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Daddy Freddy

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Daddy Freddy (S. Frederick Small, born 1965) is a Jamaican-born deejay raised in Trench Town who performed on Sugar Minott's sound system before recording 'Zoo Party' for Studio One in 1985 and topping Jamaican charts the following year; the Guinness Book of Records twice certified him the world's fastest chatter, ultimately at 598 syllables per minute, and his 1987 album Raggamuffin Hip-Hop with producer Asher D was an early dancehall-hip-hop fusion.

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Story · Well supportedBritish ragga and the jungle turn

Before jungle had a name, London's ragga deejays were already writing its vocabulary.

Story · Well supportedThe originators of fast chat

In 1982, a 19-year-old on a South London sound system deejayed faster than anyone had heard, and a UK style was born.