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UK-based
Ghanaian
musician
Stormzy
and
his
wife
Maya
Jama
have
officially
announced
their
second
separation.
In
a
touching
post
on
Maya
Jama’s
Instagram
stories
on
Wednesday,
July
17,
the
Love
Island
presenter
confirmed
their
break-up
and
said
they
will
“always
be
friends.”
Maya
and
Stormzy
met
in
2014
and
after
five
years
of
being
together,
they
separated
and
rekindled
their
love
in
August
2023.
However,
it
seems
their
intention
to
be
couples
again
did
not
succeed
as
they
have
“decided
to
call
it
a
quit”.
“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.”
and
Maya
Jama
“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.
“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.
Maya
and
Stormzy
admitted
that
whilst
the
joint
statement
felt “dramatic,” they
both
decided
to
publicly
announce
their
split
to
avoid “speculation
and
rumours.”
“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!”
screenshot
of
the
statement
on
Maya
Jama’s
story