Watch Stormzy's Powerful BRIT Awards Performance Featuring Burna Boy
The night saw the British-Ghanaian star run through a medley of songs from his latest album,Heavy Is the Head.
The BRIT Awards 2020, which went down earlier this week, saw the likes of Stormzytake home the Best Male trophy home and Dave win Best Album.
The night also saw Stormzy deliver a stunning performance that featured a medley of songs from his latest album,Heavy Is the Head. The British-Ghanaian star started things out slow with "Don't Forget to Breathe," before popping things off with "Do Better" then turning up the heat with "Wiley Flow."
Stormzy nodded to J Hus, playing a short bit of "Fortune Teller," before being joined onstage by Nigeria's Burna Boyto perform their hit "Own It." Burna Boy got his own moment and performed an energetic rendition of his African Giant favorite "Anybody."
The night was closed off with a powerful message that read: "A lot of time they tell us 'Black people, we too loud.' Know what I'm sayin'? We need to turn it down a little bit. We seem too arrogant. We a little too much for them to handle. Black is beautiful man." The message flashed on a black screen before a moving performance of "Rainfall" backed by his posse.
Watch the full performance below.
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