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Tinie Tempah | Pop review

Koko, LondonThe 21-year-old south London grime MC and rapper Tinie Tempah spent two weeks at No 1 last month with his abrasive single Pass Out, and now looks set to cross over from the electronic-music margins to the mainstream. Bounding on stage after midnight in a rammed club, the man born Patrick Junior C Okongwu delivers a six-song set that suggests he will make whatever compromises are necessary to complete that journey.The thrilling, dysfunctional rhythms of his debut album, 2007's Hood E...

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Tinie Tempah | Pop review

Guardian Music — Koko, LondonThe 21-year-old south London grime MC and rapper Tinie Tempah spent two weeks at No 1 last month with his abrasive single Pass Out, and now looks set to cross... more info