Stormzy expands #Merky with Rise Up: The #Merky Story So Far book

THE BRIT Award winning rapper Stormzy, who achieved one of the biggest selling album of 2017, 'Gang Signs And Prayer', will have his first book Rise Up: The #Merky Story So Far published through Penguin Random House on 1st November. It is the first addition to the grime star's expanding #Merky business which includes a music festival and a record label. Wrote Stormzy on Instagram, "We will be using this as a platform for young writers to become published authors. I know too many talented writers that don't always have an outlet or a means to get their work seen and hopefully #Merky Books can now be a reference point for them to say 'I can be an author' and for that to be a realistic and achievable goal. Reading and writing as a kid was integral to where I am today and I from the bottom of my heart cannot wait to hear your stories, your poems, your novels, your sci-fis and then getting them out into the big wide world. Proper proud of this."