--- title: Rapper Big Narstie Presents Weather on Good Morning Britain description: Grime rapper Big Narstie might have a second career as a weatherman, after the viral success of his appearance on 'Good Morning Britain.' canonical: https://time.com/5105026/big-narstie-good-morning-britain-weather/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-16T21:44:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:48.468Z og:title: British Rapper Big Narstie Is Your New Favorite Weatherman og:description: The grime star appeared on 'Good Morning Britain' to give a weather report og:url: https://time.com/5105026/big-narstie-good-morning-britain-weather/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbdd0e19f8cdca43c/6988f86c8fd2ee363635a589/big-narstie-weather-good-morning-britain.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: The 2017 KA & GRM Daily Rated Awards og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: British Rapper Big Narstie Is Your New Favorite Weatherman twitter:description: The grime star appeared on 'Good Morning Britain' to give a weather report twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbdd0e19f8cdca43c/6988f86c8fd2ee363635a589/big-narstie-weather-good-morning-britain.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Rapper Won the Hearts of the Internet When He Took Over the Weather for a Day > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Dave J Hogan/Dave J Hogan/Getty Images for KA & GRM Daily) Dave J Hogan—Dave J Hogan/Getty Images for KA  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jan 16, 2018 9:44 PM UTC Big Narstie might already be a star when it comes to [grime music](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/19/arts/music/grime-stormzy-j-hus-geko-giggs-nines.html?%5Fr=0), but the British rapper could definitely consider a career in [weather reporting](http://time.com/5104069/bird-photobombs-weather-report-blooper/) after delighting viewers of _Good Morning Britain_ with a charming [weather forecast](http://time.com/5083230/midwest-record-cold-new-year-2018/). On Tuesday, the rapper appeared alongside regular weather reporter Alex Beresford, who revealed that it’s long been a dream of Big Narstie’s to deliver the weather report. And deliver Big Narstie did, starting off his report with an emphatic “Boom!” before telling viewers that certain regions would be getting a “bag of snow” and that “man better know it’s cold outside!” Big Narstie also kindly reminded viewers to dress warmly, to avoid getting sick from the frigid temperatures. “The flu is killing us,” he said. “The flu is out here to get us. So [Lemsip](https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/oct/06/why-cant-we-cure-the-common-cold) and warm clothes.” Watch Big Narstie’s full weather report below. > [](https://twitter.com/GMB/status/953202713021607936) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5105026/big-narstie-good-morning-britain-weather/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5105026/big-narstie-good-morning-britain-weather/"},"headline":"This Rapper Won the Hearts of the Internet When He Took Over the Weather for a Day","datePublished":"2018-01-16T21:44:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:48.468Z","description":"\"Boom!\"","url":"https://time.com/5105026/big-narstie-good-morning-britain-weather/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbdd0e19f8cdca43c/6988f86c8fd2ee363635a589/big-narstie-weather-good-morning-britain.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbdd0e19f8cdca43c/6988f86c8fd2ee363635a589/big-narstie-weather-good-morning-britain.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"The 2017 KA & GRM Daily Rated Awards","caption":"The 2017 KA & GRM Daily Rated Awards","creditText":"Dave J Hogan—Dave J Hogan/Getty Images for KA","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5105026/big-narstie-good-morning-britain-weather/","name":"This Rapper Won the Hearts of the Internet When He Took Over the Weather for a Day"}}]}] ```