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Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu (born 7 November 1988),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tinie Tempah: Ten Facts About The 'Trampoline' Rapper )〕 better known by his stage name Tinie Tempah, is an 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. After releasing a couple of mixtapes, he released his long-awaited debut album, ''Disc-Overy'', in October 2010. 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. In February 2011, he won two Brit Awards for Best British Breakthrough Act and Best British Single.〔 In November 2013, he released his second album, entitled ''Demonstration''. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Certified Awards )〕 In June 2015, he released the first single from his upcoming third album, entitled "Not Letting Go". This gave Tempah his sixth UK number one, the most by any rap artist.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tinie Tempah just became the most successful UK Rap artist in chart history – MOBO Awards )〕 However, on the week of 23 October 2015, Tempah 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. ==Early life== Patrick Chukwuemeka Okogwu was born in London, England, on 7 November 1988, to Igbo parents from Nigeria.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tinie Tempah: 10 things you need to know about the Brit Award nominated rapper )〕 His middle Chukwuemeka means 'God is great' in the Igbo language. Okogwu lived on the Aylesbury Estate in south-east London until he was 12 with his parents and three younger siblings: Kelly, Kelvin and Marian.〔 The family later moved to Plumstead, with Patrick attending St. Paul's Catholic School (now St. Paul's Academy) in nearby Abbey Wood. After earning 10 GCSEs, he took A Levels in media studies, psychology, and religious studies at St. Francis Xavier Sixth Form College. At 12 years old, Okogwu conceived his stage name under which to make music after viewing the music video for So Solid Crew's "21 Seconds". Okogwu used a thesaurus in class, juxtaposing "tempah" (temper), which he saw under "angry", with "tinie" (tiny), to ameliorate the aggressive sound of "tempah". Regarding his London upbringing, Tempah states, "London is one of the only places in the world where you can live in a council block and see a beautiful semi-detached house across the street. Growing up around that was inspirational, it kept me motivated".〔 Tempah is a Roman Catholic, and has also said that it is "imperative" to have faith.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tinie Tempah's Religion and Political Views – Hollowverse )〕 Okogwu has said that he has considered furthering his education, stating "I definitely want to be in a financial position where I can head off to Cambridge or Oxford or somewhere. I would study something like music management or something extremely random like physics, which no-one would expect, as I like challenges".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tinie Tempah goes back to the books )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tinie Tempah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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