Talk:Sway (British musician)

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A little notice[edit]

I've thoroughly de-POVed the article. Honestly, it was easy; I implore editors to just edit instead of slapping tags. (Not to say I'm not guilty of the same.) Anyway, I took out the tag, mostly because I blew out everything that looked like a compliment. Deltabeignet 04:29, 8 November 2005 (UTC) I removed the description of the song Download as being intended "to discourage the downloading of music" since it completely misses the mark, the song is clearly ironic, and widely believed to be so212.32.11.115 15:27, 9 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Is there anyone out there who can edit this page properly for me please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jessien23 (talk • contribs) 16:44, 27 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Associated Acts[edit]

How is he associated to these acts? I'm pretty sure he isn't. Any Sources or anything? 121.73.11.118 (talk) 13:23, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have removed the acts that I know he hasn't yet collaborated with. He was collaborated with Chamillionaire on "Up Your Speed Pt. 2" on the "One for the Journey EP" and he works a lot with Akon, as shown in the Dotted Lines mixtape. Pyrelli features a lot on songs on the "This is my Demo" album. Clips of Lupe Fiasco are featured on the Dotted Lines mixtape and he mentions Sway as one of his three favourite rappers and there are videos on YouTube (which I acknowledge are poor sources) of the two meeting and freestyling together. - Erebus555 (talk) 15:56, 6 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is there anyone out there who can edit this page properly for me please? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jessien23 (talk • contribs) 16:44, 27 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Collaborations & This Is My Demo Sections[edit]

I think we should create a section called "Collaborations" which would showcase all Sway's past collaborations with other artists. Another thing to do, is have a section about "This is my Demo" as it would seem appropriate, as we have a section about his upcoming album.Dirtyharry1994 (talk) 04:43, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Madness[edit]

the madness collab isnt noted. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.83.121.172 (talk) 20:20, 22 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Signed to Akon[edit]

He just got signed to Akon and was announced he'll be working with Pharrell as well, big news for UK fans, would be good to get that up there http://www.sohh.com/2008/09/news-akon-signs.html source if you need it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.109.221.207 (talk) 19:57, 25 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Delivery Mixtape[edit]

I've seen 3 different release dates on this page for this mixtape, does anyone know when its actually coming out? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.102.10.103 (talk) 16:24, 1 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Suggested merge[edit]

Sway DaSafo discography is too short to need a separate article, and could be merged here without adding undue length to this one. TheJazzDalek (talk) 10:03, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Merged. TheJazzDalek (talk) 12:38, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

External links[edit]

Removed per WP:EL:

but could possibly be used as references to improve the article. TheJazzDalek (talk) 12:38, 27 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

'DaSafo'?[edit]

Where did the 'DaSafo' in his name come from? I've never heard him being referred to as this, just 'Sway'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.192.81.199 (talk) 13:36, 4 December 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Look here. --DJ EV (talk) 11:26, 13 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

When he first started he called himself Sway Da Safo, which means Sway The Safo, Safo being his last name (Real name Derek Andrew Safo). His early TV work, as well as his music, refer to him as Sway Dasafo, as shown on IMDb http://gb.imdb.com/name/nm2620829/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jessien23 (talk • contribs) 12:03, 27 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 28 September 2016[edit]

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Derek Andrews Safo born September 5, 1982 known professionally as Sway (Dasafo) was born and raised in Hornsey, North London by Ghanaian parents Beatrice & Alhaji. He attended Campsbourne Junior School and then Highgate Wood Secondary School, where he would sacrifice many of his lunchtime breaks learning how to produce music in the schools 'backroom' music facility.

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References

^ http://www.tottenhamjournal.co.uk/news/hornsey_rapper_sway_at_celebration_for_online_youth_programme_1_1143528. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ http://www.capitalxtra.com/artists/sway/lists/facts/producer/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Note: I'm not sufficient in referencing properly and never quite understood why there is a 'Missing or empty | title=' afer the link. If I can get a clearer understanding with these two examples I'd really appreciate it. Thank you

Jessien23 (talk) 08:24, 28 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

It's simply that you haven't included a title in the citation. If you add the titles your 2 refs would be

<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tottenhamjournal.co.uk/news/hornsey_rapper_sway_at_celebration_for_online_youth_programme_1_1143528|title=Hornsey rapper Sway at celebration for online youth programme}}</ref>
and <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalxtra.com/artists/sway/lists/facts/producer/|title=16 Things You Need To Know About Sway}}</ref>

and be rendered as

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References

Ideally you would also fill in a few more of the parameters. {{cite web}} explains the various parameters, but not all are compulsory. --David Biddulph (talk) 10:27, 29 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jessien23 (talk • contribs) 19:04, 30 September 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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|listas=Sway[edit]

I have made this article sort with "|listas=Sway" to line up with the title. The article has {{DEFAULTSORT:Sway}}.--Dthomsen8 (talk) 01:04, 19 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttp://www.tottenhamjournal.co.uk/news/hornsey_rapper_sway_at_celebration_for_online_youth_programme_1_1143528. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[2] ttp://www.capitalxtra.com/artists/sway/lists/facts/producer/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[3] "Hornsey rapper Sway at celebration for online youth programme".

[4] "16 Things You Need To Know About Sway".

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