Stormzy is the man of the moment. From relative obscurity he has risen in just a couple of years to superstardom. He can now boast having Ed Sheeran, Adele and Drake as contacts in his phone book. 

We have written about him in the past, where we revealed some of Stormzy’s best songs. But now we’re going to try and get behind the Stormzy front and get to know the real Michael Omari.

Michael Omari has many nicknames, Stormzy being just one. Others include Big Mike, Wicked Skengman, Stiff Chocolate and The Problem.

How Old is Stormzy?

Stormzy was born on July 26 1993, which at time of writing makes him 23 years of age.

Stormzy is one of the new wave of grime artists to come through. Following in the footsteps of pioneers such as Wiley, Jme, Skepta and more, he has been a figurehead in the second wave of grime. The second wave of grime is more commercially minded, but paradoxically does not forego on any of its founding principals. 

This new, young and hungry wave of grime artists are setting the world alight. But that’s not to say there’s no little measure of consternation from the original stars at the young’uns coming through and pushing the genre to heights they had never managed to scale. Stormzy took a stand against this on his album, Gang Signs & Prayers, by getting one of the originals - Crazy Titch - to record an interlude.

Crazy Titch is something of a legend. He is serving a life sentence for murder. But it is a widely held belief that had he not committed murder he would have been one of grimes early crossover stars alongside Dizzee Rascal, with whom he had a fractious relationship. Getting Crazy Titch to feature on his album, Stormzy is trying to shore up his grime credentials.

How tall is Stormzy?

 Omari has the nickname Big Mike for a reason. He stands at 6 foot 5 inches tall, or 196 cm for those that prefer metric. He also has very big feet, measuring in at size 12, UK size. He mentions this on his song, Big For Your Boots.

Stormzy is from an area of South London called Thornton Heath. It is a fairly rough area and so he has since used his newfound fame and wealth to get out and move into the far more upmarket area of Fulham, West London.

His mum is a Ghanaian immigrant to the UK, and he dreams of making enough money that he can build her a big house in her home country of Ghana.

On the subject of his mum she is undoubtedly one of the coolest mums in music. She features heavily in his Know Me From video, can you spot her?

Want to know more about the new wave of grime artists? Check out our article about Stefflon Don, J Hus and AJ Tracey.