Chester P

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{{Infobox musical artist | name = Chester P | image = Chester P.jpg | caption = Chester P in 2023 | birth_name = Joey Coombes | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|06|21|df=y}} | origin = Canonbury, London, England | genre = Hip hop | years_active = 1992–present | occupation = Rapper | label = Music From The Corner | current_member_of = Task Force }} '''Joey Coombes''' (born 21 June 1976), better known as '''Chester P''', is a British rapper. He was a founding member of Task Force, Bury Crew and the M.U.D. Family.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.suspect-packages.com/artists/m-q/MUD_FAMILY.php |title=M.U.D. Family's artist profile on Suspect-Packages.com |access-date=2011-01-29 |archive-date=2011-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930090858/http://www.suspect-packages.com/artists/m-q/MUD_FAMILY.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> He and his brother Farma G are both sons of musician Peet Coombes.

Chester P Hackenbush has a noted style of 'psychedelic' poetry and has a writing style that has fathered many influences since 1993. One of the pioneering UK hip hop artists to have moulded the scene to what it is today.{{Peacock term|date=October 2021}}

Chester P's name was taken from ''The Chester P. Hackenbush Trilogy'' which are a collection of graphic novels, featured in an early eighties book, with other graphic novels called ''Brainstorm'', written by Bryan Talbot.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

== Early years == Coombes was born in Sunderland but grew up in Canonbury, North London and still lives there today with his brother Farma G, his nephew Remus and his mother.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} His father, Peet Coombes, a musician, was a former member of the late-1970s new wave band The Tourists.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.undergroundhh.com/artistprofile/profile/Chester-P |title=Chester P |website=UndergroundHH |access-date=25 April 2026 }}</ref>

== Discography == *''New Mic Order'' (1998) (Mark B presents) *''From the Ashes'' (LP, 2007) *''Survive or Die Trying (New Mic Order Part 1)'' (mixtape, 2008) *''New Mic Order Part 2'' (mixtape, 2011) *''The Postapocalyptic Story Teller'' (2018) *''From the Ashes'' (2018) *''The Nameless Project'' (LP, 2019)

== Singles and EPs == *"Oh No!"/"Chessmonster" (12", 2007)

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==External links== * [http://www.britishhiphop.co.uk/features/interviews/chester_p.html Interview at britishhiphop.co.uk, Feb. 2008]

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