Stormzy lands his first acting role in feature-length film

If this year belonged to any UK artist, it belonged to London’s fresh new grime king Stormzy, the 22-year-old who has been flinging out bangers left, right and centre ever since 2014’s lyrical volcano “Not That Deep”.

However, now that Stormzy has firmly attached his music crown, the award-winning artist has decided to turn his hand to acting. Earlier today, it was announced that he had joined the cast of Brotherhood, the final film in Noel Clarke’s “urban franchise”, which includes two previous films, Kidulthood and Adulthood.

This isn’t the first time the British writer has championed grime artists in his trilogy. Kidulthood, which was released almost a decade ago, was peppered with a grime soundtrack that included Wiley, Dizzee Rascal and Lethal Bizzle, while Adulthood was injected with Sincere and D Double E’s “Reppin’ London”, Sway’s “F Ur Ex” and Wiley’s “Grime Kid”.