Martina Topley-Bird

January 4, 2024
Rapper

Quick Facts

Martina Topley-Bird
Full Name Martina Topley-Bird
Occupation Rapper
Date Of Birth May 7, 1975(1975-05-07)
Age 49
Birthplace St Pancras
Country United Kingdom
Birth City England
Horoscope Taurus

Martina Topley-Bird Biography

Name Martina Topley-Bird
Birthday May 7
Birth Year 1975
Place Of Birth St Pancras
Home Town England
Birth Country United Kingdom
Birth Sign Taurus

Martina Topley-Bird is one of the most popular and richest Rapper who was born on May 7, 1975 in St Pancras, England, United Kingdom. English artist and songwriter, she is well-known as a collaborator with the trip hip innovator the legendary English singer and songwriter known for her collaborations with trip hop pioneer Tricky. She has released singles like “Need One” and “Baby Blue.”. She has released songs such as “Need One” and “Baby Blue.”

She became famous in the same period in the same era as American popular singer She rose to prominence during the same era as American pop star Britney Spears…

Martina Gillian Topley-Bird (née Topley; born 7 May 1975) is an English vocalist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained fame as the featured female vocalist on trip hop pioneer Tricky’s debut album, Maxinquaye (1995). She also worked with him on his subsequent albums Nearly God and Pre- Millennium Tension (both 1996). In 2003, Topley-Bird released her debut solo album, Quixotic, which was critically praised and earned her a Mercury Prize nomination.

In 1993, as a teenager at Clifton College, Topley-Bird was discovered by trip hop pioneer Tricky when he saw her sitting on a wall near his house, singing to herself. “That’s really how it happened,” she recalled. “It’s one of those things people are always surprised to find out is true. I remember the graveyard behind the wall. A few weeks later, I went around to his house with some friends. We’d been drinking cider after our GCSEs. We were banging on his door, but he wasn’t in. Then Mark Stewart, who lived there, came up to us and said: “Yeah, this is Tricky’s house, jump in through the window.” So I jumped through, opened the door and we got mashed.”

Her dad, Drayton Bird, is an internationally-known British marketing expert.

Martina Topley-Bird Net Worth

Net Worth $5 Million
Source Of Income Rapper
House Living in own house.

Martina Topley-Bird is one of the richest Rapper from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Martina Topley-Bird 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She sang in choir in the choir at Clifton College in Bristol, England.

She released her debut solo album Quixotic the year 2003.

Martina Topley-Bird was born in London, England, to Charlette Conlon (née Pouncey) and Martin Geoffrey Topley, who died in 1974 before her birth; Martina was named after him. Her stepfather is British direct marketing specialist Drayton Bird, whose surname she adopted in addition to her father’s. Her mother is of Salvadoran and Seminole Indian descent, while her father was of untraceable African-American descent. Topley-Bird grew up in a large family, with five siblings and three step-siblings.

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This was followed by Anything (2004), The Blue God (2008) and Some Place Simple (2010). She has also collaborated with Gorillaz, appearing on their album Demon Days (2005), as well as with Mark Lanegan, Diplo and Massive Attack on Heligoland (2010), which she followed by a world tour with the group. Her song Sandpaper Kisses was covered by Stephen Marley and sampled by such artists as Berry Weight and The Weeknd.

Facts & Trivia

Martina Ranked on the list of most popular Rapper. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Martina Topley-Bird celebrates birthday on May 7 of every year.

In 2010, Topley-Bird appeared on the album Heligoland by Massive Attack, lending her voice on the tracks “Psyche” and “Babel”. She also toured with Massive Attack as their support act and providing guest vocals at their shows. Her third album, Some Place Simple, was released in July 2010. It contained stripped-down versions of songs from her first two releases, along with four new songs. Topley-Bird performed Maxinquaye live at the Sundance Festival, London, in April 2012, and also appeared on the tracks “Open” and “Secret” on electronic musician Clark’s album Iradelphic. In 2013 contributed to a cover of the xx’s “Crystalised” with Mark Lanegan and Warpaint, and also toured with Warpaint as a supporting act on their 2013 world tour. On 26 January 2015, she appeared as lead vocalist on title track “The Day is My Enemy”, the second single of The Prodigy’s, from their album The Day Is My Enemy (2015).

What happened to Martina Topley-Bird?

A singer was found dead in hospital after a mental health episode on a train following a concert with her band, an inquest has been told. Mina Topley-Bird, 24, was found hanged at Darlington’s West Park Hospital on 9 May 2019.

Where does Martina Topley-Bird live?

Topley-Bird grew up in a large family, with five siblings and three step- siblings. Her family later relocated from London to Bristol.

Did Bjork date tricky?

He was in a brief relationship with Icelandic singer-songwriter Björk in the 1990s. When asked in mid-2013 about the time the pair spent together, Tricky stated: “I wasn’t good for Björk. I wasn’t healthy for her. I feel she was really good to me, she gave me a lot of love and she really was a good person to me.

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