# Chester P

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{{Short description|British rapper (born 1976)}}

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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](/source/Canonbury), [London](/source/London), England
| genre             = [Hip hop](/source/British_hip_hop)
| years_active      = 1992–present
| occupation        = Rapper
| label             = Music From The Corner
| current_member_of = [Task Force](/source/Task_Force_(hip_hop_group))
}}
'''Joey Coombes''' (born 21 June 1976), better known as '''Chester P''', is a British rapper. He was a founding member of [Task Force](/source/Task_Force_(hip_hop_group)), [Bury Crew](/source/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](/source/Farma_G) are both sons of musician [Peet Coombes](/source/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](/source/Bryan_Talbot).{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

== Early years ==
Coombes was born in [Sunderland](/source/Sunderland%2C_Tyne_and_Wear) but grew up in [Canonbury](/source/Canonbury), [North London](/source/North_London) and still lives there today with his brother [Farma G](/source/Farma_G), his nephew [Remus](/source/Remus) and his mother.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} His father, [Peet Coombes](/source/Peet_Coombes), a musician, was a former member of the late-1970s new wave band [The Tourists](/source/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)

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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

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Category:English male rappers
Category:People from Canonbury
Category:Rappers from the London Borough of Islington

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