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		</div><p>Drake, Ed Sheeran and Jeremy Corbyn were among those congratulating Stormzy for his headline set at Glastonbury</p>
<p>The Croydon-born grime artist, 25, became the first black British solo artist to headline the famous festival when he took to the Pyramid Stage on Friday night.</p>
<figure id="attachment_135082" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-135082" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img class="size-full wp-image-135082" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/27A5DFE7-45C8-4279-A83B-4096A8C6183A.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="900" data-wp-pid="135082" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-135082" class="wp-caption-text">Stormzy made history with his headline slot at Glastonbury</figcaption></figure>
<p>He delivered a powerful and at times political performances, taking to the stage in a stab vest embellished with a Union Jack, an apparent nod to London’s knife crime epidemic.</p>
<p>Stormzy’s set has been praised as a huge moment for British rap while Labour leader Corbyn said it will “go down in our country’s cultural history”.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Tonight <a href="https://twitter.com/stormzy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Stormzy</a> made history by being the first black solo British headliner at Glastonbury. The performance was political, iconic and the ballet was beautifully powerful. It won&#39;t just go down in Glastonbury history &#8211; it&#39;ll go down in our country&#39;s cultural history. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Glasto2019?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Glasto2019</a> <a href="https://t.co/pmRt5OuqBI">pic.twitter.com/pmRt5OuqBI</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) <a href="https://twitter.com/jeremycorbyn/status/1144744809539743749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>He said: “Tonight @Stormzy made history by being the first black solo British headliner at Glastonbury.</p>
<p>“The performance was political, iconic and the ballet was beautifully powerful. It won’t just go down in Glastonbury history – it’ll go down in our country’s cultural history. #Glasto2019.</p>
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<p>Sheeran said Stormzy, real name Michael Omari, was “an inspiration to many”.</p>
<p>Alongside a picture of the rapper on stage, he wrote: “First black British solo artist to headline Glastonbury, second youngest to ever headline, and just an inspiration to so many.</p>
<p>“This is just the start, congrats big Mike, looking forward to see you do more achievements like this”</p>
<p>Writing on his Instagram story, Canadian rapper Drake, himself a fan of the British grime scene, said: “@Stormzy headlining Glastonbury and that. Madness congrats.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">ICONICCCCCCCC</p>
<p>&mdash; Maya Jama (@MayaJama) <a href="https://twitter.com/MayaJama/status/1144767001140875264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 29, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Stormzy’s girlfriend, the TV presenter Maya Jama, tweeted: “ICONICCCCCCCC.”</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Champions league the league of champions <a href="https://twitter.com/stormzy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@stormzy</a> ð <a href="https://t.co/IW35XwLF6F">pic.twitter.com/IW35XwLF6F</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Rapthology (@Wretch32) <a href="https://twitter.com/Wretch32/status/1144738230677450753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Alongside a picture of Stormzy, Tottenham-born rapper Wretch 32 tweeted: “Champions league the league of champions.”</p>
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<p>Hip-hop star Konan, another from the London grime scene, said: “This crazy man the feeling I have in my chest right now watching this I have to watch this again.”</p>
<p>Grime star Giggs shared a picture of Stormzy’s performance to Instagram.</p>
<p>And Labour MP for Tottenham, David Lammy, praised Stormzy for sampling a speech he had given about black men and the justice system.</p>
<p>He tweeted: “@stormzy using his headline spot at #glastonburyfestival2019 to speak out about the injustice of young black kids being criminalised in a biased and disproportionate justice system. Humbled and inspired that he sampled my speech. Salute #Merky.”</p>
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