Album review: Stormzy - Gang Signs And Prayer

5/5

Rapping superstar Drake is just the latest prominent figure to become obsessed with the UK genre of grime — a sort of rough-hewn off-shoot of hip hop. During his recent run of shows in London, the chart-topping rhymer invited leading purveyors Section Boyz and Giggs up for collaborations — though these cameos were arguably overshadowed by an accident in which support act Travis Scott fell down a hole on stage.

Drake’s imprimatur has prompted claims that grime’s ‘moment’ is finally at hand. Of course, we’ve been here before, with Dizzee Rascal in the 2000s and just last year when Skepta claimed the Mercury Music Prize (only to be controversially overlooked at this week’s Brits).