Editing General Levy (section)

==Biography==
General Levy was born in [[Central Middlesex Hospital]] in [[Park Royal]], [[London]] on 28 April 1971. He is of Trinidadian descent.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.factmag.com/2014/11/28/council-of-elders-uk-club-culture-icons-general-levy-and-sticky-in-conversation/|title=Council of elders: UK club culture icons General Levy and Sticky in conversation|website=Fact|date=28 November 2014|accessdate=2 June 2021}}</ref> Levy's formative years were spent in [[Harlesden]] and [[Wembley]] in the [[London Borough of Brent]] in northwest London. Levy's musical influence was developed in the area, collecting [[dancehall]] tapes, beginning in 1981. At the age of 12, General Levy began writing lyrics and went on to form his first [[Sound system (Jamaican)|sound system]] with friends, two years later, named Third Dimension.<ref>{{cite news|title=General Levy|url=https://townlandscarnival.com/acts/general-levy/|publisher=Townlands Carnival|accessdate=26 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826113344/https://townlandscarnival.com/acts/general-levy/|archive-date=26 August 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>

General Levy's first major releases were with the [[independent record label]] Fashion Records, who signed a distribution deal with [[London Records]] for the re-releases of the tracks he had recorded. He had earlier releases with the record producers Lloydy Crucial and Robbo Ranx (later of BBC 1xtra), but these were mainly tracks that were hits on the underground [[dancehall]] scene. General Levy was ostracized by the UK [[Jungle music|jungle]] scene in 1994, due to mis-reported comments he made relating to his collaboration with [[M-Beat]] on "Incredible".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=238 |title=Him only smoke cigarettes and strictly shag |publisher=Dilate.choonz.com |accessdate=2012-05-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120709224902/http://dilate.choonz.com/index.php?id=238 |archivedate=9 July 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> He had claimed in an interview with ''[[The Face (magazine)|The Face]]'' that "I run [[Jungle music|jungle]] at the moment". This controversy has since died down and he is now being cited as one of the 25 UK [[Emcees|MCs]] "who changed the game".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.redbull.com/gb-en/projects/best-uk-rappers-mcs-who-changed-the-game|title=25 UK MCs who changed the game|website=Redbull.com|accessdate=2020-07-06}}</ref>

"[[Incredible (M-Beat song)|Incredible]]" was featured in the film ''[[Ali G Indahouse]]'', and as a TV advertising campaign by Honda.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Honda HR V TV Advert 'Honda Stepping'|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By6I6wBe-ck| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201213220247/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By6I6wBe-ck| archive-date=2020-12-13 | url-status=dead|language=en|access-date=2021-04-08}}</ref>

General Levy briefly collaborated with Rocco Barker of [[Flesh for Lulu]] in the band The Space Police. Levy also featured on the song "Only God Can Judge Me" by [[Contemporary R&B|R&B]] singer [[Mark Morrison]].

He collaborated with [[Madness (band)|Madness]] singer [[Suggs (singer)|Suggs]] on his 1998 album ''[[The Three Pyramids Club]]'', on the track "Girl".

Levy featured on many sound systems in the late 1980s and early 1990s, such as Java One love and [[Tippertone Sound]].

His collaborations with dub producer Joe Ariwa appear on several releases including "In the Ghetto" and "Be Conscious & Wise: Dub Showcase".

In 2018, he collaborated with artists such as [[Chase & Status]], [[Fedde Le Grand]] and [[Spragga Benz]].