Rise Up

The full title of this book is Rise Up - The #Merky Story So Far. It documents the life of Stormzy, who is a British singer. I originally know him from his collaboration with Little Mix on the single Power. The book mentions this collaboration.

Stormzy comes from a poor neighborhood in Britain. He was raised by a single mother from Ghana. Although he admits he was a naughty kid in school, he was obviously smart and went to college. He is known as an early and popular singer in the grime style of music.

In the beginning, Stormzy and his crew had little to no money. He sung at local events. His early songs were released on YouTube. His first album ended up at #1 on the week when it was released. He knew Ed Sheeran before Ed became huge. He won a couple awards related to being the best grime artist of the year for a couple years.