Tinchy Stryder is a grime artist hailing from Bow, East London. Aswell as being one of the genres top solo artists he is part of the highly rated group, Ruff Sqwad.
Tinchy came to prominence first in 2003. Since then he has been working hard and has collaborated with almost every major artist in grime. He has also worked on two remixes with The Streets, first to 'Fit But You Know It' and then, last year to, 'Prangin Out'.

Tinchy signed to independent label Takeover Entertainment during 2006. He also released two solo mixtapes 'I’m Back U Know' and 'Lost and Found'.