Tinie Tempah
Tinie Tempah
Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu, better known by his stage name Tinie Tempah, is an English rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer. He has been signed to Parlophone Records since 2009, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group. He created his own record and fashion label Disturbing Londonin 2007 along with his cousin, Dumi Oburota...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth7 November 1988
CityLondon, England
fans bigs millions
I'm a big fan of Paco Rabanne's 1 Million.
rapper class names
I was like 14 and decided I wanted to be a rapper, so I needed a hip rapper name. I was with one of my friends in class and literally went through a thesaurus. I saw "temper" and thought, "I like this, but it's too much." My friend was like, "What about Tinie for tiny," and that was that.
dad want achieve
I don't want to achieve less than my mum and dad.
rapper littles obsessed
When I got a little older I was obsessed Lil Wayne. But then it was just as many British rappers - Dizzee Rascal I would always listen to.
boys mummy bits
I'm a bit of a mummy's boy.
gym bits
I'm actually going to the gym, working on getting not fatter, just a bit bulkier.
dad forever done
I've definitely done something that's made my mum and dad forever proud.
athlete rubens conditioning
I work with a trainer called Ruben Tabares. He's a nutritionist, strength and conditioning coach, and an athlete. So I literally just train like an athlete.
nike fashion fans
I'm merely a fan of fashion from high end to streetwear, from Nike to Comme des Garcons.
growing-up real people
The way everyone in London is right up against each other makes it very real to you growing up, the fact that people have different lives to you. And that causes problems; of course it does.
couple people style
I first became interested in style when I was 16 and I had my first couple of gigs. I realised I couldn't look like the people I was performing to. Not in a condescending way, but just that it would be weird if I was wearing exactly what someone in the crowd was wearing.
country home parent
Coming from an African background, obviously the foundation of the family home is education, probably because my parents had to work a lot harder for everything that they've got in this country.
track hustle location
You have to do a show, an interview, you've got to go straight back on the road to another location, make a track and edit things like footage etc. It's non stop. I really respect the hustle and work rate of Chipmunk, as well as N-Dubz and Tinchy Stryder.
nike fashion nice
I find my dress sense tends to be a bit of a mixture between high fashion and unique vintage pieces with a little bit of street trends. For example, I might find a really nice, suede dinner jacket that I'd wear with a basic plain white shirt and some chinos and a pair of Nike trainers.