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Ranking Trevor
Ranking Trevor | |
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| Birth name | Maxwell Grant |
| Born | (1959-09-06)6 September 1959 |
| Died | 7 August 2012(2012-08-07) (aged 52) Kingston, Jamaica |
| Genres | Reggae, Dancehall, Conscious Roots Reggae, Dub, Toaster-DJ MC |
| Years active | c.1974–2012 |
| Labels | Front Line, Cha Cha, Lord Koos, Black Roots |
Musical artist
Maxwell Grant (20 January 1960 – 7 August 2012), better known as Ranking Trevor and sometimes as Ranking Superstar, was a Jamaicanreggaedeejay.
Biography
Grant began deejaying as a teenager in the 1970s, and began his recording career at the age of fifteen.[1] Regarded as a follower of U-Roy, Grant recorded at Channel One as Ranking Trevor in the mid-1970s, his first release being "Natty a Roots Man", and deejayed on the Socialist Rootssound system.[1][2] He had success in 1977 with singles such as "Cave Man Skank" and "Three Piece Chicken and Chips" (a response to Trinity's "Three Piece Suit"), whi