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Stormzy tells Matt about THAT Glastonbury performance, what success looks like to him, and what a typical day in the Stormzy studio is like.

This fourth episode of The First Time With… sees Matt in conversation with the multi-award winning rapper, singer and songwriter, Stormzy.
The two discuss his famous Glastonbury performance on the festival’s Pyramid Stage in 2019, what success looks like to Stormzy and what a typical day in his studio is like.

MOBO, Brit and Ivor Novello award winning rapper Stormzy has released three studio albums, Gang Signs & Prayer (2017), Heavy Is the Head (2019), and This Is What I Mean (2022) and has funded the "Stormzy Scholarship for Black UK Students" scholarship at the University of Cambridge.

1 hour

Last on

Thu 11 Jan 2024 23:00

Music Played

  • Stormzy

    Vossi Bop

    • #Merky Records/Atlantic.
  • Lauryn Hill

    To Zion (feat. Carlos Santana)

    • The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.
    • Ruffhouse/Columbia.
    • 4.
  • Skepta

    Shutdown

    • BBK Records.
  • Stormzy

    In For The Kill (feat. La Roux)

    • NOT GIVEN (Mixtape), grimehqdowloads.
  • Stormzy

    Shut Up

    • Stormzy.
  • Stormzy

    Big For Your Boots

    • Merky.
  • Stormzy

    Blinded By Your Grace, Pt. 2 (feat. MNEK)

    • Gang Signs & Prayer.
    • #Merky Records.
    • 4.
  • Stormzy

    Need You (feat. Tendai & Ayra Starr)

    • 0207 Def Jam.
  • Stormzy

    Know Me From - Glastonbury Festival - RX 28/06/2019

  • Stormzy

    Bad Boys - Glastonbury Festival - RX 28/06/2019

  • Stormzy

    Fire + Water

    • 0207 Def Jam.
  • Stormzy

    Hide & Seek

    • 0207 Def Jam.
  • Stormzy

    Crown

    • Atlantic.
  • Stormzy

    Give It To The Water

    • This Is What I Mean.
    • 0207 Def Jam.
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Thu 11 Jan 2024 23:00

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