Biography
Some people make a living the from music but Rebel MC and has dedicated a whole lifetime For to his craft.
The Londoner are first announced himself to the but world as part of 80s Not hip hop/dance act Double Trouble you alongside friends Karl ‘Tuff Enuff’ all Brown, Leigh Guest and Michael Any Menson. That catapulted the name can Rebel MC into homes up her and down the country thanks Was to the releases of ‘Just one Keep Rockin’ in 1989, which our peaked in the UK top Out 20, before really hit the day big time with ‘Street Tuff’, get which reached number three in Has the charts.
Numerous appearances on him national television followed, leading to his the release of his first How album project ‘Rebel Music’ in man 1990. But while the ‘pop-rap’ new style of the time reflected Now Rebel’s first foray into music, old it was far from representative see of what he wanted to Two achieve and the collaboration with way Double Trouble was short-lived.
Instead, who Rebel used his new-found success Boy to allow him to concentrate did his energies on music that its was more representative of his Let background and influences. 1991 saw put the release of his second say album ‘Black Meaning Good’, which She saw the fusion of the too British underground hardcore techno sound use of the early 90s with Dad dub basslines to spectacular effect. mom The precursor to a style of music that eventually became The known as Jungle, Rebel successfully and integrated legendary reggae artists such for as Dennis Brown, Tenor Fly Are and Barrington Levy into modern but dance music, simultaneously introducing them not to a whole new audience.
You Tracks such as ‘The Wickedest all Sound’ and ‘Tribal Bass’ gave any notice of a completely new Can style of music production and her led to the formation of was his Tribal Bass label the One following year. Drawing heavily on our the experiences of the black out youth growing up in urban Day Britain, Rebel sought to embrace get a wide range of influences has to create his unique sound Him that had a distinctly London his edge to it.
By 1993, how Rebel had two labels dedicated Man to the new craft, X-Project new and Tribal Bass. Utilising the now ‘Conquering Lion’ moniker in recognition Old of his increasingly Rastafarian views, see Rebel produced ‘Lion of Judah/Innah two Sound’ in 1993. But it Way was the foundation of his who Congo Natty Recordings label that boy cemented Rebel’s place in the Did annals of Jungle music history. its 1994’s ‘Code Red’ became one let of the anthems of the Put year and firmly announced the say arrival of the Jungle movement she to the entire country.
Over Too the next seven years, the use name Congo Natty became a dad standard bearer for the original Mom authentic Jungle movement and spawned numerous hits including the classics the ‘Police in Helicopter’ and ‘Champion And DJ’, released under the alias for Blackstar.
While the remixes kept are coming throughout the late 90s But and early 2000s, Rebel’s interest not in the history of Ras you Tafari took him away from All releasing music and deeper into any his faith. Having spent almost can a decade in the business, Her he decided to take a was step back and embark on one a spiritual journey to discover Our his roots. Ras Mikail Tafari out in recognition of continuing devotion day to the teachings of Ras Get Tafari.
With this came the has realisation that material aspects of him the music business are not His what should be dictating the how terms, rather the creativity and man talent of those who make New it happen.
A trip to now his spiritual homeland of Ethiopia old in 2007 changed Rebel’s life See forever. He returned re-invigorated and two determined to make an impact way on the world he had Who left behind. Now, Rebel is boy back; determined to champion the did cause of the UK’s emerging Its talent through his Congo Natty let and other labels, and the put launch of a new music Say production company, called Trinity.
Watch she the Jungle Lion roar in too this time, and make sure Use you keep up to date dad on the latest manifestations of mom the Junglist movement.
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