Stormzy
British rapper
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| February 2025 | Stormzy faced significant social media backlash for posting a McDonald's advertisement and deleting previous posts in support of Palestine. |
| January 2024 | Performed at the Artists for Aid Benefit Concert in Newark, raising funds for the Gaza Strip and Sudan. |
| July 2023 | Stormzy collaborated with Raye to release the single 'The Weekend.' |
| June 22 2023 | Stormzy released the single 'Toxic Trait' featuring Fredo. |
| January 2023 | The '#Merky FC' programme, initiated by Stormzy, officially launched, providing long-term, paid professional placements for UK-based young people of Black heritage, aged 18 to 24, across various participating brands. |
| 2022 | Awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Exeter for his work promoting education and fighting racial inequality. |
| 2022 | Hafsa Zayyan's We Are All Birds of Uganda was shortlisted for the Glass Bell Award. |
| 2022 | The Heavy Is the Head Tour concluded, marking the end of Stormzy's series of performances for the album 'Heavy Is the Head'. |
| November 2022 | Stormzy announced a partnership with Adidas and ten other brands, including Manchester United and Fulham, for the '#Merky FC' programme aimed at increasing the representation of Black and mixed-Black British people in the football industry, set to launch in January 2023. |
| October 14 2022 | The first single from Stormzy's upcoming album, titled 'Hide & Seek,' was released. |
| October 12 2022 | Stormzy returned to social media to announce his third album, 'This Is What I Mean,' which was recorded on Osea Island in England. |
| September 23 2022 | Stormzy released the single 'Mel Made Me Do It,' marking his first solo single since 2020. The music video featured cameos from notable personalities including Usain Bolt and Louis Theroux. |
| 2021 | In the Powerlist 2021, Stormzy ranked as the third most influential Black Briton for his advocacy against racial injustice and his philanthropic commitment, pledging £10 million to charities. |
| 2021 | Hafsa Zayyan's We Are All Birds of Uganda was published as the inaugural winner of the #Merky Books New Writers' Prize. |
| October 2021 | In October 2021, #Merky Books published Keisha the Sket, a viral serialised novel originally written in text-speak slang by a Black London teenager. |
| October 2021 | #Merky Books released Keisha the Sket, a viral serialised novel from the mid-2000s, which included both the original text-speak version and a rewrite in standard English. |
| 2020 | Pledged to donate £1 million annually for 10 years to charities and organizations fighting racial inequality, justice reform, and black empowerment in the United Kingdom. |
| 2020 | Stormzy was recognized for his contributions to music and activism, ranking number 5 in the annual Powerlist and earning an estimated net worth of £20 million. |
| 2020 | Stormzy started the Heavy Is the Head Tour in 2020, which continued until 2022. |
| 2020 | 'Heavy Is the Head' was shortlisted for the Mercury Prize 2020, marking the second nomination in Stormzy's career. |
| 2020 | Stormzy appeared as a fictionalized version of himself in the video game 'Watch Dogs: Legion', where he played the track 'Rainfall' from his album 'Heavy Is the Head'. |
| 2020 | Stormzy played the character Kolawale in Season 1, Episode 6 of the series Noughts + Crosses. |
| October 7 2020 | Stormzy was involved in a controversial incident at grime artist Chip's house, where a video was released showing a heated argument among them, which led to police being called. |
| 2019 | Taking Up Space: The Black Girl's Manifesto for Change by Chelsea Kwakye and Ore Ogunbiyi was published by #Merky Books in summer. |
| November 2019 | Endorsed Jeremy Corbyn in the UK general election, calling for an end to austerity and describing Corbyn as committed to 'giving power back to the people'. |
| November 2019 | That Reminds Me, a novel in verse by Derek Owusu, was released by #Merky Books. |
| June 2019 | Stormzy made history as the first black British rapper to headline the Glastonbury Festival, delivering a performance praised for its political messages and featuring guests like Chris Martin and Black Ballet. |
| 2018 | The #Merky Books imprint officially launched with Stormzy's first book, Rise Up, in autumn 2018. |
| July 2018 | In July 2018, it was announced that Penguin Random House's division William Heinemann would launch a new publishing imprint in partnership with Stormzy, named #Merky Books. |
| February 21 2018 | Performed a freestyle at the Brit Awards criticizing Theresa May for her inaction following the Grenfell Tower fire, which prompted an official response from 10 Downing Street. |
| 2017 | Stormzy embarked on the Gang Signs & Prayers Tour in 2017, promoting his debut album. |
| 2017 | Stormzy appeared as himself in the episode 'WTF Happened?' of the series Chewing Gum. |
| November 2017 | Homophobic tweets from 2011 were publicly revealed, causing controversy and public scrutiny of Stormzy's past social media behavior. |
| September 2017 | At the GQ Men of the Year Awards, publicly called Prime Minister Theresa May a derogatory term after receiving an award from Jeremy Corbyn. |
| June 24 2017 | Performed a chant of 'Oh, Jeremy Corbyn' at Glastonbury Festival's Other Stage and rapped about the Grenfell Tower fire victims, calling for government accountability. |
| June 23 2017 | Stormzy reached number one on the UK Singles Chart as part of 'Artists for Grenfell' with the song 'Bridge Over Troubled Water'. |
| March 3 2017 | The album 'Gang Signs & Prayer' debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart. |
| February 2017 | Stormzy returned from a year's hiatus with a series of billboard campaigns in London displaying the hashtag #GSAP. |
| February 24 2017 | Stormzy released his album 'Gang Signs & Prayer'. |
| May 2016 | Stormzy publicly endorsed Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn in an interview with The Guardian, expressing admiration for Corbyn's activism. |
| April 2016 | Stormzy released the non-album song 'Scary' before going into a hiatus. |
| December 18 2015 | After launching a Christmas number 1 campaign for 'Shut Up', the song entered the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart at number 8. |
| September 2015 | Stormzy released 'WickedSkengMan 4' and a studio version of his 'Shut Up' freestyle, which debuted at number 18 on the UK chart dated 24 September. |
| January 7 2015 | Stormzy was ranked number 3 in the 'BBC Introducing top 5' on Radio 1. |
| October 2014 | Stormzy became the first unsigned rapper to appear on 'Later... with Jools Holland', performing 'Not That Deep' from his EP 'Dreamers Disease'. |
| 2011 | Stormzy posted a series of homophobic messages on Twitter, including derogatory comments about a gay character from the soap opera EastEnders. |
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