73-459: Kwasi Esono Danquah III ( / ˈ k w eɪ s i d æ ŋ ˈ k w ɑː / KWAY -see dang- KWAH ; born 14 September 1986), known by the stage name Tinchy Stryder , is a British rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and investor. Stryder has released three solo studio albums , Star in the Hood (2007), Catch 22 (2009), and Third Strike (2010). Stryder's business ventures include
146-476: A continuo group (in Baroque music), or the rest of a choir, orchestra, band, or other ensemble. Performing a solo is "to solo", and the performer is known as a soloist . The plural is soli or the anglicised form solos . In some contexts these are interchangeable, but soli tends to be restricted to classical music, and mostly either the solo performers or the solo passages in a single piece. Furthermore,
219-656: A joint venture with EMI division EMI Music Publishing . On 8 November 2011, Honda 's motorbike division hired Stryder for their pan-European campaign. 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. The Vision 50 was launched on 8 November 2011 at the EICMA (Milan Motorcycle Show) in Milan , Italy along with six other bike models. In June 2012, Danquah released
292-589: A striker or second striker , and was enrolled at the academy of Wimbledon F.C. from 2000 to 2003 and the youth team of Leyton Orient F.C. from 2003 to 2006. Stryder has a daughter, Arabella, with fiancée Amba Miller. In May 2021, they had a son. On Thursday 4 November 2010 Stryder attended the O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire in England, for Alicia Keys ' charity Keep a Child Alive charity ball and auction , along with other special guests. All proceeds from
365-521: A B-side to British group Damage 's cover of " Wonderful Tonight ", on the track "I'm Ready". He then started doing vocals for the UK garage duo Artful Dodger , on tracks such as "Something" and "What Ya Gonna Do". Wildstar Records first became aware of David when the artist's then manager Paul Widger met the label's co-owner Colin Lester and played some of his music. Lester later told HitQuarters that he
438-563: A co-host on The Morning Show in Australia alongside Kylie Gillies , whilst regular male presenter Larry Emdur was on holiday. On 27 August 2010, Swiss DJ Remady released an album titled No Superstar on which David features on the track "Do It on My Own". David was nominated for 'Best Video' at the 2010 Urban Music Awards for the song "One More Lie (Standing in the Shadows)". The 2010 Sunday Times Rich List indicated that Craig David
511-563: A desert trek for Comic Relief as part of Red Nose Day 2011. A host of celebrities including Dermot O'Leary , Olly Murs and Lorraine Kelly trekked 100 kilometres across a Kenyan desert to raise money for preventable blindness across Africa. In May 2011, David made a guest appearance on NRJ12's French reality TV show Les Anges 2 where he offered advice to contestants trying to make a life in Miami. Released on 1 August 2011, David featured on Erick Morillo 's new mix CD Subliminal Invasion on
584-677: A fourteen-track double album on 8 April 2016. This announcement was accompanied by the release of "Allow Me" (featuring Jme ) as an "instant grat" single; those who pre-order the new album can instantly download the new single. In September 2006, Stryder created the clothing brand Star in the Hood , named after his pseudonym "Star In The Hood". In June 2010, he aligned Takeover Entertainment Limited, with entertainment powerhouses Roc Nation LLC and Live Nation , and created Takeover Roc Nation . The joint venture ended in 2013 but he remains close to Roc Nation. In December 2008, Stryder created his own global publishing company, Takeover/Cloud 9 by
657-522: 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. Can't wait to share this new music with you all!". This being said means "Spaceship", "Off the Record", "Bright Lights" and "Help Me" became non-album singles. Four years after his last album, Stryder released a promotional single, "Misunderstood", on 14 April 2014. It was slated to feature on his forthcoming fourth album, but didn't make
730-571: A line of consumer electronics . The Goji Electronics line consists of the brand of headphones, Goji Tinchy Stryder , the Goji On Cloud 9 Audio equipment , a circumaural headphone, an on-ear headphone, an in-ear headphone, a series of HD over-ear headphones, a supra-aural headphone, travel speakers , also consumer electronics such as tablet computer , netbook and smartphone accessories. The headphones are distributed by DSG International plc . DSG International and Danquah announced
803-561: A new record deal with Universal Motown . The UK edition of Jay Sean 's new album All or Nothing which was released on 30 November 2009, features David on a track entitled "Stuck in the Middle". David performed a bold new cover of " I Wan'na Be Like You " from Walt Disney 's 1967 film The Jungle Book on the ITV programme Ultimate Movie Toons , broadcast 28 March 2010. The first single from David's fifth studio album Signed Sealed Delivered
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#1732790538264876-538: A promo with Ice Cream Records, which also featured a remix with Wittyboy called "Nutter Butter". On 17 August 2008, David performed at a birthday tribute concert for songwriter Don Black at the London Palladium . He performed the song "Ben", originally a hit for Michael Jackson . David took part in Soccer Aid 2008 at Wembley Stadium on 7 September 2008. He picked up the "Man of The Match" award on
949-401: A promotional single, " Gangsta? ", six months prior to the release of the studio album. This was followed by the release of the first official single, a year from the day he released his second studio album. He began working with Fraser T Smith who had also worked on his second studio album. English singer Taio Cruz produced the largely, along with Fraser T Smith. The album title was picked by
1022-534: A remix of the track. In December, he featured on the Blackout Mode dance track "Freak on the Dancefloor" that appeared on the compilation album R&B Collection 2012 . In 2012, David featured on a number of tracks whilst recording his own album, including releases with Stereo Palma titled "Our Love" and a collaboration with Mohombi and DJ Asaad titled "Addicted". In July 2012, it was revealed David
1095-564: A teaser track titled "Cold" on his official SoundCloud page. Premiering it on his TS5 radio show the week before, he wanted to preview some of the new music he has been working on in anticipation of his long-awaited sixth studio album. A further teaser track titled "Seduction" was uploaded to the same SoundCloud page in September 2014. On 5 September 2015, David featured on BBC Radio 1 's Live Lounge with Sigala where they covered Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth 's " See You Again " mixed with
1168-570: A world tour starting with three shows across Australia, followed by four in Europe (France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands) and finally finishing in May with four shows in England (Birmingham, Manchester, Southampton and London). In September 2013, Capital FM announced that David's DJ show 'TS5' would move to Capital Xtra every Friday evening from 10:00 pm. On 2 July 2014, David previewed
1241-482: Is featured on Pixie Lott's second studio album, Young Foolish Happy . In various media outlets in July 2012, Stryder spoke of the single " Help Me " being released in September 2012. The video of the single was released on 15 August 2012, featuring singer and songwriter Camille Purcell . It has been described as "unmistakably Tinchy" and "among his better work". On 25 December 2012, on his Facebook page, Stryder released
1314-580: The Billboard 200 chart and sold over 1 million copies. The single "7 Days" hit the top 10 in the U.S.; although "Walking Away", which had reached number 3 in the UK and number 5 in Australia, missed the top 40 in the U.S. and was the last of his singles to chart there. In April 2009, MTV viewers voted Born to Do It as number 2 on their "Greatest Album of All Time" poll, behind Michael Jackson 's Thriller . The follow-up album, Slicker Than Your Average ,
1387-473: The European Hot 100 Singles and number 1 in the UK & Ireland and became the first single with the title "Number 1" to peak at #1 in any country. His fourth single from Catch 22 , " Never Leave You ", was released on 3 August 2009 with the album following on 17 August 2009. "Never Leave You" peaked at number 5 on the European Hot 100 Singles on the week of its release. Catch 22 debuted at number 11 on
1460-638: The European Top 100 Albums . The fifth and final single from Catch 22 is " You're Not Alone ," which was released in November 2009 and samples the Olive song of the same name. In February 2010, Stryder headline toured for the third time, he invited the English singer Example and rapper JME as his supporting acts. The tour was Stryder's second sell-out tour after he toured in 2009 and helped in raising
1533-534: The Holyrood estate . David's father is Afro-Grenadian and David's mother is Anglo-Jewish and related to the founders of the Accurist watch-making company; David's maternal grandfather was an Orthodox Jew and his maternal grandmother a convert to Judaism . David's parents separated when he was eight and he was brought up by his mother. He attended Bellemoor School and Southampton City College . David
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#17327905382641606-663: The Hot R&;B/Hip-Hop Songs or Adult Contemporary charts. However, "What's Your Flava?" made the Rhythmic Top 40 chart (number 32), Mainstream Top 40 chart (number 24) and the Top 40 Tracks chart (number 37). According to the RIAA , Slicker Than Your Average was certified gold in the U.S. David also commented that the album title could be looked at in two different ways: "On the one hand, it's coming across like I'm arrogant. On
1679-478: The Little Mix track " Black Magic ". The following week, on 10 September 2015, David appeared on Kurupt FM 's 'Sixty Minute Takeover' on BBC Radio 1Xtra with MistaJam . He performed " Fill Me In " over the track " Where Are Ü Now " and it became a viral internet hit. Two snippets of potential new album tracks were also played on the night and this 1Xtra appearance led to David making surprise performances of
1752-486: The Sir Bobby Robson Trophy match at St James' Park , playing alongside boyhood hero Alan Shearer . On 18 September 2009, fans got the first taste of the new album with an exclusive demo posted on his official website, a thirty-second snippet covering Stevie Wonder 's " Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours ". On 2 October 2009, David revealed to his fans via Twitter and his website that he had signed
1825-620: 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. Stryder performed at the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final in support of the single, making him the first rapper in history to perform at a UEFA Champions League final. He teamed up with Scottish DJs and record producers Calvin Harris and Matt Burns, credited as 'BURNS', for
1898-464: The University of East London . He began making music in 1997, aged 11, and started in business almost immediately after completing his A-levels in 2006. Stryder's recordings date back to 1998. He appeared in 2000 on pirate radio along with Dizzee Rascal and Wiley , and was part of grime collective and record production team Ruff Sqwad from 2001. His pseudonym Tinchy Stryder derives from
1971-531: The "Fill Me In" / "Where Are Ü Now" remix at Fabric with Kurupt FM and Alexandra Palace with Major Lazer and Diplo . It was later revealed that the Radio 1Xtra appearance led to a collaboration between David and Big Narstie who also featured on the show and the track they recorded titled " When the Bassline Drops " was played on MistaJam 's BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 1Xtra show on 7 November 2015, it
2044-745: The Far East and performed one show in Los Angeles as part of a Greatest Hits tour. He met fans at a meet and greet session at Singapore Changi Airport before his show. In April 2009, Born to Do It came second in a poll by MTV UK for the Greatest Album Ever, which received over 40,000 votes, beaten by Michael Jackson 's album Thriller . On 14 May 2009, David participated in the Hillsborough Memorial football match at Anfield . On 26 July 2009, David participated in
2117-545: The Girl ". The track was released on 27 August 2007 and debuted at number 18 on the UK charts. The first single from his album Trust Me , " Hot Stuff (Let's Dance) ", was released on 5 November 2007. David successfully sought permission from David Bowie to sample his 1983 number-one single " Let's Dance ". The single was a top ten hit, whilst the album charted at number 18 on the UK Albums Chart . " 6 of 1 Thing ",
2190-482: The Place , David went independent as a solo artist in order to release his new album. In May 2021, he appeared on "Summertime", a single from People Just Do Nothing stars Kurupt FM, which appeared on their album The Greatest Hits (Part 1) . In October, he scored a top 40 single with MNEK titled "Who You Are", which was produced by Digital Farm Animals and released by Moor in association with BMG. David ended
2263-769: The UK Albums Chart, kept off the top spot by The Greatest Showman: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack . On 31 May 2019, David released a new single " When You Know What Love Is " from his upcoming eighth album. In July, David made a cameo appearance in Love Island , performing the single as a DJ at a Ministry of Sound pool party. His next UK garage single "Do You Miss Me Much" was released on 23 August 2019. On 31 December 2019 and 1 January 2020, David performed on BBC One 's New Year Live concert at Westminster Central Hall with his full band and TS5 DJ set. After appearing on KSI's BMG-released album All Over
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2336-438: The UK charts in 1999; thus, paving the way for a solo career. David's first single, " Fill Me In ", released on Colin Lester 's and Ian McAndrew's Wildstar Records , topped the UK chart and was the first of a string of four top 10 singles from his debut album Born to Do It , which eventually sold more than 8 million copies worldwide, earning multi-platinum status in more than 20 countries. The song "Key to My Heart", taken from
2409-610: The US version of the album, was also featured in the award-winning Warner Bros. animated film Osmosis Jones . The success of David's debut, which was written almost entirely by David and Mark Hill of Artful Dodger , led to the United States release of "Fill Me In" in May 2001. It reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Born to Do It was released in the United States on 17 July 2001, peaking at number 11 on
2482-506: The Way", returned him to the top 3. The second single, "Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)", tied with "7 Days" as his longest-running single in the charts since "Re-Rewind", spending 15 weeks inside the UK top 75. The album's third single, "Unbelievable", debuted at number 18 in March 2006. In 2007, David collaborated with British rapper Kano on his album London Town , for the single " This Is
2555-417: The auctions for the event were donated to Keep a Child Alive (KCA). Stryder donates income from Goji Electronics to charity. Studio albums Solo (music) In music, a solo ( Italian for 'alone') is a piece or a section of a piece played or sung featuring a single performer, who may be performing completely alone or supported by an accompanying instrument such as a piano or organ ,
2628-410: The book he stated: "For the past 2 years, I've been working on this book which isn't your typical memoir or self-help manual, but more of a place to share some of the lessons I've learnt over the years that have helped me navigate day to day life". On 14 November 2022, music festival Camp Bestival announced their 2023 lineup, which included David, alongside Primal Scream , Melanie C , Grace Jones ,
2701-674: The clothing line Star in the Hood , the Cloud 9 X Goji headphone and audio equipment range in collaboration with Goji Electronics . Stryder was born as Kwasi Esono Danquah III on 14 September 1986 in Accra , Ghana . Stryder has lived in the United Kingdom since 1995. In Bow, London, he attended St Bonaventure's Catholic School in nearby Forest Gate , Newham ; He gained a B.A. (Hons) in Digital arts , Moving image and Animation at
2774-526: The deal in June 2012. The Goji Electronics consumer electronics and audio equipment , known as Goji Tinchy Stryder and Goji On Cloud 9 , were available for sale mid-July 2012 and are distributed by DSG International plc subsidiaries across Europe and Pixmania globally. Stryder revealed in January 2010 that he wanted to become a footballer as a youth. Stryder was a left-footed player who could play as
2847-600: The final cut. "ESG", the album's lead single, was released on 9 June 2014. It features vocals from Takura and production by Show N Prove . Along with the release of the single, Tinchy announced that the new album would be titled 360° . 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 . Stryder participated in
2920-571: The fourteenth series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! , having been chosen by the public to complete one trial. He left on day 21. On 26 April 2015, Tinchy released a new non-album single, "Imperfection", featuring vocals from Fuse ODG . Despite being playlisted by numerous UK radio stations, the song failed to enter the UK Singles Chart . On 8 May and 16 May 2015 respectively, Tinchy released "Six Four Stuff" and "Blurt" (featuring K2 World) for free download via SoundCloud . With
2993-429: The mainstream, and I had some experience crossing underground over into mainstream having worked with artists like Craig David ." The single " Stryderman ", was released on 20 July 2008. It was the first single taken from Catch 22 . The second single, " Take Me Back ", was released on 19 January 2009. His third single, a collaboration with the English hip-hop band N-Dubz entitled " Number 1 ," peaked at number 6 on
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3066-411: The music industry by receiving an honorary degree of Doctor of Music, from Southampton Solent University at a graduation ceremony held at Southampton Guildhall. David released his first Greatest Hits album on 24 November 2008. In support of the release, David released two singles to promote the album. " Where's Your Love " featuring Tinchy Stryder and Rita Ora , a homage to his UK garage days,
3139-399: The night and played in the same England side as ex-internationals such as Alan Shearer , Teddy Sheringham and David Seaman , and played against the likes of Romário , Paolo Di Canio , Jaap Stam and Luís Figo . David received two 2008 UK Urban Music Award nominations for Best Album with Trust Me and Best R&B Act. On 7 November 2008, David was recognised for his contribution to
3212-474: The other hand, it's saying I have a lot more composure on the album." The album was leaked onto the internet prior to its official release but David was not too bothered as he felt it "spreads the word". David later signed on with Warner Music and put together his third album, The Story Goes... , which was released worldwide in August 2005 (excluding the U.S. where it was never released). The first single, "All
3285-689: The profile of Example . Stryder opened on the pyramid stage at the England Glastonbury Festival , on Saturday, 27 June 2010. He also performed at the O2 Arena in England, for the Transformation Trust's first birthday alongside The Saturdays . Stryder's third solo studio album, Third Strike was released on Monday, 15 November 2010 and was an unsuccessful album . Stryder began recording Third Strike shortly after he completed his previous album; he then released
3358-532: The release of the seventh studio album, The Time Is Now , which was released in January 2018, along with the single " Heartline ". On 23 November, David released his second single from The Time Is Now , " I Know You " featuring Bastille . David and Dan Smith from Bastille performed the song live a day later on Sounds Like Friday Night . The single peaked at number 5 in 2018, making it David's highest-charting single since "Don't Love You No More (I'm Sorry)" in 2005. The Time Is Now debuted at number 2 on
3431-405: The second single from the scrapped album, " Off the Record ". On 3 November 2011 Stryder announced in an interview that his fourth album would be entitled; "Full Tank". 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
3504-544: The second single to be taken from Signed Sealed Delivered , titled "All Alone Tonight (Stop, Look, Listen)" was released. The chorus of the single samples the Stylistics ' hit " Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart) " but features completely new verses. In the weeks leading up to the release, BBC Radio Two backed the single by naming it their 'Record of the Week' and adding it to their 'A-List'. On 20 May 2010, David appeared as
3577-511: The second single to be taken from Trust Me , charted at number 39 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming his third-lowest-charting single to date. " Officially Yours " was released on 23 June 2008 and peaked at number 158 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming his lowest-charting single to date and was the final single from Trust Me . In July, a new track titled "Are You Up for This" started receiving airplay on various radio stations as part of
3650-475: The single " Re-Rewind " by Artful Dodger . David's debut studio album, Born to Do It , was released in 2000, after which he has released a further five studio albums and worked with a variety of artists such as Sting and Tinchy Stryder . David was born in Southampton , Hampshire , the only child of Tina (née Loftus), a retail assistant at Superdrug , and George David, a carpenter, and grew up in
3723-511: The studio. On 29 December 2008, a new mix of "Insomnia", titled "Up All Night Mix", was made available for digital download. As part of the Greatest Hits compilation, David re-recorded " Walking Away " with four different artists across Europe: Monrose from Germany, Nek from Italy, Lynnsha from France and Álex Ubago from Spain. The album debuted at number 48 on the UK Albums Chart . From February to April 2009, David toured Russia,
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#17327905382643796-644: The title of Street Fighter III 3rd Strike which was also a massive success. Third Strike features several artists, including English singer Amelle , with whom he collaborated on Catch 22 on the single " Never Leave You ". The album features Taio Cruz who also featured on the Stryder's last album. The album also features artists affiliated with Roc Nation : Canadian singer Melanie Fiona on " Let It Rain ", American singer Alexis Jordan , and American singer Bridget Kelly on " Take The World ". The song " Game Over " features six different artists. Eric Turner from
3869-611: The track "Fly Away". David performed at the Michael Jackson tribute concert , held in Cardiff at the Millennium Stadium on 8 October 2011. Further to their earlier collaboration, David and Erick Morillo also canvassed a promotional track to DJs and radio stations titled "Get Drunk Up" and also featured it on YouTube. Morillo revealed David would appear on a project with Harry Romero and José Nunez , featuring
3942-456: The track "Got It Good", which he also co-wrote. This song also appeared on his sixth studio album. On 19 August 2016, Craig announced on social networks that his sixth studio album, Following My Intuition , would finally be released on 30 September 2016. It debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart , giving David his first number-one album since his debut, Born to Do It , reached the top spot in 2000. On 15 September 2017, David announced
4015-405: The two grime singles, he announced that the new album was to be titled The Cloud 9 LP . 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. This was the second song from the album to be premiered. On 3 March 2016, Tinchy announced that The Cloud 9 LP / 360° will be released as
4088-471: The video game Strider and from the nickname given to him "Tinchy": his height at 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m). In 2002, the grime group Roll Deep was founded by Wiley , and included Stryder and Dizzee Rascal . They were making music that was a derivative of garage . For a while, there was not even a name for it. The name "grime" was the one that stuck. While performing with Roll Deep, Stryder performed some songs including "U Were Always" in 2002, which
4161-473: The word soli can be used to refer to a small number of simultaneous parts assigned to single players in an orchestral composition. In the Baroque concerto grosso , the term for such a group of soloists was concertino . An instrumental solo is often used in popular music during a break or bridge to add interest and variety to a part of the song without lyrics. In the Baroque and Classical periods,
4234-410: The word solo was virtually equivalent to sonata , and could refer either to a piece for one melody instrument with (continuo) accompaniment, or to a sonata for an unaccompanied melody instrument, such as Johann Sebastian Bach ’s sonatas for violin alone . Craig David Craig Ashley David MBE (born 5 May 1981) is an English singer and songwriter. He rose to fame in 1999, featuring on
4307-762: The year as one of the judges on new talent show Walk the Line . Debuting on ITV on 12 December 2021, David joined Gary Barlow , Dawn French and Alesha Dixon on the judging panel. In June 2022, David performed at the Platinum Party at the Palace . In August 2022, he performed " 7 Days ", " Live in the Moment " and " Fill Me In " alongside Coldplay at Wembley Stadium . On 30 September 2022, David released his eighth studio album, 22 via his own TS5 label and Moor Records under exclusive license to BMG. The album
4380-449: Was " One More Lie (Standing in the Shadows) " and it was released in the UK on 22 March 2010 where it made number 76 with the album following one week later on 29 March 2010, which entered the UK chart at number 13. On 17 March 2010, David released a UK garage compilation album titled Rewind Old Skool Classics mixed with DJ Spoony featuring some of their favourite UK garage hits from the last ten years. Two weeks later on 31 May 2010,
4453-408: Was also released as an underground single in November 2007. In 2008, Stryder released his debut extended play , Cloud 9 The EP , which was released on 31 March, also on Takeover. This was succeeded by him and grime record producer Maniac collaborating on the album, Tinchy Stryder vs. Maniac , which was released on 24 November 2008. Only one single was released from the album, "Rollin", which
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#17327905382644526-618: Was announced that Craig David had signed a recording contract with Insanity Records (a joint venture between Sony Music UK and Insanity Management) and independent company Speakerbox Media. On 19 March 2016, at the second day of the Ultra Music Festival 2016, during the set of the Dutch DJ and record producer Hardwell , he appeared to present their new track " No Holding Back ", which was released on 19 August 2016. In 2016, David appeared on Kaytranada 's album 99.9% , on
4599-481: Was bullied by other students at school. He wrote and released the song "Johnny" in 2005 about his memories of being bullied. David's father, George David, played bass in a reggae band called Ebony Rockers. As a teen, David began accompanying his father to local dance clubs, where DJs let him take the microphone. He also began creating his own music and lyrics and working in yoth and community clubs as an MC and DJ. David's earliest exposure came when he worked on
4672-400: Was digitally released on 10 November 2008. The second single, " Insomnia ", produced by Jim Beanz from Timbaland productions, a dance track with hard bassline beats, was released the following week on 17 November 2008. Toby Gad and Eimear Crombie provided back-up vocals and instrumental stylings. David also started working with guitarist and recording engineer Kwame Yeboah , both live and in
4745-454: Was later revealed the track is to be released under SpeakerBox/JEM on 27 November 2015. David made a surprise appearance on The X Factor on 13 December 2015, where he performed his breakthrough single "Re-Rewind" during a medley with Reggie 'n' Bollie and Fuse ODG . "When the Bassline Drops" debuted at number 50 in the UK and peaked at number 10 on 5 February 2016, becoming David's highest-charting single since 2007. On 25 January 2016, it
4818-487: Was particularly impressed by the first song he heard, " Walking Away ", saying "That was an absolute stand-out ... It struck me that any seventeen-year-old that could write a song like this had huge potential." The Wildstar boss was further won over when, on later visiting the artist's home in Southampton, he found David's tiny bedroom stacked from floor to ceiling with 12" vinyl records, commenting: "That convinced me he
4891-402: Was preceded by and features singles "Who You Are" (featuring MNEK ), "My Heart's Been Waiting for You" (featuring Duvall), "G Love" (featuring Nippa) and "DNA" (featuring Galantis ). "Who You Are (Part 2)", "Who You Are" (Stripped) and "DNA (Part 2)" were also released as additional promotional singles. On 6 October 2022, David released his first book titled What's Your Vibe? ; upon announcing
4964-456: Was released in 2002. The album's first four singles continued David's streak of top 10 hits in the UK, bringing a total of nine consecutive top 10 hits until "World Filled with Love" peaked at number 15 in 2003. None of the six singles released from the album charted in the U.S. Although "What's Your Flava?" and " Rise & Fall " (duet with Sting ) received airplay on the urban contemporary and soft adult contemporary formats, they did not make
5037-595: Was released in October 2008. This track was also included on his 2009 second solo studio album, Catch 22 , as part of the, Deluxe 2-Disc Edition, and he would collaborate with American band Gang Gang Dance on their album Saint Dymphna that was released in October 2008. Stryder began a partnership with English record producer and songwriter Fraser T Smith . According to Smith in an interview with HitQuarters , "Kwasi had no shortage of beats and cool sounding production, but I think he wanted to try and break through into
5110-434: Was released years later on Roll Deep's compilation album Street Anthems in 2009. He also performed on Roll Deep's 2004 mixtape , Creeper Vol. 2 . The debut album by Stryder, Star in the Hood , was released on 13 August 2007 on Takeover . The album spawned two main singles, "Breakaway", which was released on 9 April 2007 and " Something About Your Smile ", was released on 6 August 2007. Bonus track " Mainstream Money "
5183-539: Was the real deal and not just some kid acting out the part." At that point Lester offered him a development deal with his label. When Lester later heard the song " 7 Days ", he said he immediately heard a number-one record and promoted the contract to an album deal the same day. The song " Re-Rewind (The Crowd Say Bo Selecta) ", from the Artful Dodger album It's All About the Stragglers , hit number two on
5256-516: Was worth £8 million. David revealed on Twitter that he had worked with record producer Jim Beanz on material for his new album. He also tweeted about working with August Rigo and more recently Fraser T. Smith . Whilst doing a show in Russia, David confirmed he had left Universal Music Group and hopes to release his new album in America as well as the UK. In February 2011, David agreed to do
5329-634: Was writing with the Backstreet Boys on their 20th-anniversary album, the follow-up to their 2009 album This Is Us and the first they released since the return of Kevin Richardson who departed from the group in 2005. In January 2013, David announced on Twitter that he had signed a publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG). The deal saw David's publishing company, formally known as Bootyman Music Publishing merge to become JEM Music. Starting in March 2013, David embarked on
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