The salient points

• Tinchy Stryder is the smallest man to ever have had a Number One single in the UK (he's 5'3"). Hence the nickname "Tinchy".


• He 'cut his teeth' doing freestyles on  1Xtra as a member of the Roll Deep crew.


• Still, the hits didn't start 'rolling in' until he embraced pop, as you can see from this and this.


• He recorded a theme song for the torch being lit in preparation for the 2012 Olympics and was joined on said song by Dionne Bromfield.


• He's friends with both Dappy and Jay-Z.


• And Pixie Lott.

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