In the late 1980s, West formed the group Double Trouble with Michael Menson, Karl Brown (more commonly known as the UK garage DJ Karl ‘Tuff Enuff’ Brown) and Leigh Guest. This would lead to two hip house records reaching the UK Top 40 in 1989 – “Just Keep Rockin'” followed by “Street Tuff”. The latter reached number 3 in the UK Singles Chart. These would appear shortly after on his debut album Rebel Music.

In 1991, West would release his second album, Black Meaning Good, which combined his former hip house and pop-rap influences with a stronger reggae and breakbeat edge. The album featured notable reggae and dancehall artists such as Barrington Levy, Tenor Fly and Dennis Brown. Singles released from the album included “The Wickedest Sound”, “Comin’ On Strong”, and “Tribal Base” – to which their breakbeat hardcore and reggae fusion would give rise to an early precursor to the jungle sound.

His third album, Word, Sound and Power, released in 1992, was a further exploration of mixing up breakbeat hardcore, house, reggae and hip hop, with two singles “Rich Ah Getting Richer” and “I Can’t Get No Sleep” released from it.

In 1994, West converted to Rastafarianism. As Conquering Lion, he would release a classic jungle track “Code Red”, with vocals from Supercat. This was picked up for major release by Mango Records. This was then followed by the equally massive “Champion DJ” (featuring Top Cat) and “Junglist” (featuring Peter Bouncer), both released on his Congo Natty label that would be prolific in the mid-1990s to early 2000s.

In 2013, West returned with the album Jungle Revolution, featuring the likes of General Levy, Top Cat, Tippa Irie, Tenor Fly, and Nanci Correia.