UK rapper Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. alias Stormzy and Long-time Lover Maya Jama have announced the end of their 10-year relationship. The rapper and Love Island presenter have shared a joint statement on Instagram saying the main intention of the statement was to provide clarity to their fans.
The statement started, “We’ve been laughing whilst drafting this because we never, ever, in a million years thought we’d be the couple announcing a breakup”.
Maya Jama and Stormzy met when they were 20 and 21 and spent five years together from 2014 to 2019 when they had their first break up. According to the statement, the two spent 5years apart trying to navigate life individually. The two lovebirds got back together in August 2023 noting that ” we have spent this past year trying our best to make it work”.
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The two have noted that their reunion last year, which they now term the final one required a lot of figuring out, relearning and unlearning. However they have noted that their efforts to stick together and make it work did no bear any fruits. “we tried and it didn’t work and that’s okay”
The Duo added that they would remain friends, and asked for people “not to cause a fuss” if they see them catching up if they cross paths in the future at events like The Brit Awards maintaining that they are still dawgs.
They have also called for love support and grace during tis time as the experience their separation. They say “Announcing this still feels very dramatic, but were doing it so that it kind of takes away the drama and avoids speculations and rumours, we are kindly asking for the grace to let both of us keep it moving and not be bothered about it. (we highly doubt this’ll work, but we’re still kindly asking anyway).”