Ben Bailey Smith (born December 1977), better known by his stage nameDoc Brown, is an English rapper, comedian, actor, screenwriter and voiceover artist. He played DS Joe Hawkins in the TV series Law & Order: UK.
Early life
Doc Brown was born Ben Harvey Smith, son of a Jamaican immigrant, Yvonne Bailey, and an Englishman, Harvey Smith, 30 years his wife's senior. Raised in the Willesden area of North-West London, Smith is the younger brother of novelist and essayist Zadie Smith. Smith attended Hampstead School and Malorees junior school along with his sister, but was often seen in his sister's shadow. He Upon leaving school, Smith decided he would become a rapper and follow a musical career. Explaining his stage name, he has said: ""Doc Brown's been my nickname since school, after the scientist in Back to the Future, because I was gangly and geeky. When I started doing rap battles in my teens, it became my hip-hop handle and it's stuck."
Music
Early work
Doc Brown began his musical career in 2000 as a battle rapper, competing in live events such as the now defunct Mudlumz, an infamously tough gig based at Dingwalls nightclub in Camden Lock where he battled among others before losing to fellow UK rapper Sway. Smith became a recurring battle champion at the fledgling competition "Jump Off" in 2003, when the now international event was housed underneath Yo! Sushi on Poland Street in London's Soho, moving to the Swiss Centre in Leicester Square. The following year, Smith's growing reputation as a personality of the underground scene made him the host of a monthly event at his friend's record shop Deal Real on Great Marlborough Court, off Carnaby Street in the West End.
William Henry Joseph Cutter Brown, known as Joseph "Doc" Brown (Marshall, Missouri, 1835-Kansas City, 1905) was an American dancer and champion cakewalker. He is commemorated in the ragtime tune Doc Brown's Cake Walk by Charles L. Johnson.
After P ...ChrisBrown Doc. Jane Doe Alleges Rapper Drugged, Raped Her on Diddy's Yacht ... Barts that she attended 27 years ago, hosted by Combs, where she says she was able to persuade an associate of the rapper to unlock a bedroom door and escape ... ....
After 17 years abroad, Zadie Smith is back ... Her fourth novel was called, simply, NW ... (Her brother Ben – the comedian and rapper Doc Brown – and his family live close by, and his wife teaches at the school Zadie and her brothers went to as a children ... .
He then introduced rapper Stefflon Don, singer Mabel and musician John Newman - who joined him for different songs ... It came after rapper and actor Doc Brown told of the country's sporting achievements.
He then introduced rapper Stefflon Don, singer Mabel and musician John Newman - who joined him for different songs ... It came after rapper and actor Doc Brown told of the country's sporting achievements.
He then introduced rapper Stefflon Don, singer Mabel and musician John Newman - who joined him for different songs ... It came after rapper and actor Doc Brown told of the country's sporting achievements.
He then introduced rapper Stefflon Don, singer Mabel and musician John Newman - who joined him for different songs ... It came after rapper and actor Doc Brown told of the country's sporting achievements.
He then introduced rapper Stefflon Don, singer Mabel and musician John Newman - who joined him for different songs ... It came after rapper and actor Doc Brown told of the country's sporting achievements.
He then introduced rapper Stefflon Don, singer Mabel and musician John Newman - who joined him for different songs ... It came after rapper and actor Doc Brown told of the country's sporting achievements.
Rapper Hypo parties at event hours before being stabbed to death ... Rapper Hypo parties at event hours before being stabbed to death ... It came after rapper and actor Doc Brown told of the country's sporting achievements.
He then introduced rapper Stefflon Don, singer Mabel and musician John Newman - who joined him for different songs ... It came after rapper and actor Doc Brown told of the country's sporting achievements.
He then introduced rapper Stefflon Don, singer Mabel and musician John Newman - who joined him for different songs ... It came after rapper and actor Doc Brown told of the country's sporting achievements.
