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Stormzy has been banned from driving in the U.K. for nine months after an off-duty police officer caught the rapper using a mobile phone behind the wheel of his Rolls-Royce vehicle in London.
The 31-year-old born Michael Ebenazer Owuo Junior pleaded guilty to the offense via a letter to the courts, the BBC reports. The offense took place on March 7 on Addison Road in west Kensington, London.
On Thursday morning (Jan. 2), the district judge Andrew Sweet criticised the “Vossy Bop” musician’s “dangerous and irresponsible” actions. The Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court heard that the off-duty police officer knocked on the tinted window of Stormzy’s Rolls-Royce Wraith and said: “Get rid of your tints and get off your phone.”
Sweet banned the rapper, who was not present in court, from driving for nine months and fined him £2,010 (around $2,500). The court was also told that Stormzy already had six penalty points on his driving license from previous offenses.
The prosecutor Alice Holloway noted that in 2023, Stormzy had previously admitted to driving a Lamborghini Urus that had front windows illegally tinted to only 4% light transmission, violating the 70% requirement.
In October 2023, Stormzy was stopped by officers on Coombe Lane, in Kingston upon Thames, London, having previously been warned about the windows. Stormzy’s solicitor Peter Csemiczky said that his client accepted responsibility for the offenses and apologized. He added that the rapper had removed the tints.
In 2024, Stormzy scored a No.1 on the U.K.’s Official Singles Chart with a team-up with rave duo Chase & Status. Their single “Backbone” hit the top spot in August 2024, while Stormzy released his most recent full-length LP, This Is What I Mean, in November 2022.
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Cardi B is in a New York state of mind. The Bronx native revealed on X over the weekend that she’s done with her Atlanta residence, and appears ready to unload the estate and settle down once again in the Big Apple.
“My casa….. I don’t want it nomore tho,” she wrote in response to an X account complimenting her Georgia home with a photo of the castle-like mansion featuring a beautiful backyard pool.
Cardi then explained that she doesn’t enjoy living in Atlanta — where her estranged husband Offset is from — and prefers to be back in New York full time.
“I don’t like living in Atlanta ….i actually don’t like living nowhere else but NY,” she responded to a fan on X who asked why she no longer wanted the lavish home.
Cardi and Offset reportedly purchased the five-bedroom home in 2019 for more than $5 million. She also owns property in New Jersey and the Dominican Republic. The “Bodak Yellow” rapper filed for divorce from Offset for a second time over the summer. They have three kids together.
Though the Grammy-winning artist may no longer want the mansion, another musician may be interested. A blog reposted the photo of Cardi’s tweet of the Atlanta home, and it eventually landed on Rick Ross’ radar, who inquired about the mansion’s cost. “Asking price??” he wrote in the comments section.
Billboard has reached out to Cardi B and Rick Ross’ reps for comment.
The MMG mogul has quite the real estate portfolio himself, including the 109-room Fayetteville, Ga., estate that previously belonged to boxing legend Evander Holyfield.
Rozay also bought Meek Mill’s Atlanta residence for $4.2 million in 2023 after the property sat on the real estate market for more than two years. Meek’s former crib boasts a swimming pool, tennis court, movie theater and more to go along with the eight bedrooms and nine baths.
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