Mad Cobra Dancehall Music Recording artiste

Mad Cobra (Ewart Everton Brown) aka Mr Flex was born on March 31, 1968 in Kingston Jamaica. 

Like most of the top dancehall artists, Cobra started out deejaying on local sound systems in his area.

He got the name from the character in the GI Joe comic books. His first studio recorded single was "Respect Woman", released in 1989. It was produce by his uncle Delroy Thompson on Tuff Gong Label.

Cobra's first hit was "Nah Go Work" feat Tricia McKay. This was followed by a string of hits such as, Shoot to Kill, Merciless Bad Boy, Ze Tarrus, Bad Boy Talk, Press Trigger, Tek him, Feeling Lonely feat Beres Hammond among many others.

Most of the top dancehall and reggae music producers has done work with him, producers such as Tuff Gong, Vp Records, King Jammy, Bobby Digital, Columbia Records, Donovan Germain, Dave Kelly and Penthouse Records.

Most of his "Cobra's" lyrics was Gun related, but lately he has done a mixture of music.

To-date (2010) Cobra has recorded and released over nineteen (19) albums.

Even though he started recording in the 1980s, he's still a force to be reckoned with in the dancehall industry today.

He became popular worldwide through his chart topping hit "Flex" which was released in 1991-92.

On May 12, 2010, Cobra was shot three times in his upper body, but he servived and he is still recording and producing Hot dancehall music.

See Mad Cobra Official Bio Below

One of the more popular dancehall DJs of the '90s, Cobra was the first reggae artist to top the Billboard rap singles chart. He initially made his name with a series of tough, hard-hitting singles aimed at the hardcore crowd, filling his lyrics with the requisite slackness and gun talk. However, he achieved international crossover success by incorporating elements of R&B and hip-hop.

Mad Cobra was born Ewart Everton Brown on March 31, 1968, in Kingston; he was raised in the province of St. Mary's, but moved back to the capital city during his teens. He took his stage name from the villains in the G.I. Joe comic book series, and performed with several sound systems while still in school. His uncle, Delroy "Spiderman" Thompson, worked as an engineer at the Tuff Gong studios and produced Mad Cobra's debut single, "Respect Woman," in 1989.

The follow-up was a duet with Tricia McKay, "Na Go Work," which brought him to the attention of producers Carl "Banton" Nelson and Captain Sinbad. Ninjaman-style gun talk was the dancehall trend of the day, and he soon built a following with similarly minded singles like "Shoot to Kill," "Merciless Bad Boy," and "Ze Taurus." Those initial hits landed Mad Cobra a shot with producer Donovan Germain's high-profile Penthouse label, where he teamed with resident engineer/songwriter Dave Kelly.

"Yush" and "Gundelero" were enormous hits in 1990, breaking Mad Cobra into the big time; he also scored with a Beres Hammond duet, "Feeling Lonely." His first album, Bad Boy Talk, appeared in 1991 and sold briskly; meanwhile, he continued to record for a variety of top producers over 1991-1992, landing hits like "O.P.P." (for King Jammy), "Tek Him" (Bobby Digital), and "Be Patient" (Sly & Robbie).

He soon became a phenomenon in the U.K. as well, topping the country's reggae singles chart five times during the period and working with some of that country's top dancehall producers. Even a storm of controversy over the stridently homophobic lyrics of "Crucifixion" failed to slow his momentum. Mad Cobra's success earned him a major-label deal with Columbia, which had just watched Shabba Ranks cross over to R&B audiences in America.

Cobra's label debut, Hard to Wet, Easy to Dry, aimed for similar territory, especially the lead single, "Flex." A slinkier number built on a version of the Temptations' "Just My Imagination," "Flex" was a major crossover hit in 1992; not only did it top the rap singles chart, it reached the Top Ten on the R&B charts, and nearly did likewise on the pop listings.

The follow-up single, "Legacy," flopped, however, and Mad Cobra returned to recording chiefly for the Jamaican market over the next few years. Amid hotly contested rivalries with Ninjaman and Buju Banton, Cobra scored two major hits in 1993 with "Mek Noise" and "Matie Haffi Move." 1994 found him back at King Jammy's studio for the Venom album and a series of hits that included "Fat and Buff," "Length and Bend," and his first foray into culturally conscious material, "Selassie I Rules."

Cobra continued to record steadily over 1995, and the following year signed with Capitol for his second major-label album, Milkman. The salacious "Big Long John" was a minor crossover hit in America, though not on the level of "Flex." The album also featured a good-natured clash cut with Ninjaman, "Sting Night."

In the years that followed, Cobra's output slowed down substantially, though he did make some international noise in 1998 with "Guns High," a duet with Mr. Vegas. Several compilations of his Jamaican recordings appeared over the years, often on VP, and he returned in 2001 with Cobra, an album of new material for Artists Only.

~ Steve Huey, Rovi 

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