Dizzee Rascal

I decided to choose Dizzee Rascal, aka Dylan Mills,19, because I found his genre of music interesting. He has a certain style that is similar to that of American rap artists. In one of his songs that I listened to I noticed that the music video took place in a night club, which is currently the number one spot for hip- hop music videos to be filmed. It seems to me that he gets a lot of his style from the way that rappers present hip- hop over here.

Dizzee became popular at the end of 2003 in London. He won his first music award , Mercury Prize Award, for his debut album entitled "Boy in da Corner." He was raised by his mother on the East side of London, England. He had bery bad behavior while attending school, therefore he got kicked out of quite a few of them. Because he wasn't in school and underage, he got into a lot of trouble by stealing cars and robbing businesses. Music class, however, set him in a new and positive direction. He began making beats and tracks in the music room on the computers.

After observing songs from American MC's he developed his songwriting skills, and soon after became a member of the Roll Deep Crew. Their garage music was referred to as grime because it was so graphic and aggressive. His hit whit label song entitled "I Luv U" gained him national recognition and made a name for him as a grimy MC .Dizzee's first album was released in July of 2003. He was stabbed several times while in Ayia Napa, but recovered safely. His album was released in the U.S. in January of 2004. He has became an Undergroud King in London, but now is focusing on getting other young talent discovered. He released his second album in September of 2004, and a third in 2007.