Rapper Stormzy has apologised for using homophobic language in old tweets which have resurfaced online.
The 24-year-old grime artist said the comments he made in the unearthed tweets, which have now been deleted, were "unacceptable and disgusting".
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In a tweet from 2011, the star used homophobic language when tweeting about an Eastenders storyline involving gay couple Christian and Syed, posting: "Loooooool u see syed run into christians arm. F-----g f-g."
In 2012, he repeated the slur in a tweet about CBBC documentary School For Stars, which follows the lives of pupils at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London.