Dennis "Copper" Barth (1951– May 1978) was a gangster in Jamaica,[1][2] who operated out of the Rennock Lodge area in east Kingston.
[3] Barth is mentioned in the lyrics of Super Cat's dancehall reggae song "Ghetto Red Hot":[4] "Kingston we deh when Massop get shot / We deh when Copper get shot”, referring to Claude “Claudie" Massop and Barth, who made gang peace treaty in the 1970s.
[4] Barth was convicted of killing two policemen and escaped from jails twice.
Copper was killed in a shootout with police at the Caymanas Park race track in 1978.
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