Joey Coombes (born 21 June 1976), better known as Chester P, is a rapper in the
UK hip-hop scene. He was a founding member of
Task Force,
Bury Crew
Bury may refer to:
*The burial of human remains
*-bury, a suffix in English placenames
Places England
* Bury, Cambridgeshire, a village
* Bury, Greater Manchester, a town, historically in Lancashire
** Bury (UK Parliament constituency) (1832–1 ...
and the M.U.D. Family.
He and his brother
Farma G
Robin Coombes, better known as Farma G, is a singer and rapper, one half of UK hip-hop group Task Force, and a founding member of Bury Crew and the M.U.D. Family. He and his brother Chester P are both sons of the late musician Peet Coombes.
E ...
are both sons of the late musician
Peet Coombes.
Chester P Hackenbush has a noted style of 'psychedelic' poetry and has a writing style that has fathered many influences since 1993. One of the pioneering UK hip hop artists to have moulded the scene to what it is today.
Chester P's name was taken from ''The Chester P. Hackenbush Trilogy'' which are a collection of graphic novels, featured in an early eighties book, with other graphic novels called ''Brainstorm'', written by
Bryan Talbot.
Early years
Coombes was born in
Sunderland
Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...
but grew up in
Canonbury,
North London and still lives there today with his brother
Farma G
Robin Coombes, better known as Farma G, is a singer and rapper, one half of UK hip-hop group Task Force, and a founding member of Bury Crew and the M.U.D. Family. He and his brother Chester P are both sons of the late musician Peet Coombes.
E ...
, his nephew
Remus and his mother.
Discography
*''New Mic Order'' (1998) (Mark B presents)
*''From the Ashes'' (LP, 2007)
*''Survive or Die Trying (New Mic Order Part 1)'' (mixtape, 2008)
*''New Mic Order Part 2'' (mixtape, 2011)
*''The Postapocalyptic Story Teller'' (2018)
*''The Nameless Project'' (LP, 2019)
Singles and EPs
*"Oh No!"/"Chessmonster" (12", 2007)
References
External links
Interview at britishhiphop.co.uk, Feb. 2008
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chester P
1976 births
Living people
English male rappers
People from Canonbury
Rappers from London