UNBELIEVABLE: Wretch 32 - Caught on Camera

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter died from ‘sharp force’ trauma, inquest hears

Talay Riley, real name Mark Orabiyi, was found with stab wounds in an east London garden on June 5

Evening Standard · Jun 17

Grammy-winning singer Talay Riley died from ‘sharp force’ trauma, inquest hears

Singer-songwriter Talay Riley was pronounced dead on 5 June at a property in East London

The Independent UK · Jun 17

Tributes for acclaimed songwriter after fatal stabbing

Music figures have remembered "friend and inspiration" Talay Riley, who was behind some of the biggest hits of the past decade, following his death in London.

AAP · Jun 8

Wretch 32: ‘It’s a difficult ride for Black people in this country’

The north-east London rapper’s new album mines his family’s past and society’s present to explore what it means to call a place home

The Guardian - UK · Mar 7, 2025

Ghetts review – a founding father of grime commands the stage

The British rapper showcases his fourth album with a bravura display of old-school brio and and late-career earnestness

The Guardian - UK · Mar 30, 2024

Malorie Blackman and John Agard to headline Stormzy’s #Merky Books literature festival

The rapper launched his publishing imprint in 2018 in partnership with Penguin Random House

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2023

Stormzy’s #Merky Books launches literature festival to ‘inspire young creatives’

The grime star said he was ‘proud’ to offer the two-day event headlined by Wretch 32, John Agard and Malorie Blackman

The Guardian - UK · Feb 27, 2023