Stormzy

The rapper opened up to Louis Theroux about issues including his childhood, dating life, faith and the strained relationship with his father. The pair met ...

Stormzy discussed the anger he had felt towards his father, who had left his mother and started a new family before approaching him to ask for favours following his success, but said he now took a more forgiving perspective: “I know he’s sorry. “I would just stay at home and smoke a lot of weed. Stormzy has described the recording of his new album as “wholesome fun” and said there was no “partying with girls and booze”. He described break-ups as the “biggest catalyst for growth” as well as “the biggest loss a man can have”. “(I’m) also in a relationship…and I’m also being a family man, a son, a provider and I’m also trying to provide and lead in my community, my people. Stormzy has admitted he became “depressed and withdrawn” while making his debut album, which he described as a “super heavy” experience.