1. Kwasi Esono Danquah III, better known by his stage name Tinchy Stryder, is a British rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and investor.
26 Facts About Tinchy Stryder
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Tinchy Stryder was born as Kwasi Esono Danquah III on 14 September 1986 in Accra, Ghana.
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Tinchy Stryder began making music in 1997, aged 11, and started in business almost immediately after completing his A-levels in 2006.
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Tinchy Stryder appeared in 2000 on pirate radio along with Dizzee Rascal and Wiley, and was part of grime collective and record production team Ruff Sqwad from 2001.
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Tinchy Stryder performed on Roll Deep's 2004 mixtape, Creeper Vol.
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In 2008, Tinchy Stryder released his debut extended play, Cloud 9 The EP, which was released on 31 March, on Takeover.
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Tinchy Stryder began a partnership with English record producer and songwriter Fraser T Smith.
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In February 2010, Tinchy Stryder headline toured for the third time, he invited the English singer Example and rapper JME as his supporting acts.
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Tinchy Stryder opened on the pyramid stage at the England Glastonbury Festival, on Saturday, 27 June 2010.
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Tinchy Stryder performed at the O2 Arena in England, for the Transformation Trust's first birthday alongside The Saturdays.
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Tinchy Stryder's third solo studio album, Third Strike was released on Monday, 15 November 2010 and was an unsuccessful album.
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Tinchy Stryder began working with Fraser T Smith who had worked on his second studio album.
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Tinchy Stryder performed at the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final in support of the single, making him the first rapper in history to perform at a UEFA Champions League final.
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On 3 November 2011 Tinchy Stryder announced in an interview that his fourth album would be entitled; "Full Tank".
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On 3 January 2012 Tinchy Stryder released the video for the third single from Full Tank entitled "Bright Lights" which features English singer Pixie Lott.
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In various media outlets in July 2012, Tinchy Stryder spoke of the single "Help Me" being released in September 2012.
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Four years after his last album, Tinchy Stryder released a promotional single, "Misunderstood", on 14 April 2014.
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In October 2014, Tinchy Stryder paired up with the Chuckle Brothers to release a charity single "To Me, To You " to raise money for the African-Caribbean Leukaemia Trust.
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Tinchy Stryder participated in the fourteenth series of I'm a Celebrity.
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On 26 April 2015, Tinchy Stryder released a new non-album single, "Imperfection", featuring vocals from Fuse ODG.
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On 8 May and 16 May 2015 respectively, Tinchy Stryder released "Six Four Stuff" and "Blurt" for free download via SoundCloud.
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On 23 August 2015, Tinchy Stryder released a video for a new song, "Sekky", which features vocals from fellow Ruff Sqwad member Roachee and production from Sir Spyro and Rude Kid.
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In September 2006, Tinchy Stryder created the clothing brand Star in the Hood, named after his pseudonym "Star in the Hood".
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Tinchy Stryder revealed in January 2010 that he wanted to become a footballer as a youth.
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Tinchy Stryder was a left-footed player who could play as a striker or second striker, and was enrolled at the academy of Wimbledon FC from 2000 to 2003 and the youth team of Leyton Orient FC from 2003 to 2006.
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On Thursday 4 November 2010 Tinchy Stryder attended the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire in England, for Alicia Keys' charity Keep a Child Alive charity ball and auction, along with other special guests.