Shirtless Tinie Tempah Shows Off Muscles in Mallorca Before Love Island and Music Comeback

Tinie Tempah showcased his muscular physique as he enjoyed a day at the beach in Mallorca, Spain on Monday. 

The rapper, 36, has flown to the Spanish island to make a musical appearance on Love Island. 

Ahead of going into the villa, Tinie enjoyed some down time as he went surfing with a friend to make the most of his trip.

The hitmaker displayed his gym-honed physique in black shorts and he also sported a loose-fitting white T-shirt and a pair of sunglasses.   

Tinie, whose real name is Patrick Okogwu, will perform his new single Eat It Up on Tuesday’s episode of Love Island.

Tinie Tempah showcased his muscular physique as he enjoyed a day at the beach in Mallorca, Spain on Monday

The rapper, 36, has flown to the Spanish island to make a musical appearance on Love Island

The Spanish villa will be transformed into a full on festival wonderland, giving the Islanders the chance to let loose and celebrate their summer of love in style with music, dancing, and all the big Love Island energy. 

ITV producers have also booked Tinie to perform, with the Islanders having no idea of his planned set until he arrived at the villa.

It comes after Tinie announced his return to music ‘to save Britain’s clubs’ after quitting ‘to change nappies and raise his kids’ during an appearance on This Morning.

The singer appeared on the ITV chat show on Friday to mark his industry comeback, nearly ten years after his last album Youth in 2017. 

The artist, whose new single Eat It Up came out on Thursday, told presenters Dermot O’Leary, 52, and Sian Welby, 38, what he has been up to – and his current plans.  

The Pass Out hitmaker explained his hiatus: ‘I basically stepped back a bit just to settle down, have kids, all that stuff, do the school run, change nappies.’ 

And he used his appearance on the sofa to spread the word about preserving British nightlife and music venues, which have been in decline since the pandemic. 

Tinie married artist Eve De Haan in 2019, the daughter of the Saga insurance firm’s former owner Sir Roger De Haan. 

Ahead of going into the villa, Tinie enjoyed some down time as he went surfing with a friend to make the most of his trip

The hitmaker displayed his gym-honed physique in black shorts and he also sported a loose-fitting white T-shirt and a pair of sunglasses

Tinie, whose real name is Patrick Okogwu, will perform his new single Eat It Up on Tuesday’s episode of Love Island

The Spanish villa will be transformed into a full on festival wonderland, giving the Islanders the chance to let loose and celebrate their summer of love in style

They share two daughters, born in 2018 and 2021.

The rapper told Dermot and Sian: ‘I was watching my kids grow up and I was thinking, “Wow, they’re actually not going to be able to experience me in some of these venues that maybe my siblings did or friends that I grew up with did. 

‘”I need to do this for them”.’

During his break from making music, he also bought a recording studio in London to support other rappers and singers. 

He explained: ‘Seeing all these incredible artists coming in and out of my studio and hearing their bangers, I was doing DIY, painting the walls, sanding the floors, and people are making bangers. 

‘And I was like, “I’m not a carpenter, I need to get back on to the music!”‘

Tinie said his return to the industry was also ‘really motivated by the landscape of where we were economically’. 

He pointed out how since gigs stopped and event spaces closed during the Covid pandemic, the nation has lost around three venues a month. 

A staggering 480 clubs vanished between June 2020 and September 2024, according to figures from the Night Time Industries Association. 

Even the capital was hit hard, going from 200 venues in 2020 to just 143 four years later. 

An association spokesman has previously said: ”The rapid decline is devastating for our economy. 

‘Without urgent Government intervention, we risk losing a key part of the UK’s cultural identity in dance music.’ 

It comes after Tinie announced his return to music ‘to save Britain’s clubs’ after quitting ‘to change nappies and raise his kids’ during an appearance on This Morning

It has a bigger effect than on just artists, Tinie emphasised: ‘If you think about the bouncer that works there, the barmaid, the person that’s working at the cloakroom, there’s a little cottage economy in there. 

‘So, I think the best thing people can do is just keep attending, keep going.’ 

The musician continued: ‘I know there’s so many other things going on in the world that we should be concerned about.

‘However, as an artist, I’m thinking of the next generation of acts and I’m thinking if they don’t have the same venues that I did, now they have virtually no venues, how are we going to get all these exciting genres like drum and bass and garage and grime and house music that were birthed out of these spaces?’

Tinie added it is especially important ‘in a time of division’: ‘As simple as it is, music brings joy, it brings people together and so we need to preserve these spaces. 

‘And I’m hoping that my little voice can start off hopefully a domino effect of other artists identifying the problem and being a voice as well.’ 

He concluded: ‘Let’s keep some of these institutions alive because that’s what they are, some of these places are institutions. 

‘I hear people that are in their fifties and sixties talk about the Hacienda [club in Manchester] and we need venues like that that we’ll be talking about for years to come.’