Controversial grime ‘artist’ Stormzy has hit out at politicians, accusing every government of letting black and working class people down.
He said little had changed over the years, regardless of whether the Conservatives or Labour were in power.
He told GQ magazine:
“Since when I’ve been young, whether it’s been a Labour government or a Tory government, not much has changed for the people who need it the most.” He said of Boris Johnson: “literally not for man. He has made it clear in his vocabulary and in the stances he takes”.
Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo, which is his real name, backed Labour and Jeremy Corbyn in the most recent election.
The grime artist previously made comments in an interview with Italian newspaper La Repubblica, in which he was asked if Britain was still racist.
He said: “Definitely, 100%. It’s like: ‘Oh no, we’re not racist’. But there’s a lot of racism in the country.
“The difficult thing with the UK is, as you said, in Italy it’s a clear problem, whereas trying to explain that Britain is a racist country [to a British person] is the most difficult thing ever.
“They think: ‘No, it’s not. Stormzy you’re successful. Look at London, there’s loads of black people …’ It’s a more difficult case to fight.”
Stormzy said Mr Johnson was a “figurehead” whose comments encouraged racism.
He said: “If the top person can openly say this racist thing – the ‘piccaninnies’ remarks, ‘watermelon smiles’, comparing Muslim women to a letter box – if that is our figurehead, the top man, the leader we have to follow, and he openly says these things, he encourages hate among others.”
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