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Mr. Skeng Causes A Storm In The LBGTQ Community: Grime MC Stormzy Apologises For Past Homophobic Tweets

South London Grime MC Stormzy is  probably having the greatest year of  his life, but things haven’t been  totally smooth-sailing  for him. The Pink News a publication that caters to the Gay community, broke a story that Stormzy had used homophobic slurs on  in the past, calling someone a ‘F****t’ on Twitter.

Stormzy is the latest in a number of high-profile individuals, who have been severely embarrassed, and had their image some what tarnished  following old tweets being unearthed.  The tweets in question date back to 2011 and stretch over a three year period.

In one tweet the multi-award winning MC said:“The black man dancing in the Lucozade advert is a big F****t wtf”

While watching BBC hit series Eastenders in November 2011, he commented on the characters Christian and Syed, who were in a same sex relationship saying: “Loooooool u see syed run into christians arm. Fucking f*g.”

Following the story hitting social media with ferocity, the 24-year-old  took to twitter to apologise for his offensive  language in  a series of tweets.

Expressing his remorse he wrote:

“I said some foul and offensive things whilst tweeting years ago at a time when I was young and proudly ignorant. Very hurtful and discriminative views that I’ve unlearned as I’ve grown up and become a man..”

I said some foul and offensive things whilst tweeting years ago at a time when I was young and proudly ignorant. Very hurtful and discriminative views that I’ve unlearned as I’ve grown up and become a man..

— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) November 22, 2017

“The comments I made were unacceptable and disgusting, full stop. Comments that I regret and to everyone I’ve offended, I am sorry, these are attitudes I’ve left in the past. The homophobic language I used was, embarrassingly, a part of my vocabulary when I was younger and…”

The comments I made were unacceptable and disgusting, full stop. Comments that I regret and to everyone I’ve offended, I am sorry, these are attitudes I’ve left in the past. The homophobic language I used was, embarrassingly, a part of my vocabulary when I was younger and…

— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) November 22, 2017

“ignorance made me feel comfortable to use them whilst not understanding the hate and the ramifications they carry. That isn’t an excuse, I take responsibility for my mistakes and hope you can understand that my younger self doesn’t reflect who I am today.”

ignorance made me feel comfortable to use them whilst not understanding the hate and the ramifications they carry. That isn’t an excuse, I take responsibility for my mistakes and hope you can understand that my younger self doesn’t reflect who I am today.

— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) November 22, 2017

“Again, I’m sorry to everyone I’ve offended. To the LGBQT community and my supporters and friends, my deepest apologies”

Again, I’m sorry to everyone I’ve offended. To the LGBQT community and my supporters and friends, my deepest apologies 🙏🏿

— #GSAP (@Stormzy1) November 22, 2017

On a more positive note it has been announced that Stormzy has been nominated in  the BBC Music Awards.