At the end of the day, you sign a record deal and you understand where it could go if you had the right song.
Tinie TempahWhen I feel like I'm renowned enough, I'd love to do a heritage-type line, but that takes time.
Tinie TempahGone are the days when you'd have to tune in to a mad illegal radio station late at night to be able to hear the rapper of your choice. That's all changed now. That's all gone out of the window. And I feel like I represent that change. I represent the era of iPods and Shuffle and things like that.
Tinie TempahI was like 14 and decided I wanted to be a rapper, so I needed a hip rapper name. I was with one of my friends in class and literally went through a thesaurus. I saw "temper" and thought, "I like this, but it's too much." My friend was like, "What about Tinie for tiny," and that was that.
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