Lessons from Adele, Justin Bieber and Zayn on having a hit
What are the rules for topping the charts? Let’s look at the past 10 UK No 1s ...How to write a banger for BeyoncéKDA ft Tinie Tempah and Katy B – Turn the Music Louder (Rumble)(one week at No...
View ArticleSkepta on grime: 'People are catching on. There's a revolution happening'
Grime is going global and the MC is leading the charge with a self-released, Mercury nominated album. He explains why he’s avoided the mainstreamThe sun is blazing hard over east London and the...
View ArticleThe science of sound: Tinie Tempah’s brain on music
For Tinie Tempah, music is all about being in the moment; for scientists from the University of Reading it’s a way to unlock the mysteries of human emotion. But what happened when Tinie agreed to let...
View ArticleMind-blowing music: Tinie Tempah's brain scan
What really happens to our brains when we hear music? For rapper Tinie Tempah, writing music is about capturing ‘a feeling’; for scientists, it can reveal the mysteries of the mind. So what happened...
View ArticleThis is Tinie Tempah’s brain on music – video
What really happens to our brains when we hear music? Tinie Tempah agreed to let scientists scan his brain while listening to music. Can he crack the science of sound?Read more on Tinie Tempah’s brain...
View ArticleIn the studio with Tinie Tempah – video
Tinie Tempah and producer NaNa Rogues give us an exclusive insight into the studio techniques behind Girls Like, their single featuring Zara Larsson– Tinie’s 13th top five UK hit. It’s ‘all about the...
View ArticleDavid Bowie in line for posthumous Brit award as short list announced
Craig David, Michael Kiwanuka and Skepta are also in the running for the best British male solo artist awardDavid Bowie could win a posthumous Brit Award as best British male solo artist after being...
View ArticleTinie Tempah: Youth review – noughties rapper grows up, but pop is his...
Parlophone/Disturbing LondonTinie Tempah is a product of the late noughties, when British rap was less concerned with credibility and more with chasing chart success – an era when Skepta released the...
View ArticleTinie Tempah: Youth review – lots of hooks, not enough Tinie
(PARLOPHONE)It’s easy to forget that the only British male soloist with more number one singles than Tinie is Cliff Richard, and Cliff had 50 years’ head start. Youth won’t extend Tinie’s run, although...
View ArticleTinie Tempah webchat – your questions answered on brunch, the Olympics and...
The chart-topping UK rapper discussed Ibiza, new album Youth and why he’s not a clothes horse Kieran7797 asks:What happened to your song Bounce? I fell in love with it and was waiting for the release...
View Article2017 London Fashion Awards – in pictures
The event was held in partnership with Swarovski at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Monday nightContinue reading...
View ArticleTinie Tempah: ‘I cherish my songs over any car’
The musician on his most prized possessions, his mum’s food and doing telesalesBorn in London, Tinie Tempah, 29, released his debut album Disc-Overy in 2010. It went to number one and he won two Mobo...
View ArticleTinie Tempah’s temple: design to energise and inspire in a London home
An imposing house that used to belong to Alexander McQueen is now the home Tinie Tempah always dreamed ofI’ve always been obsessed by Victorian architecture,” says British rapper, singer and songwriter...
View ArticleNaomi Campbell: clean freak has last laugh with coronavirus chic | Rebecca...
The supermodel has been mocked before for her over-fastidious approach to hygiene but perhaps she had pointFor the moment, at least, this is what a world without live entertainment looks like. Sport is...
View ArticleSunday with Tinie Tempah: church, flowers and Nigerian food
The rap artist says that with friends starting families, life is getting more civilisedWhat’s your Sunday morning like? Depends what Saturday night looked like. After a quiet evening I’ll get an early...
View ArticleTinie Tempah and Emeli Sandé on how they made Disc-Overy
‘I’d listen to 50 Cent rapping about the mean streets of the Bronx and knew I could never do that for Plumstead – so I pretended I was from the East End’I came from a relatively poor council estate...
View ArticleTinie Tempah to present new Channel 4 property renovation programme
Outrageous Extensions will see rapper ‘follow some of the most audacious builds ever seen’, says broadcasterTinie Tempah is to present a new property programme on Channel 4 that will see him “follow...
View Article63% of Black music makers have experienced racism in UK industry – study
Survey of 1,718 performers, creatives and staff reveals microgression, pay disparities and discrimination are rifeDespite increased representation within the British music industry, the UK sector...
View ArticleTinie Tempah puts modern heroes in portrait focus for BBC series
In six-parter on BBC One, the rapper matches people with extraordinary stories to celebrated artistsAs one of society’s oldest art forms, portraiture was traditionally used to convey the power,...
View ArticleVice Media secretly organised $20m Saudi government festival
Youth media company organised March 2020 event despite pledge to stop all work in Saudi ArabiaWhen social media influencers turned up at the Azimuth music festival in the middle of the Saudi Arabian...
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