Global InformationList of awards and nominations received by Kwasi Danquah III information
| Award | Wins | Nominations |
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0 | 1 |
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0 | 1 |
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1 | 7 |
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0 | 1 |
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1 | 5 |
| Totals | ||
| Awards won | 2 | |
| Nominations | 16 | |
The following is a comprehensive list of awards and nominations received by Danquah III (known by his pseudonyms Tinchy Stryder and Star in the Hood), a music artist, music executive, A&R executive and business manager. He began his career in 2000, possibly earlier in 1997 on pirate radio sets in East London with other grime artists such as Dizzee Rascal and Wiley in 2000. He has been one of the most popular rap acts in the Europe and UK since the mid to late-2000s.[1][2]
Before the release of his third studio album, Third Strike in 2010, he became the protégé of fellow rapper and music-mogul Jay-Z,[3] and after the release of his debut mixtapes, I'm Back U Know and Lost and Found in 2006, he also became the protégé of fellow grime artist and producer Dizzee Rascal in 2007.[3]
Danquah has released one independent record label solo studio album solely with Takeover Entertainment Limited and two solo studio albums from the Universal Music Group, Universal Island Records record label combined with independent record label Takeover Entertainment Ltd: Star in the Hood (2007), Catch 22 (2009) and Third Strike on November 15, 2010.[4][5] In June 2010, Danquah co-founded the record label and entertainment company Takeover Roc Nation with Jay-Z.[5]
The release of Danquah's second solo album and its lead singles "Stryderman", "Number 1" with N-Dubz in 2009 and Never Leave You with Amelle Berrabah also in 2009, led to his nomination for a Brit Award, Music of Black Origin Awards (MOBO), Urban Music Awards (UMA), MTV Europe Music Award (EMA), and other honors. During 2008 in his first ever award nomination Kwasi Danquah III won his first award, an Urban Music Award. In 2010, he was nominated for an additional three MOBOs, which he shared one with N-Dubz, and has been nominated for a total of sixteen music awards throughout his music career.
- ^ Katbamna, Mira (August 20, 2009). "Tinchy Stryder's university days". The Guardian. London. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
- ^ Press office, UEL (May 12, 2009). "UEL Student is Number One in the UK singles chart three weeks running". University of East London. London. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
- ^ a b "Jay-Z – Key Mentor Jay-Z". Contactmusic.com. (Reuters). July 25, 2010. Retrieved September 17, 2011.
- ^ Petridis, Alexis (July 25, 2009). "Tinchy Stryder: Rapping with the Lib Dems". The Guardian. (Reuters). Retrieved September 17, 2011.
- ^ a b Paine, Andre (June 9, 2010). "Jay-Z, Tinchy Stryder Launch Takeover Roc Nation". Billboard. (Reuters). Retrieved September 17, 2011.