Kwasi Danquah (born 10 June 1987), better known by his stage name Tinchy Stryder, is a British Pop Rap vocalist of Ghanaian origin. Stryder is from Bow, East London and attended St Bonaventure's Catholic Comprehensive School in Forest Gate, Newham; he later enrolled as a student at the local university, the University of East London, where he completed his BA degree in moving image and animation in 2009. He had his first UK number one in the Sing...
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Kwasi Danquah (born 10 June 1987), better known by his stage name Tinchy Stryder, is a British Pop Rap vocalist of Ghanaian origin. Stryder is from Bow, East London and attended St Bonaventure's Catholic Comprehensive School in Forest Gate, Newham; he later enrolled as a student at the local university, the University of East London, where he completed his BA degree in moving image and animation in 2009. He had his first UK number one in the Singles Chart with the aptly named song "Number 1", (a collaboration with N-Dubz) that charted on 26 April 2009.
Stryder started at the age of 14 on pirate radio sets in East London with other well known grime MCs such as Wiley and [[Dizzee Rascal](rapper). His stage name derives from the video game Strider which he played when he was young, and "Tinchy" derives from a nickname given to him due to his short stature. He was a member of Boy Better Know but quit and sold out.. However, he has not always been into "Hip-Hop" because, he stated in a...
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