# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sway
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:43:45.197Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sway"
name: "Sway"
slug: "sway"
description: "Derek Andrew Safo, better known by his stage name Sway or Sway DaSafo, is a British rapper of Ghanaian descent. He is also a producer, having established Dcypha Productions, signed to Island/Universal. Safo's 2008 track \"Black Stars\" gave appreciation to popular Ghanaians across the diaspora. Sway's first big track, \"On My Own\" was released under the name Sway DaSafo."
tagline: "British rapper and record producer"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1982-09-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           48.4
  momentum:             8.300970873786406
  historical:           8.835604
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/SwayUK"
    handle:    "SwayUK"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/swaydasafo/"
    handle:    "swaydasafo"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2620829/"
    handle:    "nm2620829"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4OiMbTr2kjcGbvb2LNauxT"
    handle:    "4OiMbTr2kjcGbvb2LNauxT"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/77923"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "سواى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sway_(Rapper)"
    title: "Sway (Rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sway_(British_musician)"
    title: "Sway (British musician)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sway_(rappeur)"
    title: "Sway (rappeur)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sway_(Rapper)"
    title: "Sway (Rapper)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sway_(reperis)"
    title: "Sway (reperis)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sway_(m%C3%BAsico)"
    title: "Sway (músico)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sway_(mwanamuziki_wa_Uingereza)"
    title: "Sway (mwanamuziki wa Uingereza)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sway"
    title: "Sway"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f76e4bb5-842c-4ece-961b-4c162ad3bb47"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2372231"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump