Roots Manuva
Sign in to saveAlso known as Rodney Hylton Smith, Hylton Smythe, Rodney Smith, Baron Smith, Cecil P.Y.L.M. Pim Pimpernel
British rapper and producer
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1972-09-09
dancehalldubhip hopukuk hip hop
Discography
- Dusted1996
- Juggle Tings Proper1999
- Brand New Second Hand1999
- Witness (1 Hope)2001
- Run Come Save Me2001
- Dreamy Days2001
- Oh You Want More?2004
- Colossal Insight2005
- Awfully Deep2005
- Awfully De/EP2005
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 586,230
- Total plays
- 9,190,452
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Roots Manuva, born Rodney Smith is a British hip-hop artist, who mixes hip hop with reggae and dub as well as electronica, and even some gospel. He grew up around Stockwell in South London. His parents were from a small village in Jamaica called Banana Hole where his father was a preacher and tailor. Spending much of his early years in poverty, this and his strict Pentecostal upbringing clearly had an influence on his music as can be seen in many of his tracks such as "Sinny Sin Sins" and "Colos
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- rootsmanuva.co.uk
- Image
- Roots Manuva Anais photography Auckland concert-2.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1972-09-09
- Commons category
- Roots Manuva
- pseudonym
- Roots Manuva
- start of work period
- 1994-00-00
- social media followers
- 41801
- birth name
- Rodney Hylton Smith
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