Rex Morgan a.k.a. Dread Flimstone was born and raised in Venice, California. He started in the music business back in the early 80's playing rhythm piano in local L.A. reggae bands and touring the college tours and festivals circuit as a opening/support act. In 1989 he signed with Warner Brothers Records and appeared on Funky Reggae Crew featuring KRS-one, Queen Latifah, Daddy-O (from Stetsosonic) and others. He Later signed to Island Records under a development deal, but gave it up and moved to the U.K. where he signed with the original Acid Jazz label and put out his first full length album Dread Flimstone and the Modern Tone Age Family "From the Ghetto". With innovative production and props from the underground, the first single saw 12 weeks on the Billboard dance charts, reaching to #4 in the U.S., 4 weeks at #1 on the U.K. dance charts and #58 in Polydor U.K.'s top 100 best selling singles. In 1992 Dread produced and released 3 compilation albums distributed by Capitol Records/Mogul Entertainment called Inna Rub-A-Dub style 1, 2, & 3 featuring Jamaican vocal artists Sugar Minott, Frankie Paul, Johnny Osbourne, Elephant Man, Sanchez, Pinchers, ScareDem Crew and more for the Down Sound Records Los Angeles*Kingston label, which was started by Flimstone and R&B/Hip Hop producer Johnny Rivers.In 1993, Dread went back to London to record for Acid Jazz his next album "Bionic Dread" (which was a more traditional roots reggae album). At the same time he was recording Michael Prophet a four song EP with an album to follow and many other soon to be released songs. By 1995-1998, Flimstone was back in London as Managing Director and A&R for the new acid jazz reggae label "Roots". Under his management, he released 3 albums featuring Gregory Isaacs, a 3 album compilation series called Totally Wired in Dub and The Acid Jazz Collection. In 1998 he formed Stoneface Music with Paleface Stevie. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.