Split Personality was a

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band active in the 1990s, consisting of Jeremy Kerr and Andrew Gooden. They are most noted for their 1993 single "Try and Stop Us", which was a

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nominee for Best Rap Recording at the

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. Kerr and Gooden, both from the

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area of

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, began their musical careers in an early, larger iteration of Dream Warriors. Although they were no longer members of that band by the time of its breakthrough album ''

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'', they produced the album tracks "Follow Me Not", "U Could Get Arrested" and "Do Not Feed the Alligators".Tom Harrison, "Lou and Q try to put Canada on rap map". ''

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'', April 11, 1991. Their own album ''I Don't Know'' was released in 1993. In addition to "Try and Stop Us", the album included the single "Don't Stop Hip Hop".

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