Stormzy struggled to get through an emotional tune about his ex Maya Jama, during an intimate performance this week.

The star penned the ballad Lessons about their split, while also pouring his heart out and sharing his feels about how he’d love to reunite with the presenter.

He took to the stage on Monday night to perform at the Rose Theatre in Kingston upon Thames; however, when it came to the emotional tune, it seemed the grime star struggled to get through the lyrics, asking the audience to help him out.


The star appeared to stumble over the heartfelt line ‘I done the dirt and then I figured that you’ll dig it out’.

The grime star appeared emotional as he paced the stage and his loyal fans took over (Picture: YouTube)

He sang to the crowd: ‘Hey, help me out here guys’ as they cheered him on.



Of course, his loyal fans were all too willing to take up the singing and get through the chorus, while the backing track kept things going smoothly.

Getting himself together, the 26-year-old performer paced the stage and rubbed his jaw, holding back tears to keep the gig going.

That line was believed to reference his so-called ‘reckless night’ in which he said he ‘disrespected’ Maya, 25. While allegations flew in the wake of their split Stormzy cheated with singer Jorja Smith, the rapper has strongly denied them.

Stormzy and Maya split last year (Picture: WireImage)

Sebastian Ellis, owner of Ellis Digital Media, told The Sun of the moment: ‘During the performance he clearly struggled with the lyrics, at one point he stumbled through some words and also couldn’t sing the chorus.

‘It was clear to the audience that his emotions are still raw and I actually felt last night that his may not be a PR stunt after all! The crowd sang for him and he was cheered on, I did see tears as well from other people in the audience – he did seem upset.’

Stormzy admitted it was an emotional performance as he wrote on Twitter following the gig: ‘Nahhhhh tonight was tooooo f**king sick I love you guys thank you I had the best time out there on stage. EMOTIONAL.’

Maya – who split with Stormzy in August last year after four years together – is yet to address her ex’s latest interview, in which he stated he wanted to marry The Circle star and have her children.

Speaking to Charlamagne Tha God in a YouTube interview last week, Stormzy branded the TV presenter a ‘star girl’ and ‘an amazing woman’ as he addressed their public breakup.

Asked by the Breakfast Show host whether there was hope for a reconciliation, Stormzy admitted while he wanted it, he wasn’t sure it was on the cards just yet.

‘I would love for that to happen, but I don’t know…I would love to be the man who she…I would love to do all the things that make it work,’ he said. ‘I want to marry her, I want to have her children. All of that.’

Stormzy and Maya started dating in January 2015 after meeting in October 2014, before they split in August last year.



On his recent album, Heavy Is The Head, Stormzy rapped about their split and his feelings towards it on song Lessons and speaking about his tune, the star revealed: ‘I really needed to say all that, I needed to do all that, and get this off my chest…but more importantly, because we had a public relationship and public breakup…it was more so to take the bullet that I deserved and take the brunt of it.’

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