Stormzy Set To Visit Nigeria In 2020

Posted by: Folamidavid in Celebrity News Nov 29, 2019

British rapper, Stormzy is set to drop his highly anticipated sophomore album titled “Heavy Is The Head.”

Nigerian singer, Burna Boy was featured on the album’s latest track and Stormzy has announced that he will start a world tour tagged, “Heavy Is The Head” in 2020.

The tour will begin in Europe – Belgium in March and he also intends to also visit Asia, New Zealand, North America, the UK and then Africa.

For Africa, he plans to visit Cape Town and Johannesburg, South Africa, Accra, Ghana and Lagos, Nigeria.

We cannot wait.

Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. (born 26 July 1993), known professionally as Stormzy, is a British rapper, singer and songwriter. In 2014, he garnered attention on the UK underground music scene through his Wicked Skengman series of freestyles over classic grime beats.

Stormzy’s “Shut Up”, which was initially released as a freestyle on YouTube, went viral and peaked number eight on the UK Singles Chart after Stormzy launched a campaign to reach Christmas number one. Stormzy won Best Grime Act at the 2014 and 2015 MOBO Awards and was named as an artist to look out for in the BBC’s Sound of 2015 list. His debut album, Gang Signs & Prayer (2017), was the first grime album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart and won British Album of the Year at the 2018 Brit Awards. In 2019, Stormzy achieved his first number-one single with “Vossi Bop” and his headline appearance at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival was widely praised; he wore a Union Jack stab vest designed by Banksy, which was widely perceived as a message on the rise in knife crime in London.

Also known for his comments on UK politics, Stormzy endorsed Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in 2016. On 21 February 2018, he performed a freestyle at the 2018 Brit Awards, calling out Theresa May for her perceived inaction in the aftermath of the Grenfell Tower fire the previous year. Stormzy encouraged the audience at the 2019 Glastonbury Festival to join him in chanting “Fuck the Government and fuck Boris”—the latter a reference to former London Mayor Boris Johnson’s Conservative Party leadership campaign.

Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. was born on 26 July 1993 in Croydon, London. His mother is Ghanaian, and he is a cousin of rapper Nadia Rose. He grew up in South Norwood, London, with his mother, brother, and two sisters. Stormzy did not come from a particularly musical household, though he liked music. He attended Harris Academy South Norwood. He began rapping at the age of 11 and would clash with older rappers at his local youth club.