Stormzy has broken his silence after he came under fire for collaborating with McDonald's and was accused of deleting a pro-Palestine post from social media. The rapper denied allegations that he deleted the post for the partnership and clarified that he archived it along with many others on his page. Stormzy stated that he does his own research on the brands he works with and doesn't let them tell him what to do. The backlash stemmed from growing calls to boycott McDonald's over its links to Israel.