- MC Romeo
Infobox Musical artist
Name = MC Romeo
Img_capt = MC Romeo competing in thediving round of The Games.
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Marvin Dawkins
Alias = Romeo
Born =November 1 ,1980 (age 27)
Origin =South London ,England ,United Kingdom
Genre =UK Garage , Grime,Pop Rap
Occupation =Rapper
Years_active =1998 -present
Label =Maffia Recordz
Associated_acts =So Solid Crew MC Romeo (born Marvin Dawkins,
1 November 1980 ,London ) is aBlack British UK garage music MC .Background
He first found fame in the garage group
So Solid Crew . He subsequently had a solo career, firstly with the single "Romeo Dunn" which reached no. 3 in the UK charts in 2002, and secondly a duet withChristina Milian , "It's All Gravy", which reached no. 4 in the chart the same year. He released his solo album "Solid Love" in November 2002.He appeared in the reality show "The Games" in 2004, following in the footsteps of fellow So Solid Crew member,
MC Harvey . He returned to the series to compete in the "Champion of Champions" contest in 2006. He also featured in a gameshow called "Fool Around With... Romeo" on Channel Four in 2005, in which he had to guess which girl out of four was single.He has never been far from controversy, however. In 2001 at his 21st birthday concert, he and the other members of So Solid Crew were rushed off stage when two audience members were shot at close range. Police later found a 9mm
Beretta handgun.In 2005 he was cleared of attacking a clubber with a knife in a car park in London's
Leicester Square . He was found not guilty after the jury failed to reach verdicts. At the trial he told the jury that he had been trying to act as peacemaker.After the trial he admitted that So Solid Crew had been formed to give others in similar hard circumstances a dream, but that they had failed.
Future
Mc Romeo has a second album slated for release in 2008. He is signed to So Solid mate
Lisa Maffia 's record label Maffia Recordz.External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/romeodunnheaven Romeo Heaven]
* [http://yahoogroups.com/group/romeo_dunn_lovers Romeo Lovers Yahoo Group]
* [http://www.myspace.com/romzspace Official Romeo Myspace]
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4443466.stm BBC News Report]
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