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who has led on to release 4 UK top 10 singles, a number 1 single and an album which topped the UK R&B chart selling nearly 25,000 copies in its first week. Haring
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in the UK, and significant numbers of writers and poets have made their footprint on current
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was a significant figure within the Afro-Caribbean diaspora in the UK. This highly respected
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prove the most popular. These forms of music have worked their way into
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birthplace within the
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