Sticky (born Richard Forbes) is a

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DJ and producer. He is best known for his 2001 hit "

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" featuring

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, which peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart and number one on the

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, and for the tracks "Triplets" and "Things We Do" featuring

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(which itself samples "Triplets"). In 1999, Sticky joined DJ/producer Jason Kaye's

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Social Circles and since then worked with Kaye on many records, including "Booo!". Kaye, who died in 2023, was a member of

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group Top Buzz. In 2002, Sticky worked with ''

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'' team members Matt Mason and

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to record the theme song and music video to the first grime comedy series commissioned by Channel U, titled ''

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''. Sticky also produced the chart hit singles "Tales of the Hood" by Tubby T and "Hype! Hype!" by SLK, and has

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ed tracks by many artists including

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and

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. In 2013, Sticky appeared alongside many other garage pioneers in a documentary exploring the legacy of UK garage, ''Rewind 4Ever: The History of UK Garage''.

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* UK garage musicians DJs from London English record producers Black British DJs Grime music artists British remixers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) English electronic dance music DJs {{UK-musician-stub