  alexander minto hughes (2 may 1945 â 13 march 1998), better known as judge dread, was an english reggae and ska musician. he was the first white recording artist to have a reggae hit in jamaica, and the bbc has banned more of his songs than any other recording artist due to his frequent use of sexual innuendo and double entendres. ==career== hughes was introduced to jamaican music when he lodged as a teenager in a west indian household in brixton, south west london.thompson, dave:"reggae & caribbean music", 2002, backbeat books, isbn 0-87930-655-6 he met jamaican artists derrick morgan and prince buster through his job as a bouncer at london nightclubs such as the ram jam in brixton, and through another job as a bodyguard.larkin, colin:"the virgin encyclopedia of reggae", 1998, virgin books, isbn 0-7535-0242-9 after working as a professional wrestler (under the name "the masked executioner") and as a debt collector for trojan records, he worked as a dj on local radio. when prince buster had a big underground hit in 1969 with "big 5", hughes capitalized on it with the recording of his own "big six", based on verne & son's "little boy blue", which was picked up by trojan boss lee gopthal, and released on trojan's 'big shot' record label under the stage name judge dread, the name taken from another of prince buster's songs. "big six" reached no. 11 in the uk singles chart in 1972, selling over 300,000 copies and spending six months on the chart, despite getting no radio airplay due to its lyrics. further hit singles followed with "big seven" (co-written by rupie edwards) and "big eight" â both following the
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