Tubby T (born Anthony Emanuel Robinson, 9 September 1974 – 22 May 2008) was an English

reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its Jamaican diaspora, diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first ...

dancehall Dancehall is a genre of Jamaican popular music that originated in the late 1970s. Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae than the roots reggae, roots style, which had dominated much of the 1970s.Barrow, Steve & Dalton, Peter (2 ...

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and

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MC and singer from Brent,

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. His 2002 single "Tales of the Hood", produced by Sticky, reached No. 47 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 7 on the

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. The following year, he featured on the single "Big N Bashy" by rapper Fallacy which reached No. 45 on the UK Singles Chart. As well as Sticky, Tubby T worked with other artists such as

MJ Cole Matthew James Firth Coleman, better known by his stage name MJ Cole, is an English garage DJ, recording artist, record producer and remixer. Career Born in London, in his youth, Cole was classically trained on the oboe and piano, and won sch ...

Sweetie Irie Dean Bent (born January 1971), better known as Sweetie Irie, is a British reggae Singing, singer and Disc jockey#Dancehall/reggae deejays, deejay. Early life ''Sweetie Irie'' began working on local sound systems as a teenager. Career He ga ...

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and

Buju Banton Mark Anthony Myrie (born 15 July 1973),Larkin, Colin (1998) "The Virgin Encyclopedia of Reggae", Virgin Books, known professionally as Buju Banton, is a Jamaican dancehall, ragga, and reggae singer. He is one of the most significant and well-re ...

. Robinson died on 22 May 2008, after suffering his second

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in four years.

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* 1974 births 2008 deaths Singers from the London Borough of Brent British dancehall musicians English reggae musicians Black British male rappers English male rappers 21st-century Black British male singers 21st-century British male singers People from Neasden Rappers from the London Borough of Brent People from Kensal Green UK garage singers Grime music artists {{UK-musician-stub