Sway (rapper)

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Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
This is my demo
  UK 45 02/18/2006 (2 weeks)
The Signature LP
  UK 51 October 18, 2008 (1 week)
Singles
Harvey Nicks (with the Mitchell Brothers )
  UK 62 06/04/2005 (2 weeks)
Little Derek
  UK 38 01/28/2006 (4 weeks)
Products
  UK 93 06/03/2006 (1 week)
Saturday Night Hustle
  UK 67 09/27/2008 (1 week)
Silver & Gold
  UK 61 02/14/2009 (4 weeks)
Mercedes Benz
  UK 53 07/11/2009 (2 weeks)
Still speedin '
  UK 19th December 17, 2011 (5 weeks)
Level up
  UK 8th 04/21/2012 (8 weeks)
No Sleep (feat. KSI & Tigger da Author)
  UK 44 11/02/2013 (2 weeks)

Sway (born September 5, 1982 in London ; real name Derek Andrew Safo ), also Sway DaSafo , is a British rapper of Ghanaian descent.

Career

Sway grew up in north London and began creating beats for other rappers at the age of 15 and recording his own mixtapes at home. In 2005 his self-released recordings This Is My Promo Vol. 1 and Vol.2 found their way to pirate channels and finally to the BBC channel 1Xtra. Without a record deal and a real release, he surprisingly received the award for best hip-hop performer at the MOBO Awards 2005.

Despite the following offers from record companies, the rapper decided to independently release his first real album, This Is My Demo . With Little Derek it contained a top 40 hit, but was otherwise rather cautiously successful.

He then signed with the US musician Akon's Konvict label . His signature LP was released there in 2008 , although it was hardly more successful than its predecessor. Three singles landed in the UK Top 75.

Discography

album

  • This Is My Demo (2006)
  • The Signature LP (2008)

Songs

  • Get 'Em High (2006)
  • Little Derek (2006)
  • Saturday Night Hustle (2008)
  • Silver & Gold (2009)
  • Mercedes Benz (2009)
  • Still Speeding (2011)
  • Level Up (2012)
  • No Sleep (featuring KSI & Tigger da Author, 2013)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sway in the Official UK Charts (English)
  2. ^ 'Mix-tapes tell the story of my life'. In: The Guardian . September 27, 2005, accessed October 27, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Sway
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Sway DaSafo (other name); Derek Andrew Safo (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British rapper
DATE OF BIRTH 5th September 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH London