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London grime artist Stormzy has blamed Met police officers for kicking his front door in, saying they mistook him for a burglar.

The 23-year-old musician tweeted a picture of the smashed-in front door of what is believed to be his Chelsea home this morning, telling how he woke up to find police trying to break it down.

He wrote: “Woke up to Feds destroying my front door coz apparently I’m burglar who burgles his own home.

“@MetPolice need your bank details still.”

His fans reacted with outrage on Twitter, referring to the police as “class A clowns” and describing the incident as “absolute madness”.

One joked: “They were after them tour tickets #soldout.”

The musician's new album, Gang Signs & Prayer, is due to be released in 10 days' time.

The incident is understood to have occurred in the early hours after Stormzy had gone to bed.

Scotland Yard refused to comment on the raid, saying only that they were looking into the claims.

However the force did reply to the rapper online, telling him: “If you wish to make a complaint please DM (direct message) us so we can take some more details. Thanks.”

Stormzy, real name Michael Omari, also announced on Monday that his 17-date UK tour had sold out in just four days.

The Croydon-born rapper was forced to add more dates after his Brixton show sold out in four minutes.

Stormzy grew up with his mother, two sisters and brother in Thornton Heath.

As recently as 2013 he was living in Southampton and working as an engineer, a job he told i-D magazine he was "rubbish at".

Stormzy has won Best Grime Act twice at the MOBO Awards. In July he spoke out about police brutality, penning an emotional open letter in response to a series of shootings in the US.

He expressed solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement following the deaths of Anton Sterling, Philando Castille - and at least two others - at the hands of US law enforcement.

“I wish I had the answers to solve the f*****y that's going on right now but tbh I don't have a clue...” he wrote.

“All I can do is urge everyone to do more, that's what I'm going to do. Protest, march, donate, speak out, call out bulls***, build within your community, help those in need etc.”

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said they were looking into the claims, but were unable to comment further.

A spokeswoman for Stormzy said: “We have no comment to add at this time.”