Natty

1. Natty Brief biography and similar artists

2. Natty Brief biog • Natty was born, ‘Alexander Akiloe Philip Modiano • He was originally born in san Francisco California and moved to England at the age of one. • Natty put together his own bad before he started performing gigs at night clubs. He then got noticed by Atlantic records and got signed. • The music he produces is based on his parents taste, his father being Italian and mother being of a southern African origin, he mixes folk music with afro- beats and 60’s Jamaican sounds. • Bob Marley is one of his biggest inspirations. • As a teen natty spent his time producing beats for Mc’s, he then left school and got a job at a recording studio. • Natty began performing at a number of open mic nights, and started to sell a number of mix-tapes. He them moved on to performing at places like the ‘Itunes festival’ and radio 1 • Natty started to release albums after being signed to Atlantic records • Natty’s music has reached success all over Europe and has reached Jamaica and even Japan where his single ‘badman’ hit number 1. • JTSM

3. Similar artists to natty • Similarartists to natty would include, Bob Marley and Etana They are all very similar for the fact that they produce the same type of music (reggae) and in the same type of style (acoustic) • Etana born ‘Shauna McKenzie’ in Kingston Jamaica . She is a reggae artist who was discovered at the age of 6. • Bob Marley, ‘Robert nesta ‘bob’ Marley’ was born in Jamaica. He started his music career . He left Jamaica in 1976 and came to England. He dies in 1981 age 36 leaving behind 11 children and his wife rita. his music still lives on to this day . • JTSM