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Sway
Moving to London from Ghana when he was just a baby, Sway honed his skills by
re-writing the lyrics of his favourite hip hop stars and making beats for local
artists in his school's music department. Entering every open mic night and
freestyle rap battle that he could, he joined the collective Phynix Crew before
his solo mixtapes started to cause a stir on the underground UK hip hop scene in
2003. Released on his own independent label DCypha, debut album This Is My Demo
(2006) was nominated for the Mercury Music Prize and was seen as a landmark in
UK urban music because of the wa...
