Caption: Stormzy responds to Michael Gove tweeting his lyrics

We never thought we’d see beef between Conservative MP Michael Gove and rapper Stormzy, but here we are.

It all started when the 26-year-old Vossi Bop singer urged his UK fans to register to vote, then revealed he was supporting Labour during the General Election earlier this month.

He also took a stab at Boris Johnson, calling him a ‘sinister man with a long record of lying’.

Defending his party leader, Michael jabbed back: ‘He is a far, far better rapper than he is a political analyst.’


When Labour MP Angela Rayner tweeted she thought Michael was bad at ‘both’ rapping and political analysis, the Tory MP bizarrely responded with a lyric Stormzy’s song Shut Up: ‘I set trends dem man copy.’

I set trends dem man copy https://t.co/85mTHXaZDn — Michael Gove (@michaelgove) November 26, 2019



At the time, Stormzy didn’t take the bait but he’s not holding back now.

Speaking to the Guardian, he responded: ‘I’m so used to it, being this black face in mainstream culture.

‘It’s the classic, “You’re just a rapper”.

‘Using “I set trends dem man copy”… No one was talking about that. I wasn’t talking about music, I wasn’t talking about Shut Up – I was talking about politics.’

Stormzy claimed the tweet was a way of trying to get the rapper to stay in his lane and not talk about politics.

It’s safe to say Stormzy is not a fan of Michael Gove (Picture: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Global Citizen)

He continued: ‘So him saying that is like he said: “Oh, no, forget politics. This is what he does. He’s a rapper.”

‘It’s a weaponised tactic. They do it to young people, they do it to black people, they do it to rappers, they do it to entertainers: “Just shut up and rap.”‘

Well said, Stormzy.

Getting in one final jab at the Tory politician, Stormzy said: ‘So when they dismiss me it’s like, “You lot picked the wrong f***ing rapper”.’

Stormzy’s new album Heavy Is The Head is out now.

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