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Robert Barham

Biography Robert "Speedy" Barham established himself on the Camden County/Philadelphia music scene in 1988. Being managed by Robert Murray Sr., he was introduced to The Whitehead Brothers. Through that introduction, he landed a demo deal with Rock & Roll Hall of Fame songwriting duo, Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff. Soon after a year of recording, Robert met Anthony Davis and formed a group called Diego Red. From that, they decided to start a recording label (Lost Boy Records) with Robert's late cousin Monte Houston.The group went on to land a deal with music mogul Henry Stone's imprint label Hot/Atlantic Records in Miami. Their single "Girlfriend" earned them a Billboard Top 200 Charting. Getting them recognized a second time with Philadelphia International Records. Robert would go on to study under Gamble & Huff eventually signing as a writer, producer, and artist.

Early Life Born in Cooper Hospital on October 27th, 1967, to teenage parents Robert B. Barham Sr & Gayle Von Burpee-Barham (16 & 17). Robert grew up throughout the Camden County NJ area. Attending 9 different elementary schools and having spent 1 year of education in North Philadelphia, He gained the nickname "Speedy", because he never crawled as a child. His parents discovered his love for music when they noticed that he enjoyed drumming on pots and pans to create original beats. They saw musical potential in young Robert, and gifted him his first drum set at the age of 4.

Recording Labels The Prosody Group
 * Unique Style Publishing
 * Irish Tenth Entertainment
 * West Prosody Records



Awards/Memberships Grammy Award nominations (2008, 2009), Dove Award nominations (2008, 2009), Stellar Award nominations (2008, 2009,) Stellar Award Winner (2009), The Recording Academy (NARAS) Voting Member (2008-Present), Chase Street Drama Series - Music Supervisors and Scoring (2016)

Resume/Credentials The Dells, Ms. Jade, Bahamadia, Chauncey Black (Blackstreet) Roscoe P. Coldchain, Glenn Lewis,Philly Freck, Freeway(Ice city), NAAM Brigade, FECO, Philly’s Most Wanted, Silk, Gina Thompson, Donnie Mckirkland ,The Cross Movement, Ty Tribbet and The Truth, Joe and Phil Nicolo, Larry Lar, Rob Schwartz. Mtume, Daryl marshall, Quran Goodman, Bunny Sigler, Timbaland, and Leon Ware. He also has toured with Uncle Luke, Public Enemy, Ice T, Tuff crew, Mc Hammer, Flame and Lecrae. Producing and developing local acts such as Kenyatta Lemone’, Lindsay Dennis(aka Y.O.S), BAGWELL, Soul Natural, Sir Nino Black, Nichole Banks, Money Carsin, Big Tone aka Panda, Sean Fourn Prince Ballad, Blaire Covington and DaNyA.

Links www.Irishtenthofficial.com