What I'm doing is British. It stems from the same culture as U.S. hip-hop, but the way we dress, the way we speak, the way we perform is so different. It's U.K. street culture. Stormzy britishculturedress Change image and share on social
I'm not mad into raving, to be honest. If it's not music, I'm chilling. But most of the time, it's music. Stormzy chillhonestmad Change image and share on social
People often link grime with other things, like street culture, and clashing, and MC battles and whatnot. But no one's ever talked in misogyny in grime. That's often linked to hip-hop, I know people talk about that is a problem in hip-hop. But not grime. Stormzy battleclashculture share on social
I was MCing in the playground, spitting lyrics over mobile phones - Sony Ericsson, Walkmans, W810s, the Teardrop Nokia phones, all of that. Vital equipment! I never even had a DJ set where a DJ's playing vinyl, and I'm spitting. Stormzy equipmentericssonlyric share on social
Every single thing that I was told that I couldn't do without a label - get in the charts, get on to the Radio 1 playlist - I've done. Stormzy charthavelabel Change image and share on social
In school, all my teachers and my mum were super routing for me to study at Oxford. I picked music as a career choice, and this didn't sit too well with them! Stormzy careerchoicemum Change image and share on social
Britain is not just One Direction, Little Mix, and James Bay. There's Skepta killing it, there's Krept and Konan killing it. Stormzy baybritaindirection Change image and share on social
There are thousands of people outside the O2 queuing up to see people like Skepta and JME. Stormzy jmepeoplequeue Change image and share on social
