British-Ghanaian rapper Sway DaSafo, born Derek Andrew Safo, died at his home in Ghana on 17 September 2026 at the age of 44.
In 2005 he became the first unsigned artist to win a MOBO Award, taking Best Hip-Hop Act before releasing an official album.
His debut album This Is My Demo came out in February 2006 and completed 20 years in 2026.
He was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma in 2010 and entered remission the same year; his cause of death was not made public.
Annual awards for Music of Black Origin, honouring artists of any nationality performing black music genres including hip-hop, R&B, reggae and grime
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Music of Black Origin - the annual British awards established in 1996 to recognise black music.
A cancer of the lymphatic system and one of the two broad categories of lymphoma, the other being non-Hodgkin lymphoma.