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."