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Show N Prove, born Ellis Taylor, is a
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, DJ and
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from
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.


Music production career

Show N Prove's career began when working with local acts in the
Edinburgh Edinburgh ( ; gd, Dùn Èideann ) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. Historically part of the county of Midlothian (interchangeably Edinburghshire before 1921), it is located in Lothian ...
hip hop scene in the early 2000s, where he received a breakthrough working with rapper
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by producing the track "Sometimes". This led to him moving to London where he worked with artists such as
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,
Tinchy Stryder Kwasi Esono Danquah III ( ; born 14 September 1986), known by the stage name Tinchy Stryder, is a Ghanaian-British rapper, singer, songwriter, entrepreneur and investor. Stryder has released three solo studio albums, '' Star in the Hood'' ( ...
,
Wretch 32 Jermaine Sinclaire Scott (born 9 March 1985), better known by his stage name Wretch 32, is a British rapper, singer and songwriter from Tottenham, North London. He was a member of the grime collective Combination Chain Gang, before forming The ...
,
Dappy Costadinos Contostavlos (Greek: Κωνσταντίνος Κοντόσταυλος; born 11 June 1987), better known by his stage name Dappy, is a British rapper and singer. He is the lead singer of the Camden-based hip hop and grime trio N-D ...
and Benny Banks with whom he created his most successful work to date by producing the single "Bada Bing" which featured in the movie ''
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'' and appeared on the official
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. Show N Prove is currently signed to AATW/
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DJing

Show N Prove started DJing at an early age and eventually began doing shows from the age of 14 around Edinburgh.


Single Releases


Mixtape Releases


Remixing

A Show N Prove remix is on the official
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single "
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". He also has an official remix on the
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single " Black Heart".


Discography


References


External links

* /www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/e759106b-ad0d-4dfc-b89e-7af25eb21670/ BBC Music Artist Profile Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Scottish DJs Scottish record producers Electronic dance music DJs {{Scotland-musician-stub