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Grime star Stormzy stole the show at last night’s Brit awards, beating Ed Sheeran to the coveted titles of best British male and best British album for his debut Gang Signs and Prayer.
The musician, who was raised in south London by his Ghanaian mother, was visibly moved when he collected both awards – first holding his head in his hands as he walked to the stage and later falling to the ground when his second win was announced.
Stormzy told the crowd Gang Signs And Prayer – the UK’s first grime album to reach number one last March – was “the hardest thing” he had done and he gave “all the glory to God”.
He said: “I’ve never worked on something like this in my life. We made something I feel that is undeniable, that I can stand by today.”
The star also used a freestyle between songs at the end of the show to deliver a blistering criticism of British Prime Minister Theresa May’s handling of the Grenfell Tower fire, in which 71 people living in a social housing block in London were killed last year.
“Yo, Theresa May, where’s that money for Grenfell?” he rapped. “What, you thought we just forgot about Grenfell?”
Stormzy later thanked his fans in a tweet, saying, “love you all, thank you, thank God, emotional, overwhelmed, speechless… gonna go have a drink and party with my family”.
https://twitter.com/Stormzy1/status/966460965406552064
