Cardiff Butt, known as General Degree and later Snapple Dapple, is a Jamaican
dancehall deejay and record producer born in Manchester, Jamaica. The artist
started a music career in the late 1980s after working as a tailor. Degree
gained success through the 1990s with singles such as "Mother Rule Pickney",
"Granny", "Traffic Blocking", and "Pianist". His lyrics often featured sexually
explicit and humorous content. In 1997, he was featured on Richie Stephens'
"Come Give Me Your Love", which reached number 61 on the UK Singles Chart.
Degree released several albums, including Granny...