Tubby T
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Tubby T (born Anthony Emanuel Robinson,{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/ace/search/workID/895252430 |title=Tales of the Hood |website=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) |access-date=May 2, 2023}} 9 September 1974 – 22 May 2008){{Cite web|url=http://www.bashmentvibes.com/2012/09/29/gone-but-not-forgotten-remembering-tubby-t-rip/|title=Gone But Not Forgotten: Tubby T (RIP) |website=Bashmentvibes.com|accessdate=2020-05-20}} was an English reggae, dancehall, garage and grime{{Cite news|url=https://www.kilburntimes.co.uk/entertainment/music/industry-mourns-lost-talent-1-602768|title=Industry mourns lost talent|newspaper=Kilburn Times|accessdate=2020-05-20}} MC and singer from Brent, London. His 2002 single "Tales of the Hood", produced by Sticky, reached No. 47 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 7 on the UK Dance Singles Chart.{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/dance-singles-chart/20020915/104/|title=Official Dance Singles Chart Top 40 | Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|accessdate=2020-05-20}} The following year, he featured on the single "Big N Bashy" by rapper Fallacy which reached No. 45 on the UK Singles Chart.{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/39/tubby-t/|title=TUBBY T | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|accessdate=2020-05-20}} As well as Sticky, Tubby T worked with other artists such as MJ Cole, Sweetie Irie, Ms. Dynamite and Buju Banton.
Robinson died on 22 May 2008, after suffering his second stroke in four years.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.co.uk/news/tzy00h/tubby-t-dies|title=Tubby T Dies|website=Mtv.co.uk|access-date=2020-05-20}}
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Category:Singers from the London Borough of Brent
Category:British dancehall musicians
Category:English reggae musicians
Category:Black British male rappers
Category:21st-century Black British male singers
Category:21st-century British male singers
Category:Rappers from the London Borough of Brent
Category:People from Kensal Green
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