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Roots Manuva

Roots Manuva is a performance name for the person Rodney Hylton Smith.

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Biography

Rodney Hylton Smith (born 1972), better known by his stage name Roots Manuva, is a rapper from Stockwell, South London. He is currently signed to Big Dada.

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  1. Maccabees track down illusive rapper

    Fri 20 Nov 2009 09:20

    After six months of trying the London band have hooked up with rapper Roots Manuva to...

BBC Reviews Really Simple Syndication

  1. Slime & Reason 2008

    Slime and Reason

    Reviewed by Chris Jones

    As always, the man serves up a blinding mixture...
  2. Alternately Deep 2006

    Alternately Deep

    Reviewed by Ruth Jamieson

    ...freakin' weird good, not freakin' weird bad.
  3. Awfully Deep 2005

    Awfully Deep

    Reviewed by Ruth Jamieson

    His gift is for expressing himself and turning pain and bewilderment into poetry.
  4. Run Come Save Me 2001

    Run Come Save Me

    Reviewed by Christian Hopwood

Credits

Role Artist Release
Vocal Coldcut True Skool (feat. Roots Manuva) (2006)
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