Quotes by Tinie Tempah

About Tinie Tempah:

Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu is a English rapper of Nigerian descent, from South London. He has been signed to Parlophone Records since 2009, a subsidiary of Warner Music Group. He created his own record and fashion label Disturbing London (DL Records) in 2007 along with his cousin, Dumi Oburota.
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My goal, my aim is to be a superstar, but not in a cheesy way. I want to go to America and do what they do. But better!

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A lot of young people have all these aspirations but many of them don't believe they're possible.

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I find my dress sense tends to be a bit of a mixture between high fashion and unique vintage pieces with a little bit of street trends. For example, I might find a really nice, suede dinner jacket that I'd wear with a basic plain white shirt and some...

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At the end of the day, you sign a record deal and you understand where it could go if you had the right song.

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I pray as much as possible.

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When you look at the Lady Gagas of the world, or the Jay-Zs, or the Black Eyed Peas, these are people who have one album release and it's a worldwide one.

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I'm a big fan of Paco Rabanne's 1 Million.

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I first became interested in style when I was 16 and I had my first couple of gigs. I realised I couldn't look like the people I was performing to. Not in a condescending way, but just that it would be weird if I was wearing exactly what someone in t...

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I've seen how much effort has to go into a tour, the performance and also how to look after yourself, not just physically, but mentally too.

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People used to say poems were different to songs but I don't think they are.

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I'm actually going to the gym, working on getting not fatter, just a bit bulkier.

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I'm into everything. My iPod is very eclectic - if you kept it on shuffle, you'd be amazed. For example, I was forced to grow up on Dolly Parton. My mum was obsessed by her. She bought all this memorabilia for the front room. It's ridiculous.

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I was well brought up, my parents are still together. I lived in a council estate, but I don't anymore; I saw my parents buy a nice house and move me to a nice area.

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If I go to an awards ceremony, I wear a suit, of course I do. I am proud to be there. If there are young kids looking at pictures of me, I want them to feel that they should long for the opportunity to go somewhere really smart and wear a beautiful s...

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The way everyone in London is right up against each other makes it very real to you growing up, the fact that people have different lives to you. And that causes problems; of course it does.

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I'm so down to earth, I'm bringing gravity back.

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Author Bio

  • NameTinie Tempah
  • DescriptionEnglish rapper
  • AliasesPatrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu; Patrick Okogwu
  • BornNovember 7, 1988
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionRapper