Rex Morgan a.k.a. Dread Flimstone was born and raised in Venice, California. He started in the music business back in the early 80's playing rhythm piano in local L.A. reggae bands and backing Jamaican recording artist Mikey Dread (of the Clash and Jamaican radio fame) touring the college tours and festivals circuit as a opening/support act for names like Ziggy Marley, Burning Spear, Third World, Big Audio Dynamite (B.A.D.) and the late great promoter Bill Graham among others.

From 1985-1989 Dread Flimstone evolved as D.J. and partner for some of L.A.'s top nightclubs such as Funky Reggae, Peace Posse, Brass and Dubwise. In 1989 he signed with Warner Brothers Records and appeared on one of the first reggae hip hop crossover albums called Funky Reggae Crew featuring KRS-one, Queen Latifah, Daddy-O (from Stetsosonic) and others. He Later signed to Island Records under a development deal, but gave it up and moved to the U.K. where he signed with the original Acid Jazz label and put out his first full length album Dread Flimstone and the Modern Tone Age Family "From the Ghetto". With innovative production and props from the underground, the first single saw 12 weeks on the Billboard dance charts, reaching to #4 in the U.S., 4 weeks at #1 on the U.K. dance charts and #58 in Polydor U.K.'s top 100 best selling singles.

In 1992 Back in Los Angeles, U.S.A. Dread produced and released 3 compilation albums distributed by Capitol Records/Mogul Entertainment called Inna Rub-A-Dub style 1, 2, & 3 featuring Jamaican vocal artists Sugar Minott, Frankie Paul, Johnny Osbourne, Elephant Man, Sanchez, Pinchers, ScareDem Crew and more for the Down Sound Records Los Angeles*Kingston label, which was started by Flimstone and R&B/Hip Hop producer Johnny Rivers.In 1993, Dread went back to London to record for Acid Jazz his next album "Bionic Dread" (which was a more traditional roots reggae album). At the same time he was recording with legendary singer Michael Prophet a four song EP with an album to follow and many other soon to be released songs with Afrika Islam and Zulu Nation featuring M.C. Whipper Whip. In 1994 Dread came back to L.A. to work on live promotional shows with Ice T's Body Count, The Pharcyde, Fishbone, and Busta Rhymes for Afrika Islam's New World Order Club at Prince's Glam Slam and the Variety Arts Center in downtown Los Angeles. By 1995-1998, Flimstone was back in London as Managing Director and A&R for the new acid jazz reggae label "Roots". Under his management, he released 3 albums featuring Gregory Isaacs, a 3 album compilation series called Totally Wired in Dub and The Acid Jazz Collection (a four CD box set of reggae music old and new from the U.K. and J.A.). He also acquired a large publishing catalog of old school roots music from Jamaican producers/publishers Jah Thomas and U Brown.By 1997, Dread was co-host and D.J. for radio stations Jazz FM London, Choice FM/ BBC. and house D.J. at London's top underground club The Blue Note in Hackney-Shoreditch, featuring in house acts like Goldie, Roni Size, Ninja Tunes, Bjork and Talvin Singh.

In 1998 while back in L.A. as a D.J. on Festivals and club as a support for acts like Pharcyde, Cypress Hill, Ernest Ranglin, Reggae Nucleus. He formed Stoneface Music with Paleface Stevie. Together they have done projects for labels like Hollywood Records, Tigertone Records, 60 Channels U.K. and for television and films;

Dread Flimstone is currently working with TigerTone on 'nuff projects for the year 2001.