Ghanaian rapper Stormzy, who is residing in the UK, and his spouse Maya Jama have formally declared their second divorce.
On Wednesday, July 17, the Love Island host acknowledged their breakup and stated they will “always be friends” in a heartfelt statement on Maya Jama’s Instagram stories.
After dating for five years, Maya and Stormzy broke up in August 2023 but later got back together. They first met in 2014.
Nevertheless, given that they have “decided to call it a quit,” it appears that their goal of getting back together was not successful.
“We fell madly in love in 2014, broke up in 2019, and then spent five years manoeuvring life apart,” the statement continues. “We decided to try for the final time in August 2023, and we’ve spent this past year trying our best to make it work; however, we recently decided to call it quits.”
“We were 21 and 20 when we first met—both at the beginning of our careers—and spent five years growing together and then five years growing separately.
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“So this final attempt required a whole lot of figuring out, relearning, and we still think the absolute world of each other, we still care and respect each other, we are still grateful for the time we’ve had together, and we are still friends and will always be friends (so if you see us having a lil catch-up at The Brits or something, don’t cause a fuss, we are dawgs!),” the statement said.
Even though the joint statement seemed “dramatic,” Maya and Stormzy acknowledged that they both chose to make their split public in order to put an end to “speculation and rumors.”
“We’re kindly asking for the grace to let both of us keep it moving and not be bothered about it (we highly doubt this’ll work, but we’re still kindly asking anyway),” they write, concluding: “Love you guys and thank you for all the love you’ve showered us with, it’s been beautiful!”
