Stormzy banned from driving for nine months

Stormzy has been banned from driving for nine months.

It comes after the 31-year-old rapper was caught using a mobile phone while driving in London by an undercover officer.

As the issue was taken to court, Stormzy – whose real name is Michael Ebenazer Owuo Junior – did not appear in person, but shared a letter in which he pleaded guilty to using a phone while driving his Rolls-Royce Wraith on Addison Road, West Kensington.

The incident took place last March, and the court was informed that the artist already had six points on his licence for previous speeding offences. As reported by BBC News, District Judge Andrew Sweet said Stormzy’s driving record was “not good” and went on to also criticise his “dangerous and irresponsible” actions.

A solicitor representing the rapper also told the Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court that Stormzy had accepted responsibility for his actions.

According to the BBC, those in the court were told that the undercover officer who stopped Stormzy in West Kensington last year knocked on his passenger window and said, “Get rid of your tints and get off your phone.”

Back in July, Stormzy made headlines for his driving again when he pleaded guilty to having a Lamborghini with illegally tinted windows. He submitted a guilty plea on July 24, after driving the Urus around Kingston upon Thames on October 17, 2023.

The minimum requirement for cars in the UK is to allow 70 per cent of light through the two front windows. However, the BBC at the time reported that his £200k sports car only let through four per cent – dark enough to “involve a danger of injury to any person”.

As for other news about the London rapper, last summer Stormzy revealed that he’s “just been creating” for the past two years to come up with the follow-up to 2022’s ‘This Is What I Mean’. He has also continued his work with his non-profit organisation Merky FC, including joining forces with Adidas to announce a centre for football, music and gaming and also unveiling a new online platform to help Black youth find careers in football.

Last year, he was also confirmed as the first headliner for Roskilde Festival 2025, with the Danish non-profit festival returning for its 53rd edition between June 28 and July 5.