People think Aitch threw shade at Harry Styles during his Brit Awards acceptance speech

Aitch has just picked up the prize for Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap act at the Brit Awards - and some people think he had a subtle pop at Harry Styles during his acceptance speech.

The Mancunian rapper beat off competition from Central Cee, Dave, Loyle Carner and Stormzy to win the award, and as he took to the stage, he lamented that he didn't have time to get a little more boozed up.

"Wow. I thought I'd have time to have a couple more drinks before I came up here," the 23-year-old said.

"I want to big up the fans for voting, of course, thank you very much."

But it was the next part of his speech that raised a few eyebrows.

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He continued: "Not to get all cliché but I just want to say not many people where I'm from, especially my side of Manchester, get the opportunity to stand up here and receive such an amazing gift or award.

"That's the main reason I do it for, to set examples. It's possible no matter where you're from."

That might seem like a perfectly ordinary thing to say during an acceptance speech, but some viewers noticed similarities with Styles' speech at the Grammys.

The 29-year-old won the award for Best Album, and signing off his speech, he said: "I'm just so - this doesn't happen to people like me very often and this is so, so nice."

This closing line was criticised by some viewers, who questioned the validity of the statement.

One person tweeted: "'This doesn’t happen to people like me often' who, white British men?

"Don't get me wrong I like harry styles I just don't know why he said that specifically? Lmfao."

Another added: "Harry Styles said 'this doesn’t happen to people like me very often' and I gotta be honest I can't think of a type of people this happens for more."

So, was Aitch referring to this backlash with his line 'not many people where I'm from, especially my side of Manchester'?

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Some people certainly think so.

One person tweeted: "I thought Aitch beating that competition was funny, but turns out it was his speech that was funny. Brilliant calling out Harry Styles like that."

Another wrote: "I can't tell if aitch's brit award speech was clowning harry styles or not but in the event that it was u will hear me laughing that was hilarious."

A third added: "Did Aitch just shade Harry styles with the same line from the Grammys??"

I'll let you be the judge.

Topics: Celebrity, Music, Aitch, Harry Styles

Jake Massey

Jake Massey is a journalist at LADbible. He graduated from Newcastle University, where he learnt a bit about media and a lot about living without heating. After spending a few years in Australia and New Zealand, Jake secured a role at an obscure radio station in Norwich, inadvertently becoming a real-life Alan Partridge in the process. From there, Jake became a reporter at the Eastern Daily Press. Jake enjoys playing football, listening to music and writing about himself in the third person.

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