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Clara Amfo and mathematician Dr Hannah Fry use numbers to explore Stormzy's career, calculating the maths behind the music to discover how his success adds up.

Clara Amfo and mathematician Dr Hannah Fry use numbers to explore Stormzy's career, calculating the maths behind the music to discover how his success adds up.

Ever wondered what the budget was for Stormzy's most viewed videos? Or how many fans wanted to celebrate his 23rd birthday with him? And what numbers go into performing in front of a crowd in Ibiza versus giving a lecture at Oxford University?

Connecting with experts, friends and the DJs that championed him from the beginning, we hear from SBTV's Jamal Edwards who remembers filming with Stormzy as a 17 year old and close friend Jaiden Ramgeet, who takes us to the place he directed the MOBO nominated video for Know Me From.

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