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Headie One praises British key workers and Marcus Ashford during powerful BRIT Awards performance
Headie One delivered a powerful performance of his hit ‘Ain’t It Different’ at tonight’s (May 11) BRIT Awards – you can watch a snippet below.Joined by AJ Tracey, one of the track’s two guest stars (the other being Stormzy), Headie performed inside a a box designed by Virgil Abloh featuring smeared newspaper clippings highlighted in the colours of the Ghana flag, representing Headie’s heritage.Headie, who was nominated this year for British Male Solo Artist, used the performance to speak out against the negative and racist stereotypes associated with drill music, including a number of media sound bites that talk down on the genre.As Stormzy was not on hand to perform, Headie and Tracey went back and forth during the ‘Shut Up’ rapper’s verse
