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'''Kwasi Esono Danquah III'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=CLOUD9 RECORDS LIMITED - Officers (free information from Companies House)|url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/07890855/officers|access-date=2020-07-24|website=beta.companieshouse.gov.uk|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Salter|first=Jessica|date=2012-02-17|title=World of Tinchy Stryder, grime artist|journal=Daily Telegraph|language=en-GB|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9087309/World-of-Tinchy-Stryder-grime-artist.html|access-date=2020-07-24|issn=0307-1235}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-03-24|title=The Saturday interview: Tinchy Stryder|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/mar/24/tinchy-stryder-saturday-interview|access-date=2020-07-24|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref> ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|w|eɪ|s|i|_|d|æ|ŋ|ˈ|k|w|ɑː}} {{respell|KWAY|see|_|dang|KWAH}}; born 14 September 1986),<ref name="The prince of grime comes of age"/><ref name=BBCN1>{{Cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8020009.stm |title=UK number one for Tinchy Stryder |work=[[BBC News Online]] |date=27 April 2009 |access-date=10 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430125728/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/8020009.stm |archive-date=30 April 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> known by the stage name '''Tinchy Stryder''', is a [[Ghanaian British|Ghanaian-British]]English<ref name="The prince of grime comes of age"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pressparty.com/pg/profile/Tinchystryder |title=Tinchy Stryder profile |publisher=[[Pressparty]] |access-date=22 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109195427/http://www.pressparty.com/pg/profile/Tinchystryder/ |archive-date=9 November 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/tinchy-stryder |title=Tinchy Stryder |publisher=[[MTV (UK and Ireland)]] |access-date=22 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131108002614/http://www.mtv.co.uk/artists/tinchy-stryder |archive-date=8 November 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and investor.
 
Stryder has released three [[solo (music)|solo]] [[studio albums]], ''[[Star in the Hood (album)|Star in the Hood]]'' (2007), ''[[Catch 22 (Tinchy Stryder album)|Catch 22]]'' (2009), and ''[[Third Strike (album)|Third Strike]]'' (2010). Stryder's business ventures include the clothing line [[Star in the Hood (company)|Star in the Hood]], the Cloud 9 X Goji headphone and audio equipment range in collaboration with [[Goji Electronics]].
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Stryder was born Kwasi Danquah in [[Accra]], [[Ghana]] in 1986.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S07rnffsZi4C&q=%22Kwasi+Danquah%22+born+Accra%2C&pg=PP36|title=Tulisa|first=Sean|last=Smith|date=21 June 2012|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=9781847378736|via=Google Books|access-date=26 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826215306/https://books.google.ie/books?id=S07rnffsZi4C&pg=PP36&dq=%22Kwasi+Danquah%22+born+Accra,&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiIkuHtoYvdAhUJJsAKHaAaAf4Q6AEIKTAA#v=onepage&q=%22Kwasi+Danquah%22+born+Accra,&f=false|archive-date=26 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
Stryder has livedbeen living in England, United Kingdom since 1995.<ref name="The Saturday interview: Tinchy Stryder"/> In Bow, [[London]], he attended [[St Bonaventure's Catholic School]] in nearby [[Forest Gate]], [[London Borough of Newham|Newham]];<ref name="The prince of grime comes of age">{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-prince-of-grime-comes-of-age-2033165.html|title=The prince of grime comes of age|work=[[The Independent]]|date=23 July 2010|access-date=10 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305035945/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-prince-of-grime-comes-of-age-2033165.html|archive-date=5 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> He gained a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A. (Hons)]] in [[Digital art]]s, [[Film|Moving image]] and [[Animation]] at the [[University of East London]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2009/aug/20/tinchy-stryder-university-east-london | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Mira | last=Katbamna | title=Tinchy Stryder's university days | date=20 August 2009 | access-date=13 December 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510122624/https://www.theguardian.com/education/2009/aug/20/tinchy-stryder-university-east-london | archive-date=10 May 2017 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/press_releases/running.htm | location=London | work=[[University of East London]] | first=UEL | last=Press office | title=UEL Student is Number One in the UK singles chart three weeks running | date=12 May 2009 | access-date=18 August 2011 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201064434/http://uel.ac.uk/news/press_releases/running.htm | archive-date=1 December 2010 | url-status=live }}</ref> He began making music in 1997, aged 11, and started in business almost immediately after completing his [[GCE Advanced Level|A-levels]] in 2006.
 
==Music career==