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Vinony's link graph records 71 inbound references to Rebel MC, and connects out to Island Records, jungle and London.
It is catalogued under topics including 1964 births, Big Dada artists and British people of Jamaican descent.
Vinony links it to 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- London
- Active from
- 1965-08-27
Discography
- Cockney Rhythm1988
- Just Keep Rockin / Street Tuff1989
- Twenty One Mixes1989
- Just Keep Rockin'1989
- Street Tuff1989
- Rebel Music1990
- Rebel Music1990
- Better World1990
- Culture / Comin' On Strong1990
- Rebel Music1990
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 20,967
- Total plays
- 127,434
Tags
The 80's popster turned proto-jungle revolutionary was born Michael West in 1965 in London. He formed Double Trouble in the early '80s with Michael Menson and Leigh Guest, releasing the ska-pop hit "Street Tuff". Rebel MC later gained fame in England as a pop-rapper, but by 1991 he had released Black Meaning Good, an album that presaged jungle with hardcore techno married to dub basslines and ragga toasters such as Barrington Levy and Tenor Fly. His 1992 singles "Rich Ah Getting Richer" and "Hum
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Anthony
- Family name
- West
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Tottenham
- Occupation
- rapper
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- ragga jungle
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Congo Natty.jpg
Show 5 more facts
- date of birth
- 1965-08-27
- Commons category
- Michael West
- pseudonym
- Rebel MC
- start of work period
- 1990-00-00
- social media followers
- 13127
Sources (3)
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