The Sway

b. Derek Andrew Safo, London, England. UK rapper Sway was already well known and respected on the underground scene by the time he registered on the mainstream radar in summer 2006, when his self-released debut album This Is My Demo was nominated for the prestigious Mercury Music Prize. Raised in Hornsey, in the London borough of Haringey, Safo began working in the underground club scene after leaving school. He made his name as a producer, working with a number of aspiring UK rappers and establishing a reputation for his inventive beats. He began writing his own rhymes as a...