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Tinie Tempah can't stop talking about Adele's success

  • May 27, 2011
  • Brad O'Mance

Tinie Tempah has told Billboard he's been "inspired" by Adele's success in America.

The rapper — who, as he's mentioned before, knows Adele per­son­ally — said he wanted to do for British rappers what Adele has done for British singers. Not that you'd even know Adele was British, appar­ently.

"When you sing you can't really tell where you're from based on how you sing … which is why I think that rapping and somebody being able to break out here being a rapper from a different country … is a very, very big deal," he said.

Talking about his success in America ('Written In The Stars' has sold over a million copies and 'Disc-Overy' has just entered the album chart at number 21), Tempah said it's all a bit per­plex­ing. "[American] radio formats are confusing me even now," he said. "I still don't under­stand what rhythmic and Top 40 is. Can someone tell me please?"

Come and sit on our knee, Tinie. We'll tell you all about it.

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