About Rebel MC
The 80's popster turned proto-jungle revolutionary was born Michael West 27 August 1964 in Islington, London. He was part of the Beatfreak sound system. He joined [[artist:Double Trouble]] in the early '80s with [[artist:Michael Menson]] and [[artist:Leigh Guest]] and released the ska-pop hit **Street Tuff**. Rebel MC gained fame in England as a Pop-rapper, but by 1991 had released [[master:20270]], an album that presaged Jungle with hardcore techno married to dub basslines and ragga toasters such as [[artist:Barrington Levy]] and [[artist:P.P. Arnold]]. The 1992 singles **Rich Ah Getting Richer** and **Humanity** also showed the new direction. 1994's **Code Red** - released as Conquering Lion - became a smash and brought the Jungle movement to the British masses. West converted to Rastafarianism in the mid-90s and changed his name to Mikail Tafari.
Ran [[label:Tribal Bass Records]] in the 1990s.
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