Where is tinchy stryder originally from

There was never much money around, but somehow he always got by nicely — hand-me-downs from his brothers, saving the little he had he managed to get himself free meals, despite the fact his parents gave him lunch money every week.

For much of his life, he thought four of his seven siblings belonged to an older generation. When I was younger I used to call them aunt and uncle, but they were actually sister and brothers.

We meet the week youth unemployment figures reach an all-time high. Stryder is an ambassador for the volunteering organisation vInspired , and it's in this capacity that he's here today at the youth group Vessel Works , which helps teens and young adults with music projects. Today, Stryder, who looks younger than everyone else in the room, sits in the middle fielding questions.

He tells the group about the pros and cons of fame. They said you can't go this way, and we pulled the window down and when they saw me, they let me through. I guess if you're not famous you have to go round the road works. One young man asks who he's listening to these days and he gives a typically honest, uncool answer.

Their song Paradise , I can't get over it. Every time I hear it I think: Whoah! I want to do this one day. Much of the conversation is about his evolution from the streety Stryder to the sanitised version.

He says it would be strange, hypocritical even, if his lyrics hadn't changed. When I first started spitting lyrics I was 12, so it's been a long while.

When you've gone through the struggle and you see a better life, you don't want to just lie to yourself and say you're still in the struggle, because if you ask for that it might come true.

Anyone who's still in the struggle would love to be out of it. Stryder already has a successful clothes line Star in the Hood, record label Takeover Roc Nation co-owned with Jay-Z and is planning to expand the empire. I ask him how he would hope to describe himself in 10 years' time: musician or entrepreneur?

The walls at Vessel Works are covered in handprints and messages of self-belief. One poster lists words beginning with C. You can come here and use the facilities and learn … ". As she talks, a drum kit goes flying. Charlie bursts out laughing. That's Josh! Josh apologises.

Ethan's a proper don. I won't lie — it's quite rough around here. And Ethan does his thing. I mean, he's hooked us up to see you in the flesh — it feels a bit like Madame Tussauds right now! Having established his credentials as an up-and-coming grime star, in Stryder released a pair of mixtapes I'm Back U Know, Lost and Found and signed a recording contract with the independent label Takeover Entertainment.

Stryder then released his debut solo album, 's Star in the Hood, via the Takeover Entertainment label, along with two accompanying singles, "Breakaway" and "Something to Smile About. The album Catch 22 was released by Island Records that same month, debuting at the number two slot on the U. A second Island set, Third Strike, was issued in Sign In.

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