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Patrick Hart is a Businessman, Radio Broadcaster and Musician who is based in the Bristol,United Kingdom.

Early Life
Hart was born in Kuwait where his parents worked for the British Embassy before returning to the UK.shortly after he was born. His parents both left India following partition to join family members already settled in Nottingham. At the age of 13 Patrick and his family moved to Bristol,UK in search of a better life following a combination of health problems with his mother Ruth Hart and a perceived lack of opportunity at school. Patrick is the third of four brothers who originally settled in Bedminster,Bristol following the move from Nottingham. He attended St Bernadette's Catholic School in Whitchurch Bristol and then St Brendans Sixth Form College in Brislington.

Musical Career
Whilst working with a youth project in Bedminster Bristol underneath St Paul's Church on Coronation Road, Hart and his co-workers began to stage Hip Hop parties on a regular basis. They began mixing music on technic 1200 turntables and Patrick's rap name was originally MC P. He joined forces and involved a crew of artists that included DJ Bunjy from Laid Blak the then Tru Funk Posse that contained a young Jody Wisternoff Knowle West rapper Adrian Thaws aka Tricky (musician) Spikey C, Mikie Rods amongst others who supported each other in a loose collective that resulted in two major festivals in the Dame Emily Playground also know as the skateboard park that attracted in excess of 20,000 people over two years in 1987 & 1988. Artists & celebrities appearing included Wee Papa Girl Rappers Rick Clarke Sherrie Eugene Fred Wedlock.

Soon The Cryptic Crew began to gain attention and Radio DJ Tristan B invited them to his then iconic Roadblock show on BBC Radio Bristol where they met Reggae Singer Dan Ratchett who was also on the show that day. This was where the collaboration of Reggae artist Ratchett and Cryptic Crew began after it is said that Ratchet was asked to perform a simple line of a rap song entitled "Honesty" for the the price of 2 Benson & Hedges cigarettes. The live track went down a storm on the radio and the Freshblood Posse was born.