Live music review: Stormzy at the Olympia, Dublin

4/5

Grime chart-topper Stormzy is a melting pot of contradictions. The London rapper splices swagger and vulnerability and has broken new ground for British urban music in talking frankly about his struggles with depression. He also combines a pop savvy and unexpected credibility, with his debut album Gang Signs and Prayer blending ragged dance-hall beats and slinky r’n’b production.

He swept into Dublin on a whirlwind of hype. Twenty four hours before his sell-out concert, a huge mural of the artist was unveiled in Smithfield — a tribute, said the graffiti collective responsible, to Stormy’s status as a “boyo”.