Name	Tinie Tempah
Height
Naionality	English
Date of Birth	7-November-1988
Place of Birth	Plumstead, London, England
Famous for	singing

Patrick Chukwuemeka 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 51 Landstead Road in Plumstead Common with Patrick attending St. Paul's Catholic School (now St. Paul's Academy) in nearby Abbey Wood. He went on to study A Levels at St. Francis Xavier Sixth Form College, SW12. 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, his manager and cousin Dumi Oburota founded the independent label Disturbing London primarily as an official outlet for Tempah's music, but with the idea of also signing other young artists. 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. I wanted to create a major independent label with quality artists. I felt like the major labels had lost the passion for music." The activities of the label were initially largely funded by student loans and the proceeds from buying and selling cars.

When scout and music consultant Jade Richardson saw Tempah performing at the 2009 Wireless Festival she called Parlophone Records president Miles Leonard saying: “You’ve got to check out this guy Tinie Tempah. He came on at lunchtime and there’s about 1,000 kids screaming for him. He’s only put out one independent release and he’s got this huge audience.” Leonard and A&R Nathan Thompson visited Tempah and his manager Dumi at their studio a few weeks later and were hugely impressed to hear about the work they had already done in developing Tempah's career and by the ambitious plans they had for his future. Leonard told HitQuarters: "I thought it was incredible that an artist and manager were doing so much so soon with so little...That impressed as much as the music."

Tempah 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.