[1][3] His next single, "Na Go Work", featured Tricia McKay, giving him his first hit,[2] and bringing him to the attention of producers Captain Sinbad and Carl Nelson.

Together they released a string of hit dancehall singles, including "Shoot to Kill", "Merciless Bad Boy", and "Ze Taurus", which featured tough, gangsta rap-style lyrics in keeping with the current trends of that time.

[1] This partnership spawned a series of major hits in Jamaica, including "Yush", "Gundelero", "Bad Boy Talk", and "Feeling Lonely" (with Beres Hammond).

He released his first full-length album in 1991, entitled Bad Boy Talk,[2] and over the next year worked with several different producers on yet more hit tracks ("O.P.P" with King Jammy, "Tek Him" with Bobby Digital, "Be Patient" with Sly & Robbie).

The success of the single propelled the album to #125 on the Billboard Top 200, but the follow-up, "Legacy", failed to chart, and for the next several years Cobra's hitmaking remained primarily in Jamaica with songs such as 1993's "Mek Noise" and "Matti Haffie Move".

In 1997, he participated in the album Guatauba, produced by Tony Touch and Nico Canada, in the early reggaeton scene, which also featured KRS One and Mad Lion.

[7] Only 25 July 2023, Mad Cobra was arrested during a traffic stop in Florence County, South Carolina after police found two kilos of cocaine and a 9mm Beretta pistol in his vehicle.