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BIOGRAPHY West was born in Tottenham in 1965, and released his first music as Mikron - a white label released in 1986 caled ''Eastenders Rap''. In the early 1980s, he formed the group Double Trouble with Michael Menson and Leigh Guest and released the single ''Street Tuff'' (Desire, 1989 ) as Double Trouble and Rebel MC. The single was a pop success - as was the follow up ''Just Keep Rockin'' (Desire, 1989) - and because of this West was often dismissed by a British hip hop community distrustful of pop success and "selling out". The release of his first album ''Rebel Music'' (Desire, 1990 ) did little to change their views. This was soon to change, however, as West used to money he had made from his pop successes to record his second solo album. ''Black Meaning Good'' (Desire, 1991 ) was a complete change of style for West, mixing his former pop-rap influences with reggae, hip hop, dance and the emerging jungle styles to produce an album that was uniquely his own. The album won over the Rebel MC's detractors, and is now widely regarded as a classic of the era. Not resting on his laurels, West left Desire and released his second album, ''Word Sound and Power'' (Big Life, 1991 ). West also used the success of his albums to set up his own record label, Tribal Bass , and began signing some of the scene's most important artists - such as the newly labeless Demon Boyz - as well as releasing some of his own work on the label. The second album featured even more of the diverse inspirations of the first, and it was clear that West was starting to move in new directions. Tribal Bass gradually mutated into Congo Natty, and West himself released some material under this name, before settling on the Conquering Lion name. However, this wasn't the last the world heard of Rebel MC: despite his continued success with his new style of music (West is one of the few artists from the first wave of British hip hop to continue recording throughout the years to the present day), West released the single ''Junglist'' (Congo Natty, 2004 ) under the Rebel MC name, and followed this up with a greatest hits album ''Born Again'' (Congo Natty, 2005 ) DISCOGRAPHY
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