Stormzy takes a Bop at Boris
He’s a musician who is unafraid to challenge the status quo.
So I’m sure it was sweet music to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s ears as Stormzy dropped a fourletter expletive about Tory MP Boris Johnson.
In his new single Vossi Bop, the star raps: “Rule number two, don’t make the promise, if you can’t keep the deal then just be honest.
“I could never die, I’m Chuck Norris, f*** the government, f*** Boris.”
The 25-year-old rapper has previously waded in on politics, backing Corbyn in the 2016 election. He also called Theresa May a “paigon” (slang for liar) and asked her, “Where’s the money for Grenfell?” during a Brit Awards performance.
The new song is named after a viral dance move, where Twitter user @nlvossi filmed himself leaning forward and bouncing his head, then lifting it back while doing the move. I doubt much could faze ‘Bonking Boris’, who is currently dating a Tory aide
24 years his junior.
And the same goes for his peers.
I remember bumping into Minister Of Culture
Matt Hancock, 40, who boasted about his love of Skepta, 36, at the Mercury Awards, insisting he regularly bopped along to the Londoner’s grime tunes in his ministerial car.
But when I questioned him about his favourite track, he couldn’t name one. How awkward.
Straight-talking celebs seem to keep showing up the Government. My other favourite, and surprisingly lucid, outburst was from Danny Dyer, who eloquently
blasted David Cameron for calling a referendum on Brexit. He then less eloquently labelled him a “t***”.
It’s good to see stars not turning a blind eye to politics, although they could use their platforms a lot more to talk about climate change.
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