MC Chickaboo is an English rapper. In 2002, her collaboration with
Timo Maas
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In ...
', "Shifter",
went to number one on the
''Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
MC Chickaboo started out in Birmingham in 1992 with GE Real working the big
raves such as Fantasia, Dreamscape and Jungle Fever. Whilst working in the electronic music scene, Chickaboo collaborated with producers including DJ Dazee, DJ Craze,
Jumping Jack Frost
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Biography
Frost was born in Brixton, London, and after a troubled youth, started to discover music through lo ...
,
DJ Storm, DJ Bailey,
Goldie
Clifford Joseph Price MBE (born 19 September 1965), better known as Goldie, is a British music producer and DJ.
Initially gaining exposure for his work as a graffiti artist, Goldie became well known for his pioneering role as a musician in t ...
and
Afrika Bambaata.
Chickaboo exploded into the
breakbeat scene and before long was working with top producers and DJs alike including Timo Maas, Rennie Pilgrem and Superstyle Deluxe, among others. She is the frontwoman for Rennie Pilgrem's band TCR Allstars who have performed at a number of festivals and clubs including Glade,
Glastonbury
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and
Fabric
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. It was with Rennie Pilgrem and BLIM she won "best song" at Breakspoll 2006.
She has written, performed and recorded vocals for many producers including: Timo Maas, Rennie Pilgrem, General Midi, Suda (
Faithless), Bitches Brew, Jeans Jacques Smoothie, Stabilizer, Superstyle Deluxe and BLIM.
In 2004, Chickaboo started working with the original Funky Dred
Jazzie B OBE and regularly tours with the
Soul II Soul
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Sound System, which includes festivals, intimate parties, corporate events and the Back II Life festival in Antigua, as well as having supported artists like
Alicia Keys
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,
Mary J. Blige
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and
Blondie.
References
See also
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List of number-one dance hits (United States)
This is a list of number-one dance hits as recorded by ''Billboard'' magazine's Dance Club Songs chart – a weekly national survey of popular songs in U.S. dance clubs. It began on October 26, 1974, under the title ''Disco Action'' chart. It is ...
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List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart
This is a list of recording artists who have reached number one on ''Billboard magazine's'' Dance Club Songs chart. ''Billboard'' began ranking dance music on the week ending October 26, 1974, and this is the standard music popularity chart in th ...
Black British women rappers
English women rappers
English women singers
English women in electronic music
English dance musicians
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
English people of Guyanese descent
Rappers from London
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