In 2012, he appeared on Tim Timebomb's single "Wrongful Suspicion." The Carry on the Grudge album followed in 2014, and featured the Top 40 U.K. He released his third EP, The Man's Machine, during the latter part of 2009 and toured intermittently throughout 2010. Unfortunately, he had to cancel a planned worldwide tour due to laryngitis. It did his debut two slots better, peaking at number two in the British charts. After touring and festival slots during 20, he returned to the charts in mid-2009 with the single "Sticks 'n' Stones," a teaser for his second album, Kings & Queens, released in September. The single "Calm Down Dearest" reached number nine in the U.K. put together a full-band lineup for live gigs and released two more singles in 2006, "Sheila" and "If You've Got the Money," as he prepared his debut album, Panic Prevention, released in early 2007. got an instant leg up when Damon Albarn chose him to remix the Gorillaz single "Kids with Guns." Signing to Gorillaz's label, Virgin, Jamie T. also started recording his own one-man-band home tracks, eventually debuting with the "Salvador" 7" single in 2004, followed by the Betty & the Selfish Sons EP, both on his own Pacemaker Records imprint.Īlongside gigs with increasingly hot London acts like the Mystery Jets, Jamie T. While playing solo bass-and-vocals gigs, Jamie T. first picked up the electric bass before a friend gifted him with a hand-me-down standup acoustic model. Abandoning the guitar as too difficult to play while singing, Jamie T. grew up in multicultural London, absorbing a variety of musical styles while attempting to create his own. Born Jamie Alexander Treays in Wimbledon in 1986, Jamie T. His clever pop sense is his own, however, and keeps the South Londoner from sounding like a mashup of his influences, which range from vintage Jamaican ska to the Beastie Boys, via Tina Turner and the Clash. comes across like the love child of the Streets' Mike Skinner and Badly Drawn Boy's Damon Gough. In August 2013 he released the album Second Coming on the Fire and Ice label that he co-owns with Winston Solomon.With his appealingly laid-back hip-hop vocal phrasing and an eclectic bedroom D.I.Y. He continues to perform with Pliers, and recorded a new album in 2012, featuring guest appearances from Pliers, Marvellous, and Freddie McGregor. A solo album called DJ Spirit was released in 2008.Ĭhaka Demus now runs his own record label, Bright Star, on which he has released records by his son, known by his stage name of Marvellous. Their subsequent album, "So Proud", was released in Europe and the Middle east in October 2008. On 18 November 2007, Chaka Demus & Pliers performed "Murder She Wrote" alongside Alicia Keys at the 2007 American Music Awards. In 2007, Chaka Demus & Pliers reunited to record a track called "Need Your Lovin" which was released on vinyl, on Explorer Records. Chacka Demus net worth amounts up to 75 million dollars. They enjoyed an internationally successful partnership including a string of hit singles and a number one album in the UK between 19. He first met Pliers (Everton Bonner) in 1991 and suggested that they team up. The same year saw the release of "Everybody Loves Chaka", for the Scorpio label, which was then followed up by the 1989 album, The Original Chaka 'Watch me Ride'. Other musicians quickly recognised him as having great potential, most notably Yellowman who joined him for such songs as "Everybody Loves Chaka", "Scotty", and "Bring It To Me" and Admiral Bailey, who collaborated with him on "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer", giving him his first hit. None of his early records saw chart success, though they later met with increased success. Upon releasing his debut single, the Jammy-produced "Increase Your Knowledge" in 1985, he was virtually unknown. Born in West Kingston, Taylor was a regular attendee at Kingston dances and was given a chance by Prince Jammy to DJ on his sound system.