North London Rapper & Actress, Little Simz won the 2022 Mercury Prize for her fourth album ‘Sometimes I might Be Introvert’.

Little Simz was the only second-time nominee in a circle of artists otherwise up for their first Mercury!

28-year-old superstar accepts the award at London Eventim Apollo with her speech “Wow. I’m very very overwhelmed, I’m very grateful,” she said. “Glory to God – God thank you so much, to my family over here, my loved ones right here. I wanna say a huge thank you to the Mercury for this incredible, incredible prize. I wanna say a thank you to my brother and close collaborator [producer] Inflo – Flo [has] known me since I was so young, he’s stuck by me, we created this album together. There was times in the studio I didn’t know if I was gonna finish this record, I was going through all the emotions … he stuck by me.”

She also remembered to give her fellow nominees their flowers too as it was well deserved.

Little Simz is one of many black women in the creative industry who deserves her crown & we will continue to celebrate that.