Stormzy paid tribute to his pal and fellow rapper J Hus at Wireless Festival on Saturday night in London.
The Londoner, who was headlining the second day of the annual festival held in Finsbury Park, showed love to the Spirit hitmaker, who was noticeably absent from the line-up last night after he was dropped following his arrest for carrying a knife in East London.
J Hus was replaced on the Saturday performance to the disappointment of fans who had anticipated his electric set ever since the line-up was announced earlier this year.
Stormzy took a break from performing his hits to acknowledge his Bad Boys collaborator with a passionate speech before performing Hus hits to delighted fans.
The 24-year-old rapper, who told the crowd that Wireless was his first headline gig at a major festival, said: This is the UK this is our city. So when I am headlining. Its not just me headlining – this is for us. You lot put me here, so today we will do this together.
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And I feel like something is missing from today. Something was missing as much as today has been sick.
He added: Theres one, theres one person actually.
Hes in spirit, he cant be here for obvious reasons, but hes in spirit and I felt like this one will not be the Saturday Wireless without this person – like I said its a London thing.
You got the Americans on a Friday headlining and we got another American tomorrow, he said referring to Fridays headliner J Cole, and possibly Drake, who is rumoured to be top the bill on Sunday. So today is a London day and without this person, it doesnt really work.
As the DJ played the intro to Did You See, Hus break out hit song, the crowd erupted as Stormzy told them: we are going to do this for J Hus he cant be here. Guys sing along.
In the loving tribute to his friend, Stormzy also performed covers of Hus songs Friendly and Did You See.
Stormzys tribute comes after French Montana also showed some love to the 22-year-old rapper by performing the chorus of Did You See.
J Hus absence was felt by festivalgoers, who tweeted their appreciation for Stormzys and Frenchs tributes.
You could tell J Hus was a big miss yesterday man
— #PYUD (@Uncle_De) July 8, 2018
J Hus was really there in spirit at Wireless today, nigga werent even there and had the best performance
#WirelessFestival
— B (@Benjy1AO) July 7, 2018
What Stormzy did for J Hus was just brilliant man. Cos he didnt even have to, but hes just such a legend.
— Capn
(@_iAmFemi) July 8, 2018
J hus is actually mad loved, even French Montana bigged him up today
— Ronaldo (@audsldn) July 8, 2018
J Hus was replaced by Krept and Konan on the line-up of Wireless following his arrest on 21 June in East London after a vehicle carrying him was stopped by a marked police car.
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At the police confirmed his arrest to Metro.co.uk in a statement using his real name Momodou Jallow, adding that he was remanded in custody to appear at Thames Magistrates Court on Friday, 22 June.
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The occupants of the vehicle were searched and a 23-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of being in possession of a knife/bladed article, the statement read, before confirming that the rapper was charged.
J Hus is yet to directly address the arrest, but wrote online this week: Been seeing a lot of support from fans, artists and family. I appreciate everything, Trust me. Shoutout my team for the work behind the scenes. Also sorry for the cancelled live dates Ive missed out on. Time to finish the album.
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