▁Far ▁East ▁as ▁a ▁police ▁rec ruit ▁in ▁their ▁batt les ▁with ▁under ground ▁tri ad ▁organis ations , ▁Pl att s ▁so aked ▁up ▁the ▁musical ▁ ether ▁that ▁surrounded ▁him ▁( which ▁included ▁the ▁Beat les , ▁the ▁Do ors ▁and ▁E LO ▁from ▁his ▁father , ▁and ▁a ▁Filip ino ▁mother ▁who ▁played ▁Spanish - infl uen ced ▁guitar ), ▁att ending ▁count less ▁schools ▁in ▁the ▁process ▁before ▁winning ▁a ▁place ▁at ▁Paul ▁Mc ▁Cart ney ' s ▁Liverpool ▁based ▁L IP A ▁inst itute . ▁Sub sequently , ▁Pl att s ▁played ▁on ▁Cor in ne ▁Ba iley ▁R ae ’ s ▁h ug ely ▁successful ▁debut ▁album ▁and ▁then , ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁land ed ▁his ▁own ▁publishing ▁deal ▁with ▁Z om ba ▁Music . ▁This ▁led ▁to ▁collabor ations ▁with ▁an ▁extraordinary ▁song - writing ▁A - list ▁that ▁included ▁Rod ▁‘ T hr iller ’ ▁Tem per ton , ▁John ▁O ates , ▁Jed ▁Le iber ▁( son ▁of ▁hit - making ▁legend ▁Jerry ) ▁and ▁former ▁Gil ▁Scott - Her on ▁collabor ator ▁Brian ▁Jackson ▁before ▁found ing ▁Mam as ▁Gun ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁their ▁activities ▁with ▁Mam as ▁Gun ▁the ▁band ▁members ▁continue ▁to ▁work ▁in ▁various ▁other ▁capac ities ▁r anging ▁from ▁song writing ▁to ▁studio ▁sessions ▁and ▁tour ing ▁work . ▁Since ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁Pl att s ▁has ▁enjoyed ▁further ▁chart ▁success ▁in ▁South ▁East ▁Asia