Tinie Tempah and his brother look back: ‘We’ve never made a track together, but we used to spit some bars’

Born in London in 1988, Patrick Okogwu, otherwise known as Tinie Tempah, is a rapper and TV presenter. Growing up on the Aylesbury estate in Peckham, London, before moving to Plumstead, Tempah broke into the mainstream in 2010. With songs such as Frisky, Written in the Stars and Not Letting Go, he won two Brit awards, while Pass Out became his first of seven No 1 singles, the most by any UK rap artist. His brother, Kelvin, is a DJ, manager and producer. Tempah presents an interiors show on Channel 4 and is an ambassador for Chase Gin & Vodka.

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