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What is Barrington Levy real name?

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He goes by Barrington Ainsworth Levy in real life.

He was a dancehall and reggae musician from Jamaica who was born on April 30, 1964.

What is Barrington Levy real name?

In the 1990s, Levy continued to release periodic hits in Jamaica, and more rarely in the UK, although his vocals were sampled and used in many underground and released jungle tunes.

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On 20 June 1991, he appeared on the BBC One music show Top of the Pops alongside Rebel MC (Congo Natty) and Tenor Fly as his track “Here I Come” was sampled by Rebel MC, with the record becoming the UK Top 40 hit “Tribal Base”.

In 1998, he released Living Dangerously, which included a collaboration with one of Jamaica’s most prolific deejays, Bounty Killer, and with Snoop Dogg. The release was one of Levy’s most successful since the start of the 1990s, and saw him finally achieve some success in the US.

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Levy performed on two tracks on Long Beach Dub All Stars 1999 album Right Back, and also played a few shows with the band. He was featured on a 1999 track by the Rascalz titled “Top of the World”, also featuring K-os.

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Levy also appeared on two singles by rapper Shyne (“Bad Boyz” and “Bonnie & Shyne”), and on a track for drum and bass artist Aphrodite’s 2000 album Aftershock. “Here I Come” returned to the charts in 2001, with a new version by Levy and Talisman P reaching number 37 in the UK.

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