Big up Stormzy first black artist to headline Glastonbury, had Jay Z dropping game on the intro video.
Jay-Z in 2008 (why dude was dropping game... pay attention fam)
Stevie Wonder in 2010
Beyonce in 2011
Kanye in 2015
I'm probably forgetting some where I was at another stage or something too.
*british artist
Stormzy
Skunk Anansie (Black/British for the young and uncultured) in 1999.
This was the 14th Glastonbury I've been to, so I'm pulling rank on you brehs and you're both wrong on your history.
He was the first Black, British male, first British
rapper and first Grime artist to headline the Pyramid.

Let it be KNOWN, this is a big fukking moment and seriously, I grew up about 20 miles away from the festival so I've been going since I was a teenager back when you could jump in for free... I've seen huge shyt on that Pyramid headline slot over the last 20-something years from Jay-Z to The Rolling Stones, Stevie, REM, Radiohead, Blur, Oasis, Bey+Jay, Kanye, David Bowie, Springsteen, Paul McCartney etc and having just watched the show again on TV after getting home... that was probably THE best AND most culturally and politically important headline show anyone's put on that stage in my lifetime. Fair few were on a par for quality and performance (Both Bey+Jay, Bowie, McCartney, Radiohead, some others...) only one was culturally as important (Skunk Anansie - first black British act AND first openly LGBT female act) - but none maxed both out like Friday night. A whole lot of my adopted city's culture just got thrown in Britain's face and maybe most importantly - eeeeeeeeeveeryyyboodddyyy loved it. Universal. My 74 year old Dad watched it on TV and said it was amazing... my 11 year old nephew was in the crowd rapping along to Big For Your Boots with me and his parents. It was LOVE in that field and everyone was talking about it all weekend afterwards.
Man just ascended to a whole new level.



