- A bass player for the Aggrovators.
- Used to play in club Evil People.
- He is a huge fan of Motown, Philly Sound and Country & Western, in addition to Jamaican legendary labels Studio One and Treasure Isle, and Reggae production in particular.
- Together with Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar, he formed Taxi label in 1980. It has seen releases from many international successful artists, including Black Uhuru, Chaka Demus & Pliers, Ini Kamoze, Beenie Man and Red Dragon.
- With Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar, He also played on Bob Dylan's albums Infidels and Empire Burlesque (using recordings from Infidels sessions).
- With Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar as Sly and Robbie, he is one of the personalities mentioned in the song Genius of Love by Tom Tom Club. The others mentioned were Bob Marley, Smokey Robinson, 'Hamilton Bohannon', George Clinton, Bootsy Collins, and Kurtis Blow.
- He is humorously sometimes referred to Robbie Bassspeare.
- A bass player.
- With Lowell 'Sly' Dunbar, he is one-half of Sly and Robbie, reggae music's most prolific and long lasting production team. They are considered originators of the "Rockers" rhythm. They started working together in the mid 1970s, after having established themselves separately on the Jamaican music scene.
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