed music, Stormzy did not come from a very musical family.

At age 11, he started rapping , and at his neighborhood youth club, he would spar with more experienced rappers.

Career

After Stormzy started a campaign to achieve Christmas number one, his single "Shut Up," which was first made available as a freestyle on YouTube, gained popularity and reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart. With "Vossi Bop," Stormzy got his first UK number-one hit in 2019. His headline performance at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival received high praise, and in response to the spike in knife violence in London, he donned a Union Jack stab vest created by Banksy. Heavy Is the Head, his album, was published on December 13th, 2019.Four times, he has debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart: first, as a member of "Artists for Grenfell" on June 23, 2017, with "Bridge Over Troubled Water," second, with his own solo single "Vossi Bop," which beat out Taylor Swift's "Me!" featuring Brendon Urie by about 500 combined sales, third, with his collaboration with Burna Boy and Ed Sheeran, "Own It," and fourth, as After releasing the songs "Crown," "Sounds of the Skeng," and "Wiley Flow," Stormzy announced the release date of his second album, Heavy Is the Head, for December 13, 2019.

Awards and nominations

Stormzy was named an artist to watch in the BBC's Sound of 2015 list and won Best Grime Act at the 2014 and 2015 MOBO Awards. Gang Signs & Prayer, his self-titled debut album from 2017, became the first grime record to top the UK Albums Chart and was named British Album of the Year at the 2018 Brit Awards.

He received a Grammy for his work on the Burna Boy album Twice as Tall, which won the 2020 Grammy for Best Global Album.

Education

He attended Harris academy south Norwood, United kingdom.

Social media

Stormzy apparently fell in love with a lovely Victoria's Secret model after meeting her at a concert in Sweden. As a result, Stormzy's Instagram and Twitter accounts abruptly vanished, resulting in a complete social media blackout.

Yasmine Aisha Khalifa Holmgren is thought to have "bowled over" the grime artist, when they first met at a concert in Stockholm in February.

The celebrity has now fallen off of social media. Instead of directing followers to the rapper's profiles, a page that states "This account doesn't exist" and "Sorry, this page isn't available" is displayed when they search for the rapper's profiles.

Personal life

It looks that Stormzy and Maya Jama have reconciled as of July 2020 after a protracted breakup.

In a January 2020 interview with Charlamagne Tha God, Stormzy said that he still wished to wed Bristol beauty Maya and that he continued to adore her.

Discography

168: The Mixtape 2013

Not That Deep with The HeavyTrackerz EP 2014 

Dreamers Disease 2014

Heavy Is the Head 2019

TBA 2022