Patrick Okogwu , better known by his stage name, Tinie Tempah, is a rapper and MC from South London. He was born to Nigerian parents Frank & Rosemary Okogwu and has one brother; Kelvin Okogwu who currently attends the same St Paul's Academy as his brother.
His personal break came with a YouTube video hit of a track called "Wifey" and scoring a track for a hand-held computer console alongside DJ Ironik in 2005. Patrick went on to shoot his first music video for "Wifey", which went on to be an underground smash hit holding the Channel U urban chart top spot for 10 consecutive weeks. Alongside his cousin who came on board as manager, the pair set up their own label, Disturbing London Records, through which Patrick released his first official mixtape, Hood Economics Room 147: The 80 Minute Course. As well as featuring Bashy and Chipmunk (rapper), the CD caught the attention of a writer from the New York Times, who gave it a glowing review, noting Patrick’s shifting rhyme schemes, delivery and "nerve." .
In mid 2009 Patrick released his second mixtape, "Sexy Beast: Volume 1". Inspired by the Ray Winstone film, the CD featured M.I.A. (artist) on I’m Hot and proved to be so popular that the South Londoner ended up making another D.I.Y. video in New York. He has been hired by several clubs such as Rochester club Amadeus in the past as an entertainer but is now set to try to further his career by appearing alongside hit artists such as Chipmunk. Wiley once claimed Patrick would never make it, triggering a feud that signalled an end to any dual performances between the popular grime artists.
His debut single "Pass Out" has received radio play from Tim Westwood, Nick Grimshaw and Annie Mac, Ras Kwame, MistaJam, Jo Whiley and Chris Moyles while Zane Lowe declared it the "Hottest Record In The World Today" and "Single Of The Week" and is currently on the BBC Radio 1 Playlist A List. In addition Reggie Yates named it as the Weekend Anthem for 20/21st February 2010. The Official Music Video is out and the track was released March 1st. On March 7, 2010, "Pass Out" went straight to #1 on the UK Singles Chart and the UK R&B Chart.
Chris Moyles has recently made a new parody for this song, calling the artist the 'Tiny Temper Trap' and its lyrics follow the theme of the artist having an extremely bad temper, and is always in a bad mood. This has been played a small number of times on the Chris Moyles Show, and this version is sung by Chris. Patrick was nominated for MTV's 10 for 2010 as an artist to watch out for in 2010.
He announced his signing to Parlophone by running a competition on his blog, with the winner invited to High Tea at Claridges to celebrate the deal. According to MTV, Patrick's major label debut album, titled "The Disc-Overy", is due to release in July 2010. A tour with Chipmunk is to come soon in February 2010 as well good .
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