{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- For individuals; see Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Glamma Kid | image = | alt = | caption = | image_size = | background = solo_singer | birth_name = Iyael Iyases Tafari Constable | alias = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1978|3|14}} | birth_place = Hackney, London, England | death_date = | instrument = Vocals | genre = Dancehall, ragga, hip hop, house | occupation = Singer, songwriter, producer | years_active = 1995–present | label = | associated_acts = Grace Jones, Beenie Man, Jamelia, Shola Ama, Maxi Priest | website = }}
'''Iyael Lyases Tafari Constable''' (born 14 March 1978), better known as '''Glamma Kid''', is a toaster and former Royal Air Force trainee of part-Jamaican descent.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/TopTen/acts/act00858.htm |title=Glamma Kid: UK Top 10 hits |accessdate=2 October 2006 |date=25 August 2006 |publisher=Chartwatch Publications |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070428075538/http://www.chartwatch.co.uk/TopTen/acts/act00858.htm |archivedate=28 April 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/friday_review/story/0,,362108,00.html | title = Who is he trying to kid? | accessdate = 2 October 2006 | date = 1 September 2000| author = Lester, Paul | publisher = Guardian Unlimited }}</ref> He had two top 10 hits in 1999.
==Music career== During the 1990s, Glamma Kid was featured on productions by UK producers Mafia & Fluxy.<ref name="Larkin90"/> Glamma Kid has performed live with Grace Jones on her hit single "My Jamaican Guy" on UK television for BBC Windrush.{{Citation needed|date=March 2018}} In 1997, Glamma Kid appeared on BBC Radio 1 rap show with Tim Westwood. In 1998, he was awarded the Best Reggae Act at the MOBO Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |title=MOBO Awards 1998 {{!}} MOBO Organisation |url=https://www.mobo.com/history/1998 |access-date=2022-10-29 |website=Mobo.com}}</ref>
He has had two UK top 10 hits, "Taboo" and "Why".<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=Virgin Books|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|page=175}}</ref> He also teamed up with UK dance duo Basement Jaxx on the song "Fly Life". His song called "Ladies Knight" was a collaboration with UK reggae singer Maxi Priest and interpolates Kool and the Gang's "Ladies Night".
Glamma Kid collaborated on a song with Beenie Man and Jamelia titled "Bling Bling Bling".
Estelle featured on Glamma Kid's "Computer Love".
==Discography== ===Albums=== * ''Kidology'' (2000) - UK No. 66<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 228}}</ref>
===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" !Year !Song !UK !FR !NL !NZ !Album |- | rowspan="3" |1997 |"Moschino" | - | - | - | - |''Kidology'' |- |"Fly Life" <small>(with Basement Jaxx)</small> |19 | - | - | - |''EP3'' (Basement Jaxx album) |- |"It's Alright" | - | - | - | - | |- |1998 |"Fashion '98" |49 | - | - | - | rowspan="2" |''Kidology'' |- | rowspan="3" |1999 |"Taboo" <small>(with Shola Ama)</small> |10 |78 |26 |22 |- |"Much Love" <small>(with Shola Ama)</small> |17 | - | - | - |''Much Love'' (Shola Ama album) |- |"Why" |10 | - | - | - | rowspan="2" |''Kidology'' |- |2000 |"Bills 2 Pay" |17 | - | - | - |- |2010 |"Walking on Air" <small>(with Adele Harley)</small> | - | - | - | - | |- | rowspan="2" |2011 ||"Informer" <small>(with Lady Chann)</small> | - | - | - | - | |- |"System Sheg Up" <small>(Stingray Records)</small> | - | - | - | - | |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.glammakid.co.uk/}} *{{discogs artist}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Glamma Kid}} Category:1978 births Category:English people of Jamaican descent Category:21st-century Black British male singers Category:21st-century British male singers Category:British reggae musicians Category:20th-century Black British male singers Category:20th-century British male singers Category:British dancehall musicians Category:Ragga musicians Category:Living people Category:People from the London Borough of Hackney