Glamma Kid

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| background = solo_singer

| birth_name = Iyael Iyases Tafari Constable

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1978|3|14}}

| birth_place = Hackney, London, England

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| instrument = Vocals

| genre = Dancehall, ragga, hip hop, house

| occupation = Singer, songwriter, producer

| years_active = 1995–present

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| associated_acts = Grace Jones, Beenie Man, Jamelia, Shola Ama, Maxi Priest

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Iyael Lyases Tafari Constable (born 14 March 1978), better known as Glamma Kid, is a toaster and former Royal Air Force trainee of part-Jamaican descent.{{cite web |url=http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/TopTen/acts/act00858.htm |title=Glamma Kid: UK Top 10 hits |accessdate=2 October 2006 |date=25 August 2006 |publisher=Chartwatch Publications |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428075538/http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/TopTen/acts/act00858.htm |archivedate=28 April 2007 }}{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,,362108,00.html | title = Who is he trying to kid? | accessdate = 2 October 2006 | date = 1 September 2000| author = Lester, Paul | publisher = Guardian Unlimited }} He had two top 10 hits in 1999.

Music career

During the 1990s, Glamma Kid was featured on productions by UK producers Mafia & Fluxy. Glamma Kid has performed live with Grace Jones on her hit single "My Jamaican Guy" on UK television for BBC Windrush.{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}} In 1997, Glamma Kid appeared on BBC Radio 1 rap show with Tim Westwood. In 1998, he was awarded the Best Reggae Act at the MOBO Awards.{{Cite web |title=MOBO Awards 1998 {{!}} MOBO Organisation |url=https://www.mobo.com/history/1998 |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=www.mobo.com}}

He has had two UK top 10 hits, "Taboo" and "Why".{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=Virgin Books|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|page=175}} He also teamed up with UK dance duo Basement Jaxx on the song "Fly Life". His song called "Ladies Knight" was a collaboration with UK reggae singer Maxi Priest and interpolates Kool and the Gang's "Ladies Night".

Glamma Kid collaborated on a song with Beenie Man and Jamelia titled "Bling Bling Bling".

Estelle featured on Glamma Kid's "Computer Love".