Preceded by two British number-one singles, "Pass Out" and "Written in the Stars", the album charted at number one and was certified Platinum the next year.

Preceded by top ten singles "Trampoline" and "Children of the Sun", the album charted at number three and was certified gold by the BPI the next year.

[11] Until he was twelve years old, Tinie lived on the Aylesbury Estate in south-east London with his parents and three younger siblings: Kelly, Kelvin, and Marian.

[10] The family later moved to Plumstead, with Tinie attending St. Paul's Catholic School in nearby Abbey Wood.

[13][14] At twelve years old, Tinie conceived his stage name after viewing the music video for So Solid Crew's "21 Seconds".

According to Dumi: "We wanted to have a platform to put out our music and there wasn't any Def Jam or Roc-A-Fella label equivalent in England.

"[16] The activities of the label were initially largely funded by student loans and the proceeds from buying and selling cars.

"[17] Tinie announced his signing to Parlophone in October 2009 by running a competition on his blog, with the winner invited to high tea at Claridges to celebrate the deal.

[18] A major break came when Sony launched its PlayStation Portable and used a track featuring Yasmin and DJ Ironik, and "Atlantic/Warner" for the futuristic Wipeout Pure.

"[21] In early 2011, Tinie announced a UK Arena tour, featuring support acts Nero, Labrinth and Chase & Status (After Party DJ Set).

[citation needed] In 2011, Labrinth revealed that Tinie would be releasing "Pass Out" in the United States, featuring a well recognised artist in the American rap game.

On 16 December, Tinie released a 9-track mixtape/EP titled Happy Birthday, which went on to win best EP of 2011 at the Official Mixtape Awards 2012.

In early 2012, Tinie featured with Eric Turner and Lupe Fiasco on a track called "Angels and Stars".

[28] It features 2 Chainz and was produced by Diplo, and was released on 4 August 2013 in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 3 in the UK Singles Chart.

In interviews, Tinie and other artists have announced that they were working together on his album such as Labrinth, Dizzee Rascal, Ellie Goulding, Big Sean and Emeli Sandé.

The next single from the album, "Children of the Sun", featuring John Martin, was produced by iSHi and was premiered on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show on 12 September.

During his stint in Dunedin for the University of Otago Orientation Week, Tinie performed both on the stage and in the bedroom at a Castle Street flat.

[34] On 21 June 2015, Tinie released the first single from his upcoming third studio album, "Not Letting Go", which features fellow British artist Jess Glynne.

To promote the single, he performed it with Sasha Keable on The Graham Norton Show on 19 June as Glynne was unavailable due to her having vocal surgery shortly before.

[9] However, on the week of 23 October 2015, Tinie earned his seventh UK number one single with "Turn the Music Louder (Rumble)", a song by KDA, which also features English singer-songwriter Katy B.

[38] On 12 May 2023, Tempah released the single "How You Samba" alongside Kris Kross Amsterdam and Mexican singer Sofía Reyes.

[43] In October 2015, Tinie became a team captain for Sky 1's music/comedy panel show Bring the Noise alongside pop star Nicole Scherzinger.

In 2016, he appeared on the British programme Top Gear, along with Seasick Steve and Sharleen Spiteri in a South African SUV challenge.

[44] Same year, Tinie welcomed guests at his pop-up store launch at the Protein Studio in Shoreditch, London.

The documentary, produced by Whisper TV, is about Black Britons sharing their experiences of the conversations parents have to help their children face racism.

The documentary also featured Emeli Sande, Rochelle and Marvin Humes, Ade Adepitan, Ashley and Jordan Banjo, Gary Younge, Lennie James and more.

[47] In 2023, Tempah co-presented with Naomi Schiff the four-part Channel 4 motoring series Bangers: Mad for Cars.