I'm so down to earth, I'm bringing gravity back.

I 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.

I think it's imperative to have faith or religion, because it's good to have morals, to be kind to others.

I enjoyed my upbringing, my siblings did, we're polite, we're respectful, but at the end of the day we're young, we like to have fun. But now, more so than ever, the youth has been vilified to the point where it feels like you can't enjoy being young any more, you just have to sit it out and wait until you get old.

As a young guy from south London, I wanted to be able to make myself stand out.

I've seen how much effort has to go into a tour, the performance and also how to look after yourself, not just physically, but mentally too.

I actually remember celebrating National Poetry Day at school; I remember having to write and read a load.