UStormzy ungumculi we-hip hop waseBrithani odumile. Lo mculi wathola ukuduma ngo-2014 lapho eqopha ividiyo esebenza ngendlela ekhululekile kuya kumabhithi ajwayelekile. Namuhla, umculi unemiklomelo eminingi kanye nokuqokwa emikhosini ehlonishwayo.
Okubaluleke kakhulu yilezi: Imiklomelo Yomculo Ye-BBC, Imiklomelo Ye-Brit, Imiklomelo Yomculo Ye-MTV Europe kanye ne-AIM Independent Music Awards. Ngo-2018, i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ethi Gang Signs & Prayer yaba yi-albhamu yokuqala ye-rap ukuwina ama-Brit Awards e-British Album of the Year.
Ubuntwana nobusha uStormzy
Eqinisweni, uStormzy igama elingelona iqiniso lomculi waseBrithani. Igama lakhe langempela nguMichael Ebenazer Kwajo Omari Owuo. Umculi wazalwa ngo-July 26, 1993 edolobheni elikhulu Croydon (eningizimu London). Umculi unezimpande zaseGhana (ohlangothini lukamama). Akwaziwa lutho ngobaba, umama ukhulise uMichael, udadewabo nabafowabo ababili eyedwa. Lo mculi ungumzala womculi we-rap uNadia Rose, oqokwe ku-BBC Sound of 2017.
UStormzy uphothule izifundo zakhe zesikole samabanga aphezulu eHarris South Norwood Academy. Umndeni wakhe ubungahlangene nomculo. Lapho eneminyaka engu-11, waqala uku-rap, edlala nabangani kumaqembu entsha endawo.
Phakathi neseshini e-Oxford University ngo-2016, wakhuluma ngezinsuku zakhe zesikole. Lo mculi uthe ubengalaleli futhi ujwayele ukwenza izinto ngamawala ngenxa yokuzijabulisa. Naphezu kwalokhu, ukwazile ukuphasa izivivinyo ngamamaki amahle. Ngaphambi kokucwila ngokugcwele emculweni, uStormzy waqeqeshwa eLeamington. Cishe iminyaka emibili wayesebenza ekulawuleni izinga endaweni ehluza uwoyela.
Lapho enquma ukwenza ubuciko, umndeni wakhe wamsekela. Umculi wabelane ngezinkumbulo zakhe:
“Umama wangenza ngaba nokuzethemba ekuthuthukiseni umsebenzi womculo. Wathi: “Anginaso isiqiniseko sokuthi ngiyakuvumela yini lokhu, kodwa ngikuvumele ukuba uzame” ... Ngiyazi ukuthi kunzima ukuchaza amaphupho ami kubantu, kodwa kwakungadingeki ukuba ngiqinisekise umama wami ngokunemba kwe isinqumo, wayeqonda yonke into.
Indlela yokudala kaStormzy
UStormzy waqala ukunakwa nge-freestyle Wickedskengman endaweni yomculo engaphansi komhlaba yase-UK ngo-2014. Ngemuva kokuduma kokuqala, umculi wanquma ukukhulula i-EP Dreamers Disease yokuqala. Wabe esedala ukukhululwa ngokwakhe. Ngo-Okthoba 2014, uthole Izindondo ze-MOBO ze-Best Grime Artist.
NgoJanuwari 2015, uStormzy wafinyelela inombolo 3 ku-BBC Yethula ishadi eliphezulu 5. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, ingoma ephumelelayo ethi Know Me From yakhululwa, eyafinyelela inombolo engu-49 kumashadi ase-UK. NgoSepthemba, uMichael wakhulula uchungechunge lokugcina lwezitayela zakhe zamahhala, i-Wickedskengman 4. Lokhu kwakuhlanganisa nestudiyo esirekhodiwe sengoma ethi Shut Up, ngenxa yalokho lo mculi aduma ngayo ngo-2014.
I-Shut Up ekuqaleni yayifakwe kunombolo 59 e-UK. NgoDisemba 2015, lo mculi wenza le ngoma ngesikhathi kulwa u-Anthony Joshua noDillian Whyte. Ngemva kokusebenza ngempumelelo, iculo ngokushesha lafinyelela phezulu kwama-40 eshadi le-iTunes. Ngenxa yalokho, ithrekhi yathatha isikhundla se-8 futhi yaba umsebenzi ophumelele kakhulu we-rapper kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe.
Naphezu kokuthi uStormzy wayethanda ukubonakala ezinkundleni zokuxhumana nasezinkundleni zokuxhumana, ngo-2016 wanquma ukuthatha ikhefu. Lo mculi ukhiphe ingoma ethi Scary ngo-Ephreli. Ngemva kwalokho, azikho izindaba ngaye ku-inthanethi kuze kube sekuqaleni kuka-2017. Ukubuya kwalo mculi bekuyi-albhamu yokuqala ebilindelwe ngabomvu ethi Gang Signs & Prayer. Ikhishwe ekupheleni kukaFebhuwari, futhi kakade ekuqaleni kuka-March yathatha indawo yoku-1 eshadini lase-UK.
Ngo-2018, umculi wasayina inkontileka ne-Atlantic Records. Ngemva konyaka, wakhipha i-albhamu yakhe yesibili, ethi, Heavy Is the Head. Yayihlanganisa izingoma ezingashadile: Vossi Bop, Crown, Wiley Flow kanye ne-Own It. Kwathi ngoJanuwari 2020, irekhodi lafinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo 1 eshadini lama-albhamu ase-UK. Udlule ama-albhamu kaRobert Stewart noHarry Styles ekulaleleni.
Yiziphi izitayela uStormzy asebenza ngazo?
UStormzy waqala njengomdlali wasemgwaqweni. Wadlwengula ngesitayela esasifana ne-hip-hop kune-grime.
“Ngesikhathi ngiqala, wonke umuntu wazama ukucasuka… Wonke umuntu wayezama uku-rap kanjalo, kwabe sekufika indawo yomculo we-rap waseBrithani,” etshela uComplex. - Kodwa-ke, isikhathi eside angizange ngiqonde ingqikithi ye-rap yomgwaqo. Ngacabanga ukuthi yayihamba kancane futhi izwakala njengeMelika kakhulu. Kodwa ngazizwa sengathi kufanele ngizivumelanise nakho.”
Kamuva uStormzy wazithola esenyameni yangaleso sikhathi. Ku-YouTube ungathola ukurekhodwa kokudlala kwakhe okukhululekile kulesi sitayela ngaphansi kwegama elithi Wickedskengman.
“Ngizifakele mina ngokwami la mavidiyo. Angifuni ukuzwakala nginobugovu, kodwa empeleni bebengewona owomphakathi; kwakungokwenjabulo yami,” evuma engxoxweni, “ngangikuthanda usizi, futhi ngangisafuna ukukwenza.”
Ngaphezu kwalokho, umculi akagcinanga ngokudlwengula, kodwa futhi wacula. UStormzy useke wakuveza ecwecweni lakhe elithi Heavy is the Head ukuthi ungumculi ovelele. Kumathrekhi ungezwa izingxenye ezincane zezwi zomculi, eziqoshwe ngokuzimela futhi ngaphandle kokuhlelwa kwezwi.
Ubushoshovu bezepolitiki kanye nezinhlangano ezisiza umphakathi
UStormzy uvame ukweseka esidlangalaleni umholi weLabour Party uJeremy Corbyn. Engxoxweni abe nayo neThe Guardian, ukhulume ngokuthakasela kwakhe ubushoshovu bukaCorbyn. Kanye nabanye abaculi, uMichael weseka usopolitiki ngaphambi kokhetho lukazwelonke lwase-UK lwango-2019. Umdwebi wayefuna ukuphela kwe-austerity futhi wabona uJames njengomuntu ofaneleka kakhulu.
Ngemva komlilo eGrenfell Tower, umdwebi wabhala ithrekhi yokuhlonipha izisulu. Uphinde wayicula kuMkhosi weGlastonbury. Uvuse abalaleli ukuba bafune kuziphathimandla ukuthi ziveze iqiniso ngokwenzekile, ukuze babhekane nengalo yomthetho abamele uhulumeni abathintekayo. Lo mculi uphinde wasola uNdunankulu u-Theresa May ngokungenzi lutho futhi wambiza ngomuntu ongathembekile.
Ngo-2018, uStormzy wanikela ngezimali emifundazweni emibili yabafundi abamnyama eNyuvesi yaseCambridge. Lo mfundaze wawuhloselwe ukwamukela isibalo esikhulu sabafundi abamnyama emanyuvesi amakhulu abangazange bangene kweminye iminyango yeNyuvesi yaseCambridge kusukela ngo-2012 kuya ku-2016.
Ngo-2020, ngesikhathi semibhikisho yeBlack Lives Matter, lo mculi wenza isitatimende ngelebula lakhe. Wanquma ukunikela nge-£ 1 million ngonyaka iminyaka engu-10 ukuze asekele abamnyama. Imali idluliselwe ezinhlanganweni nezinhlangano zomphakathi. Baqhube imisebenzi yabo okuhloswe ngayo ukulwa nokucwasa ngokwebala.
