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There are two artists with this name:
1. A British rapper
2. A Finnish rock band

1. Mike Skinner (born November 27, 1978), more commonly known by his stage name The Streets, is a rapper from Birmingham, England. He was born in Barnet in North London and that’s where his accent, sometimes called ‘Mockney’ by the press, comes from. You can hear his actual accent on the start of ‘Fake Streets Hats’ from his album The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living recorded in 2006. He moved to Birmingham shortly after he was born and is a Birmingham City fan. He has suffered from epilepsy since he was five.

He signed a five album record deal in 2002, and has fulfilled his contract by releasing five albums: Original Pirate Material (2002), All Got Our Runnin’s (2003), A Grand Don’t Come for Free (2004), The Hardest Way To Make An Easy Living (2006), Everything Is Borrowed (2008) and Computers and Blues (2011).

When playing live, Skinner is joined by Kevin Mark Trail on backing vocals, Johnny Drum Machine on drums, Wayne Fibes on guitar and bass, Chris Brown on keyboards and Magic Mike on samplers.

In January 2011, Skinner’s management announced that Skinner will no longer perform as The Streets.
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2. The Streets was a band originated from Turku, Finland in the early 1980’s. Their most known song is Kestääkö siivet from the album Kestääkö siivet (1980), which is also featured on the soundtrack of Mika Kaurismäki’s film Arvottomat (The Worhless) 1982.

The Streets were:

Asmo Kärkkäinen, guitar
Jouni Hemberg, lead vocals
Kari Laihonen, keyboard

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  • brunogramacho

    dry your eyes, mate

    18 May 3:25pm Reply
  • yogibear520

    We need the streets back please! [2]

    30 Apr 11:43am Reply
  • bobolson

    I love this guy and how unlike most of the uk rappers, he doesnt take himself seriously at all

    18 Mar 10:54am Reply
  • elesde86

    We need the streets back please!

    28 Feb 7:50pm Reply
  • no-thanks

    Does anyone know the story behind Computers & Blues? There was a promo version that leaked way before the final one that was infinitely better because that awful dude from The Music or whatever wasn't anywhere near it, and Trust Me was a lot longer, as it deserves to be. People rave about Computers and Blues like it was all they expected out of Mike's goodbye record but I just can't figure out why when it had so much more potential.

    27 Feb 2:13am Reply
  • muffinpardeeey

    <3

    6 Feb 11:13pm Reply
  • Chadipoo

    the skin man

    5 Feb 1:16pm Reply
  • sander386

    Stopping my sharkin' for a minute to get some chips and drinks

    2 Feb 11:11pm Reply
  • yogibear520

    cute guy

    1 Feb 3:53pm Reply
  • Yeah_Brah

    Still one of the best UK rappers/artists. He is the only UK rapper who didn't change that much and didn't make corny auto-tune/dubstep/electro music. Look at Professor Green, Example and Dizzee Rascal - they are all corny now, making shitty club songs for teenagers. Skinner is not like that.

    14 Dec 2012 Reply
  • onestoploser

    None of it fucking matters. Mike Skinner knows what the fuck goes on. Even though he's tasted the celeb juice, dude is still cornered.

    8 Dec 2012 Reply
  • tigago

    Oi, oi..

    30 Nov 2012 Reply
  • KolzTT

    I love sing Trust me. What is Thumberland? I'am Russian, i don't no... Thx.

    27 Oct 2012 Reply
  • Rydia69

    In the eyes of society, i need to be in jail. For the choice of herbs i inhale.

    22 Oct 2012 Reply
  • Ivcoe

    A Grand Don't Come for Free > Orinal Pirate Material > all the rest.

    21 Oct 2012 Reply
  • TheStateOfBliss

    Love his accent.

    19 Oct 2012 Reply
  • Chadipoo

    Hello! I'm John Terry and I'm a criminal!

    29 Sep 2012 Reply
  • pchla_szahrajka

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3XwHBuBNNU

    27 Sep 2012 Reply
  • Mdjaer

    Hello! I'm Terry and i'm a law abider!

    18 Sep 2012 Reply
  • Chadipoo

    original nut material

    16 Sep 2012 Reply
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