Published video “Who thinks they've got what it takes to perform Pass Out with me ?”.
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Tinie Tempah
Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu, better known by his stage name Tinie Tempah, is an English rapper, singer and television presenter. Born and raised in London, he created his own entertainment company Disturbing London in 2006, alongside Dumi Oburota. After signing with Parlophone in 2009 and releasing several mixtapes, he rose to fame with the UK number-one singles "Pass Out" and "Written in the Stars…
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2026· 22 entries
Published video “Forget about tomorrow… Tonight, we’re drinking from the bottle 🍾 #festival”.
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Published video “November 16th, Sweden will be seeing me 🇸🇪”.
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Public attention spiked: 4,606 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.1× the usual 653, with 1 article edits. Coverage that week: “Tinie Tempah on why British nightlife must be saved” (BBC).
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BBC: Tinie Tempah on why British nightlife must be saved
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Published video “When you randomly gate crash a wedding in Cornwall. 🇬🇧Congratulations to Jenny and Dave x”.
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Published video “Badness @ Boardmasters 😤 The Nights Not Dead ☠️ October 16th”.
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The Sun: Tinie Tempah crashes couple’s beach wedding after performing at Boardmasters festival
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Published video “HEAVEN OR HELLLLLLL 😇😈 @BoardmastersFestival #newmusic #festivalseason #dance #summer”.
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Published video “Doing something special for Heaven or Hell at Boardmasters today. Make sure you’re ready🔥🔥🔥”.
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Music News: Tinie Tempah announces fourth album The Night’s Not Dead
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Published video “Meet me in the next life. If it’s heaven or hell. 😇 😈”.
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Published video “Is it too late to make an entry for song of the summer?🤔 Heaven or Hell ft @reggie7751 go run it up”.
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Published video “Tinie Tempah x Reggie - Heaven Or Hell (Official Lyric Video)”.
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Yahoo News UK: Tinie Tempah launches comeback with new album The Night’s Not Dead and a 12‑week, three‑chapter rollout
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Public attention spiked: 4,618 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.1× the usual 653, with 0 article edits. Coverage that week: “Tinie Tempah launches comeback with new album The Night’s Not Dead and a 12‑week, three‑chapter rollout” (Yahoo News UK).
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Public attention spiked: 6,030 Wikipedia readers in one day, 9.2× the usual 653, with 1 article edits. Coverage that week: “TV tonight: Tinie Tempah’s popular house extension series returns” (The Guardian).
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The Guardian: TV tonight: Tinie Tempah’s popular house extension series returns
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The Guardian: London Spirit begin new Hundred era with Tinie Tempah and double defeat
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The Guardian: Music industry risks excluding working-class talent, says Tinie Tempah
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Tempah performed during half time at the Sidemen Charity Match in Wembley
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Tempah appeared as a guest investor on the BBC television programme Dragons' Den
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2024· 2 entries
The Guardian: Tinie Tempah and his brother look back: ‘We’ve never made a track together, but we used to spit some bars’
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Rolling Out: Tinie Tempah is returning to music
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2023· 2 entries
Won the English BJJ Open in the Master 1 blue belt lightweight division
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Tempah co-presented with Naomi Schiff the four-part Channel 4 motoring series Bangers: Mad for Cars
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2022· 3 entries
Yahoo: Tinie Tempah breaks down why he launched a virtual restaurant brand selling wraps and fried chicken
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The Guardian: Tinie Tempah puts modern heroes in portrait focus for BBC series
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Presented the first two series, of six episodes each, of the BBC Arts series Extraordinary Portraits
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2021· 2 entries
The Guardian: Tinie Tempah to present new Channel 4 property renovation programme
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The Guardian: Tinie Tempah and Emeli Sandé on how they made Disc-Overy
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2020· 3 entries
The Guardian: Sunday with Tinie Tempah: church, flowers and Nigerian food
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NME: Tinie Tempah shares first new track in three years, ‘Top Winners’
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Tempah appeared in a Channel 4 documentary, The Talk, which aired on 4 August 2020
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2019· 1 entry
The Guardian: Tinie Tempah’s temple: design to energise and inspire in a London home
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2018· 1 entry
The Guardian: Tinie Tempah: ‘I cherish my songs over any car’
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2017· 5 entries
The Guardian: Tinie Tempah webchat – your questions answered on brunch, the Olympics and London's musical power
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The Guardian: Tinie Tempah: Youth review – lots of hooks, not enough Tinie
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Released album “YOUTH”.
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The Guardian: Tinie Tempah: Youth review – noughties rapper grows up, but pop is his playground
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Launched his fashion label What We Wear at London Fashion Week Men's and streamed the show on YouTube
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2016· 3 entries
The Guardian: In the studio with Tinie Tempah – video
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The Mirror: Tinie Tempah slammed for car crash FA Cup final performance ahead of Crystal Palace and Manchester United clash
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Appeared on the British programme Top Gear, along with Seasick Steve and Sharleen Spiteri in a South African SUV challenge
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2015· 3 entries
Released album “Junk Food”.
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Released ep “Not Letting Go (Remixes)”.
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Was chosen as the new men ambassador for London Menswear Collections, replacing Nick Grimshaw, and was named one of GQ's 50 best dressed British men
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2014· 1 entry
Released ep “Tsunami (Jump) (Remixes)”.
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2013· 1 entry
Released album “Demonstration”.
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2012· 3 entries
Released ep “Love Suicide”.
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Announced that his second album would be called Demonstration
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Was named best dressed man in GQ's Men of the Year Awards
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2011· 7 entries
Released ep “Happy Birthday”.
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Released album “iTunes Live from SoHo”.
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Awarded Brit Award for British Breakthrough Act (2011).
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Towards the end of it, I'm going to do an arena tour – and sell it out – then I reckon I'm going to release another album, and fingers crossed it can go platinum again, and double platinum, and triple
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For Best British Breakthrough Act and Best British Single
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Labrinth revealed that Tinie would be releasing "Pass Out" in the United States, featuring a well recognised artist in the American rap game
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“I always like to work with different people on each project I do, just so you get a different sound and angle. I will be working with some of the same people I did for the first album, you know what they say”
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2010· 2 entries
Released ep “iTunes Festival: London 2010”.
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Released album “Disc‐Overy”.
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2009· 2 entries
Released ep “Sexy Beast, Vol. 1”.
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And releasing several mixtapes, he rose to fame with the UK number-one singles "Pass Out" and "Written in the Stars" in 2010
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2007· 2 entries
Released album “Hood Economics Room 147: The 80 Minute Course”.
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And left the group later that year, stating that he felt Aftershock didn't respect him as an artist and that it was time to move on
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2006· 2 entries
Tinie founded the independent record label Disturbing London
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Tinie gained a great deal of airplay on British music TV channel Channel U for his song "Tears", and later on gained more recognition for "Wifey"
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2005· 1 entry
When he joined the Aftershock Hooligans, recording hundreds of songs amongst the fellow Hooligans
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1988· 1 entry
Born 1988-11-07.
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