Realising that success wasn't going to keep me happy all my life.
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Mike Skinner
English rapper
United Kingdom · b. 1978
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Mike Skinner, 30, was born in north London and raised in the Midlands. A rapper and musician, he released his debut single, Has It Come To This?, under the name The Streets, in 2001. His first album, Original Pirate Material, was nominated for the 2002 Mercury Music prize. In 2004, his follow-up, A Grand Don't Come For Free, went to number one and produced the hit single Dry Your Eyes. The fourth Streets album is called Everything Is Borrowed. Skinner is currently touring the UK.
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My brother was singing Yellow Submarine on stage with his class. I was singing along with them, showing off cos I knew all the words. The song ended suddenly and I was the only one in the whole hall who sang, 'We ...'
To my dad for not making it back to Birmingham to see him while I was in London doing The Streets.
I'd have not sung along with Yellow Submarine in that infant school hall.
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