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Stormzy looks to DJ XTC’s old school grime beat, “Functions on the Low,” to drop a hot freestyle in the park, detailing his influence in the grime scene.

The song’s most memorable lines, the first eight bars, are directed at Wiley’s brother Cadell, who had been sending for Stormzy throughout 2015 and accusing him of riding off Wiley’s success. Stormzy also addresses the comments by Big Narstie, J Spades and Link Up TV’s Remel London about how he was a “backup dancer” for Kanye at the BRIT Awards.

Stormzy performed the song live prior to the titular fight at Anthony Joshua vs Dillian Whyte with adapted lyrics, after a pair of tweets between Joshua and Stormzy earlier in the day hinted at the possibility.

“Shut Up” gained a lot of new attention in December 2015, when Stormzy launched a campaign to get his song to be Christmas #1 on the UK charts, which usually goes to the winner of X Factor. Stormzy told The LAD Bible:

I don’t know, man. I’m a bit crazy so sometimes I just get these mad ideas that, on paper, aren’t even possible. But in my head I just think: ‘yeah, fuck it, let’s do it.’