Tinchy Stryder is a busy man. Commanding multiple businesses, the Ghanaian musician from Bow is the founder of his own Star in the Hood clothing line and the chief exec of his own record label, yet still found time to record 4 UK Top 5 smashes, including Take Me Back and Number 1, his triumphant collaboration with N-Dubz.
The Stryder Man has friends in very high places, launching Takeover Roc Nation with the one and only Jay-Z as a platform to launch new talent. Starting himself on pirate radio at the age of 13, he helped form Ruff Sqwad in 2011 before taking his place as an MC in celebrated collective Roll Deep, producing grime before it even had a name. As a massive Manchester United Fan, it also is fitting that he holds the honour of being the first rapper in history to appear at a UEFA Champions Final after performing Spaceship in 2011.
1Xtra have always been a massive fan of Tinchy and he's been a regular feature at various Radio 1/ 1Xtra stages over the years, playing the Teen Awards, Big Weekend and the last two 1Xtra Live's to an ecstatic crowd. Named after a computer game, Stryder is bound to set your pulse racing when he presents his momentous choruses and hard-hitting beats to the Hackney faithful.
Tinchy Stryder is a busy man. Commanding multiple businesses, the Ghanaian musician from Bow is the founder of his own Star in the Hood clothing line and the chief exec of his own record label, yet still found time to record 4 UK Top 5 smashes, including Take Me Back and Number 1, his triumphant collaboration with N-Dubz.
The Stryder Man has friends in very high places, launching Takeover Roc Nation with the one and only Jay-Z as a platform to launch new talent. Starting himself on pirate radio at the age of 13, he helped form Ruff Sqwad in 2011 before taking his place as an MC in celebrated collective Roll Deep, producing grime before it even had a name. As a massive Manchester United Fan, it also is fitting that he holds the honour of being the first rapper in history to appear at a UEFA Champions Final after performing Spaceship in 2011.
1Xtra have always been a massive fan of Tinchy and he's been a regular feature at various Radio 1/ 1Xtra stages over the years, playing the Teen Awards, Big Weekend and the last two 1Xtra Live's to an ecstatic crowd. Named after a computer game, Stryder is bound to set your pulse racing when he presents his momentous choruses and hard-hitting beats to the Hackney faithful.
