Shaun Lloyd Lewis (15 February 1984—19 February 2018), better known as Stormin, was an MC from Plaistow, Newham, East London, with family roots in Clarendon, Jamaica. Musically active since his school days, he was a co-founding member of the pioneering garage-turned-grime collective N.A.S.T.Y. Crew alongside Marcus Nasty and Sharky Major at the turn of the millennium, which led him to become a mentor to artists like Ghetts and Kano. He was also briefly associated with East Connection.

Lewis created the secretive dancehall-tinged alter ego Teddy Bruckshot around 2005, a humorous fictional Jamaican persona which unexpectedly led to a major hit with the 2016 Sir Spyro collaboration “Topper Top”. At the same time, he had become one of jump-up drum and bass’s most preeminent MCs, touring internationally as a member of the supergroup SaSaSaS alongside icons of the genre Skibadee and Shabba D among others.

Diagnosed with the skin condition lupus in his teens, his continued exposure to sunlight over the years led to this deteriorating into stage two squamous cell cancer in 2016. In his final months, he still played shows on a weekly basis, but covered himself up with durags, towels and bandanas, coining the phrase ‘Towel Gang’. In February 2018, he moved to a hospice, and married his partner Kat Romain the same week. On 19 February, 2018, he lost his battle with cancer. He is survived by his wife, children and brother Black Steve. RIP to a legend.