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Ashley Walters (born June 30, 1982 in London, England), also known as Asher D, is an English rapper, musician and actor./nHe was born in Peckham, London and raised by his mother, Pamela Case, a local government officer. He attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School, in London, from the age of 7. After graduating from the Sylivia Young Theatre School, Walters starred in some of the more popular stage productions at the time./nHe has two sons (Shayon and Paniro) and a daughter (China), with wife Simone Walters./nMusically, he is best known as Asher D in the group So Solid Crew. He enjoyed relative success as a lyricist, particularly for the number 1 hit 21 Seconds. After the group split, he went on to focus on other projects, most recently 2006's In Memory of the Street Fighter, featuring the single "Andrea"./nAsher D released a new studio album in 2008 on AD82 records, entitled "The Appetiser", a full 12 track album produced by both Asher D and Laurence Ezra./nWith Dewi Bruce Konuah, he co-owns a production company, AD82 Productions, specialising in talent in the British music and film industries./nAsher D challenged famous grime rapper Dizzee Rascal to a rap contest at one stage./nAsher D did not escape the gun controversy that surrounded So Solid Crew. Following an argument with a traffic warden in July 2001, he was found to be carrying a loaded Brocock air pistol modified to fire live ammunition. He was arrested and, in 2002, jailed for 18 months, in a young offenders' institute. Having spent the previous nine months in custody, he subsequently served an additional nine months to complete his sentence./nAsher D is also an actor, appearing under his full name, Ashley Walters. He appeared in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles at age 10 and Grange Hill at age 14 (in the role of "Andy"). He appeared in Bullet Boy, where he played Ricky who just came out of jail to start a new life/role, and was named Best Newcomer for the role, at the British Independent Film Awards. He also appeared in Get Rich or Die Tryin' alongside rapper 50 Cent./nHe played the role of "Wolf" in teenage spy film Stormbreaker, and "Danny" in the film Life and Lyrics from which he has received many plaudits. He has recently filmed WΔZ, alongside Selma Blair and Melissa George, and Sugarhouse Lane. He played Lacey in the BBC Three drama pilot West 10 LDN./nFrom episode 2 of the fourth series of BBC TV drama Hustle, he has played the character Billy Bond (replacing Adrian Lester who played Mickey Bricks). He was also cast as Bugzy on MTV series Top Buzzer and played the role of "Al B" in the 2006 production House of 9 alongside Dennis Hopper./nHe has appeared on stage at the National Theatre and the Royal Court Theatre. Another feature film, Tuesday, sees him playing a jewel thief alongside John Simm, Philip Glenister and Cristian Solimeno. He appeared in Bola Agbaje's new play Off the Endz at the Royal Court Theatre during February and March 2010./nHe has also made appearances in cop show The Bill and firefighting drama London's Burning./nAsher D's Grange Hill history & autobiography was referenced by the comedian Stewart Lee on 16 March 2009 on the BBC2 show "Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle" in the episode themed on "Toilet Books". He also appeared in 2009's TV adaptation of Small Island.
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