Official DJ Whisper ft Tippa Irie, Daddy Freddy, Bobo Blackstar & Shumba Youth Live Music Session

Official DJ Whisper ft Tippa Irie, Daddy Freddy, Bobo Blackstar & Shumba Youth Live Music SessionShow more

A British dancehall MC who launched his career in the '80s, Tippa Irie remained active long after ragga's heyday, travelling to the top of the charts with a guest shot on Black Eyed Peas' 2003 hit "Hey Mama" and working with jam bands like Long Beach Dub All-Stars. Born Anthony Henry, Irie was born in Jamaica but raised in Brixton. Tippa grew up watching his father running a sound system, Musical Messiah and fell in love with some of the visiting artists. Dennis Brown and Dillinger were his favourites, and they got a lot of airtime when Tippa joined his own sound system, Saxon Studio International. At Saxon, the young artist worked with fellow MCs Smiley Culture and Papa Levi along with singer, and future superstar, Maxi Priest.

Is It Really Happening to MeIn 1984 he broke out as a solo artist with a string of singles on the UK Bubblers label, including "Complain Neighbour" and "Heartbeat," both of which landed on his 1986 debut, Is It Really Happening to Me. In 1988 Fashion Records issued JA to UK MC Clash, Vol. 2, a recorded soundclash between the MC and Papa San. It was a popular and influential release with U.S. rappers and producers, who were already familiar with Tippa through bootleg tapes of Saxon. In 1989 his Ah-Me-Dis album was released by the U.S. label I.R.S. Records, while Original Raggamuffin from 1990 found him on the Island Records imprint Mango. He recorded the 1994 LP Rebel on the Roots Corner for Mad Professor's Ariwa label, and then in 1999 he joined the California rock-reggae crew Long Beach Dub All-Stars on their album Right Back.
After Jahmin' Records issued his solo album I Miss in 2000, will. i.am contacted the singer in 2003 for an (uncredited) appearance on the Black Eyed Peas single "Hey Mama." Four years after the BEP hit reached the top the charts in multiple territories, Tippa released his album Talk the Truth on LockDown Productions. An underground dubstep collaboration with producer the Bug landed on the latter's 2008 album London Zoo, then in 2010 LockDown released Stick to My Roots, Tippa's album with Gentleman's usual backing crew, the Far East Band.

The world's fastest rapper according to the Guinness Book of World Records, Jamaican-born Daddy Freddy was also one of the first artists to fuse ragga and dancehall with hip-hop, helping establish a style that would become highly influential during the '90s. Freddy (born S. Frederick Small, 1965, Kingston) grew up in the Trenchtown area and began performing for his uncle's sound system, eventually moving on to join Lieutenant Stitchie and, most importantly, Sugar Minott. His gig with Minott's sound system helped make his name in Jamaica (and, following an overseas tour, the U.K.); in 1985, he made his first recording for Clement "Coxsone" Dodd's Studio One label, a single titled "Zoo Party," that was built on the rhythm of the early ragga smash "Under Mi Sleng Teng." Aided by his hit debut album Body Lasher, Freddy scored a remarkable six Top Ten hits in Jamaica during 1986, including a collaboration with Pinchers, called "Joker Lover," which topped the charts.

Raggamuffin SoldierIn 1987, Freddy returned to the U.K., where he signed with the Music of Life label and began working with producer Asher D. The resulting album, Raggamuffin Hip-Hop, was one of the first fusions of dancehall toasting with hip-hop rhythms, breaking a great deal of new ground. Freddy continued to record dancehall reggae singles for the Jamaican audience while making guest appearances with pop and dance artists like Go West, Melissa Morgan, and Beats International (the pre-Fatboy Slim project of Norman Cook). In 1988, Freddy entered the Guinness Book of World Records with a rap that topped 500 syllables per minute. Despite success in the U.K. and Jamaica, Freddy hadn't made as much of an impression in the States, and he aimed to change that by signing with Chrysalis for the 1991 album Stress and the accompanying single "Daddy Freddy's in Town."

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