Sway

Derek Andrew Safo (born September 5, 1982), better known by his stage name Sway or Sway DaSafo, is a British rapper of Ghanaian descent. His first song collaboration with American rapper Lupe Fiasco is "We Love You," released from Mick Boogie's It Was Written mixtape.David, Daniel (July 23, 2020). "Looking Back at the Lupe Fiasco and Sway Collaborations". Link Up TV. Both appeared on BBC Radio 1Xtra's Semtex in February 2011, which happened to coincide with Fiasco's 29th birthday."Lupe Fiasco and Sway Freestyle on Semtex's Show". YouTube. February 22, 2011. He is the only rapper featured on Fiasco's third album Lasers (2011).
== Background ==
In a 2011 interview with AllHipHop, Sway told them how he and Lupe connected:
I'll take you back that story goes quite deep—I was in South By Southwest about 4 or 5 years ago. I never knew too much about Lupe, I had heard about him and I had heard a few tracks here and there, I had heard he was a great rapper. Someone said to me 'Lupe Fiasco is in town and he is a big fan of your music.' I thought "that's really cool, because this is the same time 'Touch the Sky' came out and this is the guy on the Kanye West record and he is interested in me!"We went up to the Hilton hotel in Texas and I met up with Lupe and we clicked straight away, he is my kinda guy. He was excited about his music; he knew about my music, he played me the album (Food & Liquor) before anyone had heard it. He said "Jay-Z is gonna get behind this". He had just shot the video for 'Kick, Push', there was just great synergy between us, we chilled, we had a laugh. You know, we have both had a lot of good moments and bad moments within the industry and we relate on a lot of different levels. My Mum's Christian and my Dad's Muslim—he's a Muslim as well; we speak about that, different aspects of life. We're very similar and we click."UK Week on AllHipHop.com: Fast-Rapping Sway from Across the Way". AllHipHop. November 20, 2011.
== Discography ==
=== Singles ===
Title 	Year	Album
"Still Speedin' (Reloaded)"	2011	The Deliverance
=== Guest appearances ===
Title 	Year	Other artist(s) 	Album
"We Love You" 	2006	Lupe Fiasco 	
"Break the Chain"	2011	Lupe Fiasco, Eric Turner	Lasers
== References ==
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