Mad Cobra

He was born Ewart Everton Brown in Kingston, Jamaica yet grew up in the parish of St. Mary's, only moving back to the capital in his teens where he fostered his interest in music by guesting on the Mighty Ruler, Climax and Inner City sound-systems. His uncle Delroy "Spiderman" Thompson was the engineer at Tuff Gong and in 1989 produced his first record "Respect Woman". That was followed by "Na Go Work", a duet with Tricia McKay and a small local hit. Before long Carl "Banton" Nelson and Captain Sinbad were producing him, encouraging the youngster to voice titles like "Ze Taurus", "Shoot To Kill" and "Merciless Bad Boy" in the wake of the Gulf War and Ninjaman's success with gun lyrics in the Jamaican dancehalls.
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Those early tunes were snapped up by the hardcore fans and Cobra himself aroused the attention of Donovan Germain's Penthouse studio, where he teamed up with resident engineer Dave Kelly. The resulting singles "Yush", "Gundelero" and "Gun Confused" were hits; so too "Feeling Lonely" which he voiced alongside Beres Hammond. A best-selling album "Bad Boy Talk" was released in 1991 and established him as one of Jamaica's most promising dee-jay talents, albeit one who was soon in danger of excessive over-exposure.