Dylan Mills, known professionally as Dizzee Rascal (born September 18th, 19… Read Full Bio ↴Dylan Mills, known professionally as Dizzee Rascal (born September 18th, 1984), is a grime solo artist, formerly a Roll Deep crew member, who emerged from the UK Garage music scene. His music was a blend of garage MCing, conventional rap, grime and ragga, with some more eclectic samples.
Dizzee began MCing on pirate radio and at raves at fifteen, but since his mainstream success he has distanced himself from the fledgling scene. Rascal grew up in the East End of London in south Bow in a council estate, raised by his single mother, a Ghanaian immigrant. Little is known about his father, though it is thought that he died when Mills was two. He attributes his musical development to a school teacher who allowed him to skip regular classes and spend time working on music on the school computers.
His music is an eclectic mixture of garage and hip-hop beats with an extremely broad palette of influences, ranging from metal guitars to found sounds, drill and bass synth lines, eclectic samples and even Japanese court music. His vocal performance is also distinctive, he uses a fast version of rapping (known as 'spitting') which blends elements from garage MCing, conventional rap, grime and ragga.
Dizzee Rascal has numerous rivals within the Grime scene, mainly from the Bow, East London area. A notable rival of Dizzee Rascal is Crazy Titch who produced and recorded a diss called "Just An Arsehole" which used the backing track of Dizzee's record of "Jus A Rascal".
Dizzee Rascal has had international endorsements deals with urban brand Ecko and designed his own shoe with Nike. He has also worked with cross genre artist, Beck, on a remix of the song Hell Yes.
He released his debut album in 2003, which was called Boy In Da Corner, winning him the 2003 Mercury Prize. His second album Showtime was released in 2004. His third effort, Maths and English was released in 2007. All three albums received critical acclaim. He experienced commercial success in 2008 when Dance Wiv Me reached the number one spot in the UK charts. His fourth album, Tongue n' Cheek was released in 2009, going platinum for sales exceeding 300,000 units in the UK. Dizzee Rascal's album The Fifth was released in 2013, the same year he received an honorary Doctorate of the Arts from the University of East London.
In 2017, Rascal released Raskit, which as well as building on his sound heralded a return on some songs to the grime sound of his earlier albums.
Discography:
Studio albums:
2003: Boy in da Corner
2004: Showtime
2007: Maths + English
2009: Tongue n' Cheek
2013: The Fifth
2017: Raskit
2020: E3 AF
2024: Don't Take It Personal
Dizzee began MCing on pirate radio and at raves at fifteen, but since his mainstream success he has distanced himself from the fledgling scene. Rascal grew up in the East End of London in south Bow in a council estate, raised by his single mother, a Ghanaian immigrant. Little is known about his father, though it is thought that he died when Mills was two. He attributes his musical development to a school teacher who allowed him to skip regular classes and spend time working on music on the school computers.
His music is an eclectic mixture of garage and hip-hop beats with an extremely broad palette of influences, ranging from metal guitars to found sounds, drill and bass synth lines, eclectic samples and even Japanese court music. His vocal performance is also distinctive, he uses a fast version of rapping (known as 'spitting') which blends elements from garage MCing, conventional rap, grime and ragga.
Dizzee Rascal has numerous rivals within the Grime scene, mainly from the Bow, East London area. A notable rival of Dizzee Rascal is Crazy Titch who produced and recorded a diss called "Just An Arsehole" which used the backing track of Dizzee's record of "Jus A Rascal".
Dizzee Rascal has had international endorsements deals with urban brand Ecko and designed his own shoe with Nike. He has also worked with cross genre artist, Beck, on a remix of the song Hell Yes.
He released his debut album in 2003, which was called Boy In Da Corner, winning him the 2003 Mercury Prize. His second album Showtime was released in 2004. His third effort, Maths and English was released in 2007. All three albums received critical acclaim. He experienced commercial success in 2008 when Dance Wiv Me reached the number one spot in the UK charts. His fourth album, Tongue n' Cheek was released in 2009, going platinum for sales exceeding 300,000 units in the UK. Dizzee Rascal's album The Fifth was released in 2013, the same year he received an honorary Doctorate of the Arts from the University of East London.
In 2017, Rascal released Raskit, which as well as building on his sound heralded a return on some songs to the grime sound of his earlier albums.
Discography:
Studio albums:
2003: Boy in da Corner
2004: Showtime
2007: Maths + English
2009: Tongue n' Cheek
2013: The Fifth
2017: Raskit
2020: E3 AF
2024: Don't Take It Personal
Man of the Hour
Dizzee Rascal Lyrics
Big fat and heavy
Rolling round with that belly
Young prince like (?)
See that big face on the telly
Big shout to my dready
Big bag of that veggie
Two zoots and the bevvy
Got me calm focused and ready
Eaay right ear to the cellie
Buff ting called shelly
Pretty, perky and leggy
And she knows the crew already
Its about to get sweaty
Neck game so tekkie
Took the nut and didn't spit it out
All them other girls are so petty trust
Everything is golden
Shout out to hulk hogan
You know your still my brother
And my door is always open
Reputation is broken
What you said was potent
Got me wishing and hoping
I'll be more than (?)
I was rolling round roman
Everything was stolen
My boy was shootin that brown and white and it was highly crack in his colon
No homo strolling
Feinds asking who's holding
Fake face no joking
Smokin' bolder in the open like
Wow, wow
Everything was fowl we was hooded up on the prowl
Now I'm like, wow, wow
Posted up like a tower look at me the man of the hour
Got em like wow, wow
Everything was fowl we was hooded up on the prowl
Now I'm like, wow, wow
Posted up like a tower look at me the man of the hour
Bus pass no motor
Running down the promotor
Tried to duck and not pay me must think that im some joker
Put in work for the culture
Just like im supposed to
Even if I were'nt supposed to play they still put my name on the poster
Pop tarts in the toaster
On my old dear's sofa
Trying to figure out combos on street fighter for the ultra
Had a girl from malta
I would squeeze and grope her
Used to make my toes curl but never made it to the altar and its kosher
Love and blessed vibes, spread them blessings far and wide coz im a blessed guy
And I can testify
I confess my my testosterone levels extra high
Plus I'm extra fly
Lyrical exercise
Got them petrified
Still running my enterprise
I don't ramp and I don't play no need to emphasize
There whining about how shitty there life is in the crisis but I'm decisive
No I don't emphasize
Wow, wow
Everything was fowl we was hooded up on the prowl
Now I'm like, wow, wow
Posted up like a tower look at me the man of the hour
Got em like wow, wow
Everything was fowl we was hooded up on the prowl
Now I'm like, wow, wow
Posted up like a tower look at me the man of the hour
Rolling round with that belly
Young prince like (?)
See that big face on the telly
Big shout to my dready
Big bag of that veggie
Two zoots and the bevvy
Got me calm focused and ready
Eaay right ear to the cellie
Buff ting called shelly
And she knows the crew already
Its about to get sweaty
Neck game so tekkie
Took the nut and didn't spit it out
All them other girls are so petty trust
Everything is golden
Shout out to hulk hogan
You know your still my brother
And my door is always open
Reputation is broken
What you said was potent
Got me wishing and hoping
I'll be more than (?)
I was rolling round roman
Everything was stolen
My boy was shootin that brown and white and it was highly crack in his colon
No homo strolling
Feinds asking who's holding
Fake face no joking
Smokin' bolder in the open like
Wow, wow
Everything was fowl we was hooded up on the prowl
Now I'm like, wow, wow
Posted up like a tower look at me the man of the hour
Got em like wow, wow
Everything was fowl we was hooded up on the prowl
Now I'm like, wow, wow
Posted up like a tower look at me the man of the hour
Bus pass no motor
Running down the promotor
Tried to duck and not pay me must think that im some joker
Put in work for the culture
Just like im supposed to
Even if I were'nt supposed to play they still put my name on the poster
Pop tarts in the toaster
On my old dear's sofa
Trying to figure out combos on street fighter for the ultra
Had a girl from malta
I would squeeze and grope her
Used to make my toes curl but never made it to the altar and its kosher
Love and blessed vibes, spread them blessings far and wide coz im a blessed guy
And I can testify
I confess my my testosterone levels extra high
Plus I'm extra fly
Lyrical exercise
Got them petrified
Still running my enterprise
I don't ramp and I don't play no need to emphasize
There whining about how shitty there life is in the crisis but I'm decisive
No I don't emphasize
Wow, wow
Everything was fowl we was hooded up on the prowl
Now I'm like, wow, wow
Posted up like a tower look at me the man of the hour
Got em like wow, wow
Everything was fowl we was hooded up on the prowl
Now I'm like, wow, wow
Posted up like a tower look at me the man of the hour
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
Written by: BROCK F. KORSAN, DYLAN KWABENA MILLS, NICOLAS MALBRANCHE, RONALD N. LA TOUR
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