Judge Dread
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English musician (1945–1998)
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1945-05-02
- Active to
- 1998-03-12
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Discography
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Alexander Minto Hughes (2 May 1945 - 12 March 1998), better known as Judge Dread, was a reggae and ska artist from England. Born in Kent, Judge Dread was the first White British recording artist to get a reggae hit in Jamaica. He got his stage name from a Prince Buster song, and his first hits were inspired by Prince Buster's single, "Big Five". The Guinness Book of World Records credits Judge Dread for having the most banned songs of all time. Many of his lyrics have sexual connotations <a hr
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alex
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Kent
- Place of death
- Canterbury
- Occupation
- disc jockey
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- comedy film
- Instrument
- voice
Show 5 more facts
- manner of death
- natural causes
- date of birth
- 1945-05-02
- date of death
- 1998-03-13
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- start of work period
- 1960-00-00
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