N'fa
| N'fa | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | N'fa Forster-Jones |
| Also known as | N'fa Jones |
| Born |
21 March 1979 London, England |
| Genres | Hip hop, electronica, future Soul |
| Labels | Rubber/Sony The Ayems/Sony |
| Associated acts | Roots Manuva Drapht |
| Website | www |
N'fa (born N'fa Forster-Jones; also known as N'fa Jones, 21 March 1979) is an African Australian hip hop recording artist born in London, but raised in Perth, Western Australia, best known as the frontman for 1200 Techniques. Forster-Jones was a nationally ranked 110m hurdler and placed third at the 2001 and 2002 Australian Championships, and fourth in the 2000 Olympic trials. His personal best recorded time was 14.08s (wind: +1.8) set in Brisbane on 25 March 2001, though clocked 13.91 "unofficial" in Auckland's trans-tasman test meet in 2001.
N'fa was born in London to mother Michela Johnson, from Western Australia and father, Quashie Forster-Jones, from Sierra Leone. Brought up in suburban Perth, he met Heath Ledger at Guildford Grammar School and remained friends until the actor's death in 2008. At a young age, Forster-Jones also dabbled in acting and appeared as a genie in a Tim Tam commercial and played a small role in the film Queen of the Damned - a 2002 film adaptation of the third novel of Anne Rice's, starring Aaliyah and Stuart Townsend.
1200 Techniques formed in 1997—the band originally included N'fa and his brother Kabba. Kabba left the band in 1998, when he moved to the United Kingdom.
As of 2006, Forster-Jones has shipped over 50,000 albums with 1200 Techniques alone. In 2010, N'fa re-released the song "Cause An Effect" remastered as an EP with various remixes of the track and video clip on iTunes. Heath Ledger conceived and directed two video clips for Cause An Effect ("Seduction Is Evil", and the title track "Cause An Effect").
In 2011, N'fa became known as N'fa Jones (with the introduction of his surname) with the release of the collaborative single "Wayooy" Ft Roots Manuva and M-Phazes, the lead single from his EP "Babylondon" on Australian Independent Label Rubber Records, who he originally signed to with Hip Hop act 1200 Techniques.
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