Kwasi Esono Danquah III[2][3][4] (/ˈkweɪsi dæŋˈkwɑː/ KWAY-see dang-KWAH; born 14 September 1986),[1][5] better known by his stage name Tinchy Stryder, is a British rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and investor.

[1][6][7] Stryder was born as Kwasi Esono Danquah III on 14 September 1986 in Accra, Ghana.

[9] In Bow, London, he attended St Bonaventure's Catholic School in nearby Forest Gate, Newham;[1] He gained a B.A.

[10][11] He began making music in 1997, aged 11, and started in business almost immediately after completing his A-levels in 2006.

He appeared in 2000[12] on pirate radio along with Dizzee Rascal and Wiley,[13] and was part of grime collective and record production team Ruff Sqwad from 2001.

[15] In 2002, the grime group Roll Deep was founded by Wiley, and included Stryder and Dizzee Rascal.

[23] In February 2010, Stryder headline toured for the third time, he invited the English singer Example and rapper JME as his supporting acts.

[27] Stryder began recording Third Strike shortly after he completed his previous album; he then released a promotional single, "Gangsta?

English singer Taio Cruz produced the largely,[clarification needed] along with Fraser T Smith.

Third Strike features several artists, including English singer Amelle, with whom he collaborated on Catch 22 on the single "Never Leave You".

Eric Turner from the Swedish rock band Street Fighting Man also features on the album.

The first single from the scrapped studio album entitled Full Tank is "Spaceship" and it features English singer and songwriter Dappy from N-Dubz.

[31] On 3 January 2012 Stryder released the video for the third single from Full Tank entitled "Bright Lights" which features English singer Pixie Lott.

There is also another version of the song entitled 'Bright Lights Part II' that is featured on Pixie Lott's second studio album, Young Foolish Happy.

[33] On 25 December 2012, on his Facebook page, Stryder released a freestyle titled "Look at Me Now" along with it he said "Look out for the first single from my fourth album early next year.

In October 2014, Stryder paired up with the Chuckle Brothers to release a charity single "To Me, To You (Bruv)" to raise money for the African-Caribbean Leukaemia Trust.

On 26 April 2015, Tinchy released a new non-album single, "Imperfection", featuring vocals from Fuse ODG.

On 23 August 2015, Tinchy released a video for a new song, "Sekky", which features vocals from fellow Ruff Sqwad member Roachee and production from Sir Spyro and Rude Kid.

On 3 March 2016, Tinchy announced that The Cloud 9 LP / 360° will be released as a fourteen-track double album on 8 April 2016.

The campaign featuring Stryder was supported by Facebook, Inc., and a tie-up with fashion brand GAS in order to push the Vision 50, Honda's 50cc entry level scooter.