Stormzy‘s mother has revealed that the UK rapper almost never existed and that his birth was a “miracle.”
In a teaser for the BBC’s new interview with the British rapper, Stormzy and journalist Louis Theroux spent a few moments with the former’s mother Abigail Owuo, who had nothing but amazing things to say about her superstar son.
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“Yes,” Owuo says confidently in the clip when asked if her son is special. “He was a miracle. When I got pregnant with him I was on the pill.”
“Wow, I never knew that,” Stormzy chimes in.
“Because I never tell you,” his mother replies. “You can tell from when he was growing up that he was so talented.”
The full interview aired on Tuesday (October 25) on BBC 2, and comes as Stormzy gears up to release his third studio album This Is What I Mean, which is due out November 25 via 0207 Def Jam.
While he’s long been off social media and hadn’t dropped any new music in a while, the 29-year-old finally returned in September with a star-studded, sprawling 10-minute visual for a new song called “Mel Made Me Do It.”
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The video was jam-packed with notable appearances from Usain Bolt, Ian Wright, Malorie Blackman, Gabrielle, Jazzie B, Trevor Nelson, Jenny Francis, Little Simz, Megaman, Headie One, Dave and dozens more.
Stormzy then followed it up with “Hide & Seek” earlier this month, which got the visual treatment on October 14.
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According to a press release, the forthcoming 12-track album was crafted during a retreat to Osea Island, a small island in the Blackwater Estuary that’s accessible by car for only a few hours a day because of rising tides.
The last full-length fans got from Stormzy was Heavy Is The Head in 2019 which debuted at No. 2 on the UK album charts, and featured appearances from Tiana Major9, Headie One, Burna Boy, H.E.R. and others.
