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Tippa Irie

voc, *1965 GB
Singer / Musician of Reggae
A.k.a. Anthony Henry

Tippa Irie (real name Anthony Henry) is a British reggae singer and DJ from Brixton, South London.He first came to prominence in the early eighties as an MC on the South London reggae soundsystem Saxon Studio International.He achieved his first national exposure on night time BBC Radio 1 in the mid-1980s, with the singles "It's Good To Have The Feeling You're The Best" and "Complain Neighbour" (on Greensleeves Records), before achieving a UK Top 40 hit in 1986 with "Hello Darling".

Genres

• Reggae
• Hip-Hop/Rap
• Electronic

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