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Carl Latricio Brown (born 30 May 1999), known professionally as SR, [2] is a British rapper who went viral for his single "Welcome to Brixton" in 2020. [1] [3] His follow-up song, "Practice Makes Perfect", was named in the top 10 songs to come out of the United Kingdom by DJBooth in May 2021.
"The Guns of Brixton" is a song by the English punk rock band the Clash, originally released on their 1979 album London Calling. It was written and sung by bassist Paul Simonon, who grew up in Brixton, South London. The song has a strong reggae influence, reflecting the culture of the area and the reggae gangster film The Harder They Come.
The song spent four weeks at number-one on the UK Singles Chart in March 1990. [4] It was the seventh best-selling single of 1990 in the UK. [5] The single also made it to the top 10 in Austria (number two), Belgium, Greece (number two), Ireland, the Netherlands (number two), Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and West Germany.
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Exile on Coldharbour Lane is the debut album by Alabama 3, released on 11 November 1997 on One Little Indian and Geffen.The name and cover are references to Exile on Main St. by The Rolling Stones and Coldharbour Lane a major street in Brixton, South London best known for containing several after-hours clubs and not a few drug dealers. [2]
The song "Auld Lang Syne" comes from a Robert Burns poem. Burns was the national poet of Scotland and wrote the poem in 1788, but it wasn't published until 1799—three years after his death.
At a young age Sneakbo listened to the late rapper Tupac Shakur and pop star Michael Jackson. [4] Sneakbo is of Nigerian descent. [5] Sneakbo claims in his "Closer (Documentary)" that he founded the GAS (I.e., "Grind and Stack"/"Guns and Shanks" Gang) after one of his friends/fellow gang members got derecruited from a local Brixton Gang so he co-founded his own Gang. [6]
A version of "Bully" was arranged by John Brennan for the 2012 football season for the Ohio State University Marching and Athletic bands. It is played as a pep song by the marching band at football games and by the athletic band at basketball (and hockey) games. [citation needed]