Martina Topley Bird
Martina Gillian TopleyBird is an English vocalist, songwriter, and multiinstrumentalist who first gained fame as the featured female vocalist on trip hop pioneer Trickys debut album, Maxinquaye . She also worked with him on his subsequent albums Nearly God and PreMillennium Tension . In 2003, TopleyBird released her debut solo album, Quixotic, which was critically praised and earned her a Mercury Prize nomination.
Martina TopleyBird was born in London, England to Charlette Conlon , and Martin Geoffrey Topley, who died in 1974 before her birth Martina was named after him. Her stepfather is British direct marketing specialist Drayton Bird, whose surname she adopted in addition to her fathers. Her mother is of Salvadoran and Seminole Indian descent, while her father was of untraceable African American descent. TopleyBird grew up in a large family, with five siblings and three stepsiblings.
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