‘Sold Out To The Man’ – Brixton activists target Stormzy for his collaboration with McDonalds

Local activists have attacked a poster in Loughborough Junction advertising the collaboration between UK rapper Stormzy and the McDonalds fast food chain.

McDonald’s has been the focus of online campaigns and boycotts from Pro-Palestine campaigners following the company’s decision to hand out free meals to IDF forces and citizens in Israel after the deadly Hamas attack in October 2023.

Although multi-millionaire Stormzy insists that he hasn’t “compromised beliefs for commercial gain,” the Guardian noted that his Instagram post from 2023 supporting Palestine has now been deleted:

In an Instagram post after the outbreak of the October 2023 conflict, he wrote: “Free Palestine … if there is ever a clear injustice in the world, no matter how big or small 100 times out of 100 I will be on the side of the oppressed.”

…The “Free Palestine” post is no longer visible on Instagram, and in his statement, published via his Instagram stories, Stormzy denied it was removed because of the criticism of his McDonald’s campaign.

Elsewhere, billboards advertising this partnership have also been vandalised in Glasgow and Bristol, with graffitied slogans including, “Sell out c***,” “Stop Genocide” and “F*ck Stormzy.”

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