English grime artist, best known for his hit "Shut up", a single that reached no 8 on the UK Charts. Also entered the list of BBC's Influential Sound of 2015 list. His 2017 album Gang Signs & Prayer shot straight to number 1 in UK's top album charts in the first week after its release.
He also stared in a few movies, including Brotherhood and Handle with care.
Stormzy, Big Stormz, Stiff Chocolate, Wicked Skengman
Zodiac sign:
Leo
Stormzy Net worth 2024 (estimated)
How much is Stormzy worth?
$2,200,000
Nationality:
British
Hair color:
Black
Eyes color:
Black
Who is Stormzy? / Facts
Riding the big wave - At just 23 years old, Stormzy is worth over £1.5m. His debut album, "Gang Signs & Prayers" reached the top position in the UK album charts, from the first week since the launch. He's already been labeled by Forbes as a Cash Princes. This entitles him for the Cash King run, of the top 20 best paid, most influential rap artists. His single "Shut up" has over 50m views on his YouTube channel. StormzyTV. His latest single, Big for your boots, already amassed 11m views in just 1 month after its release.
Albums - Stormzy launched his first EP, "Dreamers Disease" in 2014. October, the same year brought him the Best Grime Act trophee at the MOBO awards. In 2017, after some time off the social media and during a period labelled hiatus, he returned with "Gang Signs & Prayers" at the start of 2017. This shot straight to number 1 in the UK album charts during his first week.
Journey - After dropping out of college he joined an oil company as a QA Assistant. However he suddenly decided to quit his job and start making music. A great decision. His first take on music was at youth clubs where everybody had a change to grab the mic and rap. He was a slow tempo at first but took the time and effort to improve as his dream became more and more serious. He started battling MCs in clubs since the age of 11.
Influences - Looking up to Skepta, Drake and Wiley as his grime idols, he admits he also incorporates sound from Lauryn Hill and Frank Ocean, adding jsut a bit of R&B touch to his songs. Stormzy's lyrics are usually full of contrast and very personal, usually inspired by his day to day life or attacks on him from the media. His latest album focuses more on his faith, as it is a big part of his life as well as a portrait onthe way he grew up. In an interview for The Fader he goes through his GSAP album track by track. A must read for his true fans.
Stormzy tour - His 2017 tour sold out, with the tickets gone in just 7 minutes after they went online. He'll hit the road from March till May, promoting his "Gang Signs & Prayers" debut album.
Tall man - Many users ask for Stormzy height, well it's "just" 196 cm or 6' 6"
Stormzy songs - Shut Up, Scary, Know me from, Fire in the Booth, Hear Dis, Pogba Song, Not That Deep, Wicked Skengman 4.
Stormzy's girlfriend - Stormzy is supposedly dating UK presenter Maya Jama to whom he dedicated the "Birthday Girl" song. Stormzy and Maya appear in lots of photos posted on Maya's Instagram.
Stormzy's duet with Ed Sheeran - Stormzy performed alongside Ed Sheeran in Ed's remix of Shape of You. They received a lot of positive feedback from fans of both of them, bringing together the 2 genres. They also performed it live on the O2 arena at the BRIT Awards. He admitted that it was one of the scariest things he had ever done. “I don’t even remember the performance, I just remember walking on stage and doing it." A video of the 2 was posted on the 3rd of March 2017 on YouTube, and you can have a glimpse at it below:
Lily Allen support- Lily Allen reffered to Stormzy (alongside Skepta and JME) as a "direct threat to music industry figures", alluding to the fact that if they were to win a BRIT award, being unsigned they wouldn't tickle any major label's ego. Stormzy himself was hugely dissapointed that 2015, although was such a great year for grime, brought so little support and recognition from the music influencers.
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Education
Harris Academy South Norwood - England, UK
Quotes
"I needed to make an album that represented me, which was always going to be a struggle."
"I wanted it to almost sound like you’re in heaven. Which sounds so corny and so cheesy to say, but it’s got such a float to it. It sounds like being a free spirit."
"We all knew Michael Jackson, we all knew Amy Winehouse, because they told us everything in their music. To be the artist that I want to be, I’ve got to be vulnerable."
"It was a natural approach honestly. I started off clashing at youth clubs with everyone grabbing the mic and then I did the switch to rap, I was a terrible rapper at first."
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Net worth: $2,200,000
