Rapper is honoured for his philanthropic work alongside the likes of John Rutter, Angela Davis and Simon Russell Beale

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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/mar/19/stormzy-to-receive-honorary-cambridge-university-doctorate

Stormzy has been awarded an honorary law doctorate from the University of Cambridge, to recognise his philanthropic work.

The rapper, 31, has initiated various schemes across sport and the arts outside his chart-topping music career, such as founding his Merky Books imprint which champions Black British authors, and buying out the football team AFC Croydon Athletic with the intention of turning it into a “community asset”.

He already has ties with the university, launching the Stormzy Scholarship programme in 2018 which funded two Black British students a year. It expanded in 2021 to 12 students per year, in a partnership with HSBC.

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Well earned

[tulipsandroses]

1. We need more people like this.

He deserves to be honored for his work.

[malaise]

3. Agree

[Prairie Gates]

2. Big Mike!

Love Stormzy.

Can't stand these neeks when they talk on the tune
Cah it's, "Wagwan bro?" when I walk in the room
That's big Mike, the most paid, the most sold
And I still get love from all of the goons...

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4. Thanks for this