Nii Addo Quaynor aka Tinny, who hail from Osu was born in the 80’s to Mr. Ricky Tetteh Quaynor and Naa Badu Quaynor. He got the name Tinny from her mum.He is the last born of the 6 children of his parents i.e. four boys and 2 boys.

He had his primary education at the Osu Home School and then went to Hepter International School Akim Oda . He later moved to Salem J.S.S. He then continued at the Okuapeman Secondary School for his secondary education.

Tinny got into the music industry at the age of 8, by singing and rapping at parties and fun fairs. In 1994 he started performing at Fun World, an entertainment programme which was organized every Sunday at the Ghana National Theatre.

His first album was not successful because the engineering works were not so good. Not satisfied with his first album, he later went on to do “Makola Kwakwe”, which became a number 1 hit in the country.

Subsequently, Tinny has recorded several albums and make impact in Ghana and Nigeria. He has become the toast of the youth and an idol to many. He has featured on several songs and has always been rated among the best hiplife artiste.

He runs his own record label and shots his own videos, MTV not too long ago shot a video for him. Though he directs most of his videos now he mentains close ties with Om Studios. He records most of his songs with Richie of Lynx Entertainmnet.

He has recently been voted and awarded African Artiste of the year at the 2009 edition of the Hip Hop World Awards.

He has several songs with international artistes including Jarule and Faze of Nigeria.