Kwasi Danquah III

Tinchy Stryder
Stryder being interviewed in 2010
Background information
Birth name	Kwasi Danquah
Also known as	Tinchy Stryder The Star in the Hood
Born	1987 (age 29–30) Ghana
Origin	Bow, London, England
Genres	Grime British hip hop R&B
Occupation(s)	Rapper entrepreneur investor
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Takeover Entertainment (2007-2012) Island Records (2008-2012) Cloud 9 Records (2014-Present)
Associated acts	Ruff Sqwad Roll Deep Wiley Dizzee Rascal N-Dubz Amelle Berrabah Boy Better Know Taio Cruz Chipmunk
Website	tinchystryder.com

Kwasi Danquah III
Born	1987 (age 29–30) Ghana
Residence	Coloane, Macau
Citizenship	Dual Citizen: Republic of Ghana and United Kingdom (naturalized 1996)
Alma mater	University of East London
Occupation	Rapper entrepreneur investor
Title	Chairman and CEO of S.I.T.H (2009–present) President and CEO of Takeover/Cloud 9 (2009–present) Chairman of Takeover Entertainment (2010–present) CEO and SEVP of Takeover Roc Nation (2010–present) CEO and Creative director of Goji Electronics (2012–present)
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Kwasi Danquah (/ˈkweɪsi dæŋˈkwɑː/ KWAY-see dang-KWAH), better known by his stage name Tinchy Stryder (born 1987) and also as The Star in the Hood, is a Ghana-born English rapper, entrepreneur and investor.

Stryder has released three solo studio albums, Star in the Hood (2007), Catch 22 (2009), and Third Strike (2010). Stryder's business ventures include the clothing line Star in the Hood, the Cloud 9 X Goji headphone and audio equipment range in collaboration with Goji Electronics.

Stryder was a resident in the United Kingdom from 1995 until 2008, in Bow, London and he attended St Bonaventure's Catholic School in nearby Forest Gate, Newham; this is where he met one of his lifelong friends to this day, Callum Snell. He gained a B.A. (Hons) in Digital arts, Moving image and Animation at the University of East London. He began making music in 1997 and started in business almost immediately after completing his A-levels in 2006.