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		</div><p>Stormzy spoke of the “real pain” that drives the Black Lives Matter movement as he surprised a schoolboy by helping to decorate his bedroom.</p>
<p>The grime rapper, 26, worked with decorating company The Good Guys on the project in Croydon, south London, close to where Stormzy grew up.</p>
<p>Once a month, the firm decorates the room of a deserving young person, according to BBC London, which filmed the star’s visit.</p>
<p>Speaking about the anti-racism movement, Stormzy said: “I feel like I don’t have any answers.</p>
<p>“A lot of people don’t have answers but we are all just trying, we are all just getting together, standing together, cheering.</p>
<p>“One thing I really want this movement to do is show what it means to be black.</p>
<p>“You hear so much rhetoric, you know – ‘All lives matter, why do black lives matter more?’</p>
<p>“And it’s like, bruv, do you not understand? If we weren’t oppressed, we wouldn’t be shouting.</p>
<p>“We would have been living our lives. I want you to understand that we are not just crying or just shouting. This is real pain.</p>
<p>“This ain’t some sort of trend. This is real life. This has been our reality for hundreds and thousands of years.”</p>
<p>Stormzy and his #Merky company recently pledged £10 million over the next 10 years to organisations engaged in the fight for racial equality and social justice.</p>
<p>Explaining his move, he said: “Humans, we should do whatever we can in whatever capacity we can.</p>
<p>“Everyone is fighting this cause with all of their heart and might and power, and I was like: ‘Let me put a little towards the cause’.”</p>
<p>The rapper also addressed his decision to quit social media earlier this year, saying: “I love it for bare (many) reasons but it is also quite a toxic and negative place where you are consuming so much – and I was like: ‘I don’t need to consume that much.’”</p>
<p>The pupil was unaware that Stormzy had picked up a brush to help the decorators.</p>
<p>Cycle Carth, founder of The Good Guys, told BBC London: “Today’s give-back is for a student at one of the schools that we paint.</p>
<p>“He was selected because of his positive behaviour that he has demonstrated since starting at the school.”</p>
<p>In 2018, the former Glastonbury headliner also started a scholarship fund for two black students to go to Cambridge University each year.</p>
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