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Kwasi Danquah III

Tinchy Stryder
Kwasi Danquah III (Tinchy Stryder).jpg
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
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
Website tinchystryder.com
Kwasi Danquah III
Born 1987 (age 29–30)
Ghana
Residence Coloane, Macau 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)
Signature
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Kwasi Danquah (/ˈkwsi 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.


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