Claim: Gang Signs & Prayer is an album by a recording artist in the grime music genre.

Michael Ebenazer Kwadjo Omari Owuo , Jr. -LRB- born 26 July 1993 -RRB- , better known by his stage name Stormzy , is an English grime and hip hop artist . He won Best Grime Act at the 2014 and 2015 MOBO Awards and was named as an artist to look out for in the BBC 's influential Sound of 2015 list . His most successful song to date is the BPI gold-selling `` Shut Up '' , which was initially released as a freestyle on YouTube . The track was then officially released and got to number eight on the UK Singles Chart after Stormzy launched a campaign to reach Christmas number one .   His debut album , Gang Signs & Prayer , was released on 24 February 2017 and was the first grime album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart .