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27th Feb 2017

Stormzy reacts brilliantly to being asked about his footballer lookalike

Uncanny

Nooruddean Choudry

Fair play he took this well.

Stormzy is currently riding a crest of a wave. His debut album, ‘Gang Signs and Prayer’, is earned rave reviews and plaudits around the world, whilst his appearance at the Brits with Ed Sheeran introduced him to a whole new demographic (namely anyone who has been living under a rock in recent years…)

He is fast becoming one of the most recognisable faces in British music and being a guest on something as mainstream as this weekend’s Sunday Brunch was testament to that. But it is a famous face that the grime don shares with another celebrity icon of British culture – that of a similarly talented young man.

Stormzy, given name Michael Omari, is often compared with Everton striker Romelu Lukaku. It is a likeness that regularly comes up whenever either one is starring on our television screens…

https://twitter.com/jakkytchesterle/status/834699155750735876

https://twitter.com/BellshillLoyal/status/830356802608955392

https://twitter.com/TightyWrighty93/status/835641049569767424

Whilst on the Brunch, Stormzy was asked about the likeness, and even he had to admit that it was uncanny:

“Aaaah! Lukaku! Romelu Lukaku! Do you know what’s so mad, yeah? I’m not gonna lie – every time I see him I just look at him and think: ‘Yeah you dooo mate!’ We just look the same…”

Fair play to both of them – there’s certainly worse looking and less talented people to be compared to…

https://twitter.com/SarcyFringehead/status/835986089143906304

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