Grime star Stormzy scores first UK no.1 single with 'Vossi Bop'

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Grime star Stormzy scores first UK no.1 single with 'Vossi Bop'

 

British rapper Stormzy performs at the Arena Stage during the Roskilde Festival 2018 in Roskilde, Denmark, July 5, 2018. Picture taken July 5, 2018. Ritzau Scanpix/Olafur Steinar Gestsson via REUTERS

 

LONDON (Reuters) - Grime artist Stormzy scored his first No. 1 in the UK singles charts on Friday, beating U.S. songstress Taylor Swift to the top spot.

 

"Vossi Bop", which features a cameo appearance from actor Idris Elba in its music video, is the London-born rapper's first single since 2017's "Gang Signs & Prayer", which topped the UK album charts.

 

The Official Charts Company said in a statement "Vossi Bop" had 12.7 million listens, allowing Storzmy to claim "the biggest week of streams ever for a rapper – smashing the previous figure set by Drake's 'In My Feelings' by over two million – and the fifth biggest streaming week of all time".

 

"Words don't really do it justice. I'm genuinely, for once in my life, speechless," Stormzy said in a statement, thanking his fans.

 

Stormzy, who will perform at June's Glastonbury music festival, pushed down last week's no.1 - "Old Town Road" by American rapper Lil Nas X - to no.2 while Grammy Award winner Swift's pop duet "ME!" went into the charts at no.3.

 

American pop singer Pink topped the UK album charts with "Hurts 2B Human".

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-05-04

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[OneEyedPie]

I find the guy quite a talent but his lyrics most definitely incite young, disaffected youths and in particular black youths to shoot and loot on the streets of the UK.  There's a correlation and no doubt about it.  Have a look on YouTube and see what's going on in London as it's freaking madness.  

 

The blame is obviously not down to Stormzy alone, his peers or predecessors but cumulatively with the breakdown of the family unit, law and order, unemployment and a government that haven't got a clue what to do with their own instigated policies.  Immigration again obviously comes to the fore.  

 

The UK really is screwed until someone has the balls to sort the mess that is British society.   

[wpcoe]

Okay, what is a "grime artist?"

[wgdanson]

30 minutes ago, wpcoe said:

Okay, what is a "grime artist?"

Isn't grime another word for S''T?