Rodney Panton, also known as Rodney P (born in Balham, London, 12 December 1969) is an English MC, as well as a radio and television personality who first gained attention via the UK hip hop scene in the 1980s. A former member of UK hip-hop group London Posse, Rodney P is known for rapping in his London accent. Career Music In 1986, London Posse were invited by Mick Jones of The Clash to support his new band Big Audio Dynamite on a UK tour. A recording contract with Big Life Records followed, and the recording of the songs "Live Like The Other Half" and "Money Mad", which appeared on the group's only album, Gangsta Chronicle. Gangsta Chronicle was voted the most important UK hip-hop album of all time in the 2007 poll of music magazine Hip Hop Connection. After London Posse came to an end, Rodney P launched his own label, Riddim Killa, a collaboration with Low Life Records, on which he released a series of singles including "Big Tings" and the "Riddim Killa". In 2003 he released solo album The Future and in 2007 he released Klashnekoff's debut album. Rodney P signed to Tru Thoughts Records in 2011. A collaborative album with Zed Bias and Falacy was released in 2012 under the name Sleepin Giantz. Rodney P has also collaborated with Skinnyman, Blak Twang, Roots Manuva and The Nextmen, and featured on recordings by Omar, Terri Walker, The Brand New Heavies, MJ Cole, Roni Size, The Stanton Warriors, Timo Maas and L’Entourloop. Radio Shortly after setting up Riddim Killa Records In 2002, Rodney P and DJ Skitz, were invited by the BBC to host "The Original Fever" a groundbreaking Urban music show on the then newly formed digital station BBC Radio 1Xtra. He was introduced to DJ Skitz by a mutual friend 'Destiny and appears on Skitz's albums Countryman and Homegrown volume 1. Their show "The Original Fever" ran for over 6 years and saw Rodney & Skitz interviewing some of the biggest names in music including Pharrell Williams, P Diddy, 50 Cent and Kanye West. This development in his career and a love of the medium led to even more involvement in radio documentaries. He has since gone on to present topical documentaries including the Sony Award-nominated "F.E.D.S", "Concrete Heat" and the Lamacq Live documentary: "The Beautiful Struggle", which saw him returning to war-torn Sierra Leone, after first