Stormzy has condemned the NME for putting him on the cover of this week’s edition of the magazine, with the coverline “Depression: It’s time to talk.” The grime star accused it on Twitter of using him as “a poster boy for such a sensitive issue without permission”. Though it is commonplace for publications to run cover stories without necessarily speaking to the cover star, the phrasing of the NME cover created the impression the magazine had interviewed him, which it had not. Proper dickheads.” He added: “The reason I’m so angry is because NME have been begging me to be on their cover. Depression is a very very sensitive issue and it's something I've spoken about pic.twitter.com/OdAXshdrugIn an interview with Channel 4 News earlier this month, Stormzy had discussed his own issues with depression. On Twitter, he said of NME: “My issue is not about me speaking out about it.

Source: The Guardian March 16, 2017 16:52 UTC