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Biography
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Ranking Trevor
Real name: Maxwell Barrington Grant
Effective period / Period of releases: 1977 - 1987
DJ Ranking Trevor (1952 -2012) helped pioneer the use of toasting, the Jamaican form of rap that served as a precursor to hip-hop.He cut his first record, aged 15, before achieving success in the UK reggae charts in 1977 with "Cave Man Skank" and " Three Piece Chicken and Chips".
Died in a motorcycle accident in Kingston, Jamaica in 2012.
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