Overview
- The MOBO Awards announced Sway’s death and multiple outlets, citing a close friend, reported he died at his home in Ghana.
- A close friend confirmed late Thursday that the British‑Ghanaian rapper Derek Safo — known as Sway — had passed away, and no official cause has been released.
- Peers and protégés led tributes online, with KSI describing Sway as a “father figure” who mentored younger artists through his Dcypha Productions label.
- Sway rose from north London mixtapes to mainstream success after becoming the first unsigned artist to win Best Hip‑Hop Act at the MOBO Awards in 2005 and releasing the Mercury‑nominated album This Is My Demo.
- He is survived by four children and a widely noted history of Hodgkin lymphoma in 2010 that later went into remission, though reports stress there is no confirmed link between that illness and his death.