Ed Sheeran 'was desperate to sign Stormzy to his record label but failed'

mirror.co.uk:

Ed Sheeran missed out on signing Stormzy to his record label – despite the Big For your Boots singer being a close personal friend.

Despite already being worth an estimated £200 million, 29-year-old Ed missed out on making himself even richer by milking his mate Stormzy – real name Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr, 27.

Back in 2015, Ed launched his own record label called Gingerbread Man Records – a subsidiary of Warner Music. Now, according to one of Ed’s closest work partners, it has been revealed the Lego House singer was gagging to snap up Stormzy on his own record label, but missed out.

Ed’s manager Stuart Camp is quoted by The Sun on Sunday saying: “Ed wanted to sign Stormzy to Gingerbread but that was when Atlantic was still