Craig Ashley David (born 5 May 1981) is a British singer, songwriter,
rapper, DJ and record producer who rose to fame in 1999, featuring on
the single "Re-Rewind" by Artful Dodger. David's debut studio album,
Born to Do It, was released in 2000, after which he has released a
further five studio albums and worked with a variety of artists such
as Sting, Tinchy Stryder, Big Narstie, Kano and Jay Sean. David has 20
UK Top 40 singles, and seven UK Top 40 albums, selling over 15,000,000
records worldwide as a solo artist.David has been nominated for
fourteen Brit Awards: five times for Best British Male, and twice
receiving a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal
Performance.David was born in Southampton, Hampshire, the son of Tina
(née Loftus), a retail assistant at Superdrug, and George David, a
carpenter, and grew up in the Holyrood estate. David's father is
Afro-Grenadian and David's mother is Anglo-Jewish and related to the
founders of the Accurist watch-making company; David's maternal
grandfather was an Orthodox Jew and his maternal grandmother a convert
to Judaism. David's parents separated when he was eight and he was
brought up by his mother. He attended Bellemoor School and Southampton
City College.
rapper, DJ and record producer who rose to fame in 1999, featuring on
the single "Re-Rewind" by Artful Dodger. David's debut studio album,
Born to Do It, was released in 2000, after which he has released a
further five studio albums and worked with a variety of artists such
as Sting, Tinchy Stryder, Big Narstie, Kano and Jay Sean. David has 20
UK Top 40 singles, and seven UK Top 40 albums, selling over 15,000,000
records worldwide as a solo artist.David has been nominated for
fourteen Brit Awards: five times for Best British Male, and twice
receiving a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Pop Vocal
Performance.David was born in Southampton, Hampshire, the son of Tina
(née Loftus), a retail assistant at Superdrug, and George David, a
carpenter, and grew up in the Holyrood estate. David's father is
Afro-Grenadian and David's mother is Anglo-Jewish and related to the
founders of the Accurist watch-making company; David's maternal
grandfather was an Orthodox Jew and his maternal grandmother a convert
to Judaism. David's parents separated when he was eight and he was
brought up by his mother. He attended Bellemoor School and Southampton
City College.
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