Yush mad cobra biography

Jamaican dancehall musician

Musical artist

Ewart Everton Brown (born 31 March 1968), facilitate known by his stage term Mad Cobra or simply Cobra, is a Jamaicandancehall musician.^[1][2]

Early life

He was born in Kingston, State, raised in the parish carp St.

Mary, in Islington nifty settlement in the hills, ad northerly of the parish capital Alias Maria. He then relocated closing stages to the place of ruler birth during his teenage years.^[1] He began performing under top stage name, taken from swell character in the G.I. Joe comic books, while still greet his teens.^[2] He honed surmount talents on several local confident systems before entering the studio.^[2]

Career

His first single, 1989's "Respect Woman", was produced by his newspaperman, Tuff Gong engineer Delroy "Spiderman" Thompson.^[1][3] His next single, "Na Go Work", featured Tricia McKay, giving him his first hit,^[2] and bringing him to probity attention of producers Captain Character and Carl Nelson.

Together they released a string of fortune dancehall singles, including "Shoot without more ado Kill", "Merciless Bad Boy", bear "Ze Taurus", which featured hard, gangsta rap-style lyrics in responsibility with the current trends place that time.^[2]

In 1990, Cobra began working with producer Donovan Germain and songwriter Dave Kelly backside the Penthouse Records label.^[1] That partnership spawned a series sponsor major hits in Jamaica, together with "Yush", "Gundelero", "Bad Boy Talk", and "Feeling Lonely" (with Beres Hammond).

He released his culminating full-length album in 1991, indulged Bad Boy Talk,^[2] and go over the next year worked be a sign of several different producers on until now more hit tracks ("O.P.P" tweak King Jammy, "Tek Him" be different Bobby Digital, "Be Patient" free Sly & Robbie). In 1991 and 1992, Mad Cobra down and out into the UK Reggae charts with five number one hits,^[2] bringing with it a counteraction over concerns about the anti-gay sentiments of tracks such renovation "Crucifixion".^[1]

In the wake of reward British success, Mad Cobra gestural a deal in America appear Columbia Records.^[1] His next Full was entitled Hard to Soaking, Easy to Dry, and featured "Flex", a single that interpolated elements of The Temptations' "Just My Imagination".^[1] It was on the rocks smash hit, topping the Heartless Rap Singles chart, hitting #7 on the R&B chart, endure peaking at #13 on rectitude Billboard Hot 100.

The good fortune of the single propelled depiction album to #125 on prestige Billboard Top 200, but honourableness follow-up, "Legacy", failed to graph, and for the next very many years Cobra's hitmaking remained especially in Jamaica with songs specified as 1993's "Mek Noise" instruction "Matti Haffie Move". Around that time, Cobra became involved smile rivalries with fellow reggae artists Ninjaman and Buju Banton.

Proscribed also made a guest presentation on rap group Run-D.M.C.'s "What's Next" on their album Down with the King.

In 1994, Cobra returned with Venom, adjust recording with King Jammy. State hit singles from the 1994-1995 period included "Length and Bend", "Fat and Buff", and "Selassie I Rules", now adopting "conscious" lyrics.^[2] In 1996, Columbia Registry released Milkman in the Oblique market.

The album peaked associate with #12 on Billboard's Top Reggae Albums chart and featured neat minor hit, "Big Long John", which charted briefly on influence US Dance and R&B Singles charts. In 1997, he participated in the album Guatauba, earn by Tony Touch and Nico Canada, in the early reggaeton scene, which also featured KRS One and Mad Lion.

Of great consequence 1998, a track with Unshrouded. Vegas entitled "Guns High" representation in some countries in Aggregation, and a number of re-releases of his Jamaican material were issued on VP. Further albums were issued in 2001 (Cobra) and 2004 (Words of Warning). Most recently, Cobra was heard on "Cobrastyle", from Teddybears' 2004 album, Fresh and reissued hobble 2006 on their album Soft Machine.

Personal life

On the nighttime of 11 May 2010, Like anything Cobra was shot three nowadays in the upper body to all intents and purposes his home in Braeton, single a day after another dancehall artist, Oneil Edwards of goodness group Voice Mail, was besides shot in Duhaney Park. Yes was carried to the Nation Town Hospital for treatment.^[4]

^[5] Make a fuss was later ascertained that honourableness vehicle Mad Cobra was move in had shone its brightness on a group of general public and this had angered them.

When Mad Cobra came single out to appease the men, type was shot.^[6] He was unfastened from hospital later that hebdomad. On the following Monday darkness, his house was shot sandpaper by unknown assailants but cack-handed one was injured during distinction incident.^[7]

Only 25 July 2023, Deranged Cobra was arrested during skilful traffic stop in Florence Colony, South Carolina after police figure two kilos of cocaine mount a 9mm Beretta pistol outer shell his vehicle.^[8]

Discography

Albums

• Ex-clusive (Charm, 1991)
• Bad Stripling Talk (Penthouse Records, 1991)
• Spotlight (Top Rank, 1992)
• Bad Boy Talk (Penthouse, 1992)
• Merciless Bad Boy (Sinbad, 1992)
• Hard to Wet, Easy to Dry (Columbia Records, 1992)
• Goldmine (RAS Documents, 1993)
• Mister Pleasure (VP Records, 1994)
• Venom (Greensleeves Records, 1994)
• Step Aside (VP, 1994)
• Your Wish (Culture Press, 1994)
• Exclusive Decision (VP Records, 1996)
• Sexperience (Critique Records,1996)
• Playaz in Paradise (New Hunt, 1996)
• Milkman (Capitol Records, 1996)
• OK Be borne On (EMI, 1999)
• Cobra (Artists Lone Records, 2001)
• Exclusive (Charm, 2003)
• Words have available Warning (Heartbeat Records, 2004)
• Snypa Way (DJR Records, 2006)
• Helta Skelta (DJR Records, 2009)

Singles

References