Maya Jama and Stormzy have announced their second break-up, saying “we tried and it didn’t work, and that’s okay”. The rapper, real name Michael Omari, began dating TV star Jama in 2014, before the pair broke up for the first time in 2019, but then attempted to rekindle their relationship in August 2023. Now the pair have announced they have broken up again, in a joint statement posted on Instagram.
The statement read: “We’ve been laughing whilst drafting this because we never, ever in a million years thought we’d be the couple announcing a break-up. “But for the sake of clarity and more importantly to allow us the space and grace that’s needed for us both to be able to navigate this next bit of our lives with peace, we thought it might be best to. “We fell madly in love in 2014, broke up in 2019, and then spent five years manoeuvring life apart.
“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, so this final attempt required a whole lot of figuring out, relearning and unlearning. “We tried and it didn’t work and that’s okay.
“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 .