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Grime music is fueling the use of skunk because artists are referencing the drug in their chart-topping songs, warned a cannabis researcher in December.

Ian Hamilton, based at York University, warned the popular music genre contains hundreds of lyrics glorifying the use of the class B drug.

Speaking exclusively to MailOnline, he described songs featuring mentions of weed, including those by Stormzy, Kano and Wiley, as ‘essentially product placement’.

Stormzy, a 23-year-old artist who has 1.07 million followers on Twitter , heavily references cannabis in ‘Shut Up’ – a tune which saw the Mobo-winner reach number eight in the UK Singles Chart.

Here, MailOnline, has revealed the times Stormzy mentioned the drug in his songs. 

Song: Shut Up  

I take care when I water my plants: Users on RapGenius – a website that allows fans to suggest true meanings behind lyrics – claim this refers to Stormzy watering his marijuana plants 

Dem man still go halves on a quarter: A quarter is a set amount of cannabis that is sold on the streets, referring to a quarter of an ounce

Weed in a cigarette, blue slims: Referring to rolling a spliff

Food in the ends like there ain’t no drought: Food is another word for weed

Song: Big For Your Boots

Drug money in my shoe box: A RapGenius user suggests this is in reference to hiding money from the tax man

Mad stressed so I’m bound to light my spliffs: Stormzy raps about wanting to smoke cannabis to ease his stress 

Song: Wicked Skengman Part 4  

Wait two secs, let me spark this zoot: A zoot is another word for a spliff

Them man there spit ammy and bud: Ammy is short for amnesia – a strain of weed, and bud is considered a weak strain of cannabis

Song: Cigarettes And Cush

But when I get home, just roll my weed, yeah: This is in reference to Stormzy rolling a spliff

Smokin’ smoke ’til we’re wavy and gone: Wavy can be another term for high

But it don’t mean I won’t treat ya to a blunt full of that reefer: A blunt is a cannabis-filled cigarette and reefer is another word for a spliff

Song: Not That Deep 

Spliff in the club, what d’you mean I can’t smoke?: Stormzy’s lyric suggests he is angry about not being allowed to smoke weed in a club

Then I hit a lick, gave man food on the tick, couple man paid me short: Food is a term for weed and a tick is an agreement to pay later

Song: Scary

Anywhere I go, got my bro with the smoke: A user on Rap Genius claims this is in reference to having a friend that always has cannabis

Song: Standard

Cause my jeans weren’t baggy enough to hold food: Food is a term for weed

Song: Bad Boys

Charge three for a Z, that’s banter: This is believed to refer to extortionate prices for cannabis as Z is a term used in youth culture to represent an ounce of weed

Song: One Take Freestyle

Smoke on a medical vibe: Believed to be in reference to the therapeutic benefits of smoking some forms of cannabis

Song: First Things First

Drugs kill, but my n***** make a killing off a drug: Stormzy bragging about how his friends sell a lot of drugs – despite knowing they can be dangerous

Song: Lay Me Bare

Just to get away, I take a toke: A toke is a hit of a spliff