Dylan Kwabena Mills (born 1 October 1985), better known by his stage name Dizzee Rascal, is an English rapper, MC, songwriter and record producer with African roots in Ghana and Nigeria. His music is a blend of grime, garage, bassline, hip hop, rap, and R&B. Best known for his number-one hits "Dance wiv Me," "Bonkers," "Holiday," "Dirtee Disco" & "Shout," his debut album, Boy in da Corner, won him the 2003 Mercury Prize. Follow-up albums Showtime, Maths + English and Tongue n' Cheek have all been critically acclaimed and certified gold, the last going platinum for sales exceeding 300,000 units in the United Kingdom.
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Dizzee Rascal with Nick Grimshaw on the Radio 1 Breakfast Show
Nick's guest this morning was Dizzee Rascal
Biography
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Links & Information
Links
- Official homepage at dizzeerascal.co.uk
- Youtube at youtube.com/user/DizzeeRascalVEVO
- Twitter at twitter.com/DizzeeRascal
- MySpace at myspace.com/dizzeerascal
- Wikipedia article on Dizzee Rascal
- Last.fm page on Dizzee Rascal
- Discogs at discogs.com/artist/Dizzee Rascal
- MusicBrainz entry on Dizzee Rascal
Member Of
- Roll Deep (-2003)
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BBC Reviews
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Tongue N’ Cheek 2009
Reviewed by John Doran
The release to officially crown Dizzee as UK dance/hip hop royalty.
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Maths And English 2007
Reviewed by Alex Forster
‘Underground or overground, what’s the difference? I’m the king’. He’s yet...
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Showtime 2004
Reviewed by Debra Richards
Dizzee has a special talent, all at once sophisticated and primal, raw and eloquent.
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Boy In Da Corner 2003
Reviewed by Keysha Davis
Boy in da Corner encompasses everything that is exciting about British music past and...
