Editing Dizzee Rascal (section)

==Career==
[[File:Dizzie2009Rascal.jpg|thumb|left|Rascal in 2008]]

===2000–2003: Early career===
Around the age of 14, Dizzee Rascal became an amateur [[drum and bass]] DJ, also rapping over tracks as customary in [[Sound system (Jamaican)|sound system]] culture, and making occasional appearances on local [[pirate radio]] stations.<ref name=":1">{{citation|last=DJ Vlad|title=Dizzee Rascal on Growing up in the Projects & Raw Gun Culture in the U.K.|date=17 March 2016|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3hugcCt6b0&t=244|access-date=10 August 2016|archive-date=30 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330080937/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3hugcCt6b0&t=244|url-status=live}}</ref> Aged sixteen, he self-produced his first single, "[[I Luv U (Dizzee Rascal song)|I Luv U]]".<ref name="Indp1"/> In 2002, he jointly formed the [[Roll Deep Crew]], a 13-piece garage collective, with former school friends. He also signed a solo deal with the [[record label]] [[XL Recordings|XL]].<ref name="BBC1">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3055770.stm|title=Garage star stabbed in Cyprus|work=BBC News|date=8 July 2003|access-date=8 May 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090512160847/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3055770.stm|archive-date=12 May 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

During his early career, Rascal worked with his mentor [[Wiley (rapper)|Wiley]] to create the still-unreleased song "We Ain't Having It" and rapped on some Sidewinder recordings. He made some instrumentals including "Go" and "Ho" and "Streetfighter". Rascal had an ongoing feud, from late 2003, with fellow underground grime artist [[Crazy Titch]], which began when a fight broke out between the pair during a set on a guest show on the pirate radio station Deja Vu FM. The set, which features many seminal early grime artists, was filmed, and has accumulated over a million views on YouTube<ref>{{cite news |first=Dan |last=Hancox |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/13/dizzee-rascal-grime |title=Grime's 100 Club Moment &#124; Music |newspaper=The Guardian |date=13 June 2011 |access-date=6 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150218220056/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/jun/13/dizzee-rascal-grime |archive-date=18 February 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref> and resulted in the two exchanging [[Diss (music)|diss tracks]].

After winning a Sidewinder Award for Best Newcomer MC in 2002, Dizzee was a judge on the [[Sky1]] show ''[[Must Be The Music (TV series)|Must Be The Music]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sky1.sky.com/music |title=Dizzee, Jamie and Sharleen to judge Must Be The Music - Sky1 HD |publisher=Sky1.sky.com |access-date=6 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113075244/http://sky1.sky.com/music |archive-date=13 January 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

He also did a verse on the Roll Deep remix of "Let's Push Things Forward" on the 2002 album ''[[Weak Become Heroes]]'' and 12" single by [[The Streets]].

===2003–2004: ''Boy in da Corner''===
Dizzee's first solo album, ''[[Boy in da Corner]]'', was released to universal critical acclaim in August 2003, entering the UK [[Top 40]] at #40. The album would peak at #23. In the same week the album was released, whilst performing with Roll Deep Crew in Cyprus, Dizzee was stabbed six times.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.38053/title.dizzee-rascal-recalls-brutal-stabbing |title=News |date=25 March 2016 |publisher=HIPHOPDX |access-date=25 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328173802/http://hiphopdx.com/news/id.38053/title.dizzee-rascal-recalls-brutal-stabbing |archive-date=28 March 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="CBC"/><ref name="BBC1"/> Many tabloids suggested that this event was connected to an apparent feud between Dizzee and garage act [[So Solid Crew]], and his pinching [[Lisa Maffia]]'s buttocks.<ref name="Guard1"/> After Dizzee was hospitalised, So Solid Crew member "Megaman"&nbsp;– real name Dwayne Vincent&nbsp;– was questioned about the incident, but was released by Cypriot police.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3054875.stm |title=So Solid star quizzed over attack |work=BBC News |date=10 July 2003 |access-date=8 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170806145038/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/3054875.stm |archive-date=6 August 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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Following the success of single "I Luv U" and the album, the second single from ''Boy in da Corner'' was "[[Fix Up, Look Sharp]]". The single, released in August 2003, gave Dizzee his first UK [[Top 20]] single and also became the biggest hit from his debut album. In September, Dizzee was awarded the prestigious [[Mercury Prize]] for the best album of 2003.<ref name="CBC"/> He was the youngest person at 19 years old to do so and the second rapper, after [[Ms. Dynamite]] the previous year. The album was also chosen as the No. 1 album of the year by [[Planet Sound]], and as one of the top 50 albums of the year by ''[[Rolling Stone]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/6768041/the_top_50_albums_of_2004 |title=News |publisher=Rolling Stone |access-date=6 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313082215/http://www.rollingstone.com/news |archive-date=13 March 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His unique style, as "words pour out at a high pitch and pace, as if syllables are the only thing that can hold back a scream", have given him a sound that hip hop heads can embrace as something new and original in the hip hop scene.<ref name="autogenerated2">Chang, Jeff. "Future Shock." ''[[The Village Voice]]'', 19 January 2004.</ref> Later in the year he collaborated with the [[Basement Jaxx]] on their third album, ''[[Kish Kash]]'' on the track "Lucky Star". The track was released as a single in November 2003 and gave Dizzee his third top 30 hit. The third and final single, taken from his debut album, was "[[Jus' a Rascal]]", which became his fourth top 30 success. The song was also featured in the film ''[[Kidulthood]]'' released in 2006.

"Jezebel" was not a single from the album, but was well received, gaining exposure and popularity on the underground scene. The song told the tale of a young London girl, who through years of going to parties, getting drunk, doing drugs and having sex earned herself the title [[Jezebel (Bible)|Jezebel]]. He made his US concert debut on 7 February 2004 at Volume in [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]], [[Brooklyn]].

===2004–2007: ''Showtime''===
[[File:Dizzee Rascal - Ilosaarirock 2009 1.jpg|thumb|200px|Dizzee Rascal performing at the 2009 [[Ilosaarirock]] festival]]
In 2004, Dizzee Rascal won the [[NME Awards|NME Award for Innovation]]. His second album, ''[[Showtime (Dizzee Rascal album)|Showtime]]'', was released in September of the same year, eclipsing the peak of his debut album by entering the [[UK Albums Chart]] at #8. The first single from the album, released two weeks earlier in August 2004, was titled "Stand Up Tall"; it was written and produced by grime producer DJ Youngstar of Pulse-X. The title track was featured on the soundtrack for the first ''[[FIFA Street (2005 video game)|FIFA Street]]'' video game.

The second single "[[Dream (Dizzee Rascal song)|Dream]]", another top 20 hit, was released in November 2004. It sampled (and used the chorus of) [[Captain Sensible]]'s song "Happy Talk", originally from the makers of [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]] musical ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]''. The "Dream" music video consisted of a mock 1950s style children's [[marionette]] show depicting scenes corresponding to the lyrics about Dizzee's youth: street culture, crime, single teenage mothers, pirate radio and garage clubs.

Later in 2004, Dizzee Rascal was part of [[Band Aid (band)|Band Aid 20]], a group of British musicians who re-recorded "[[Do They Know It's Christmas?]]" He did not sing in the song; rather, he rapped two lines of it ("Spare a thought this yuletide for the deprived, if the table was turned would you survive?" and "You ain't gotta feel guilt just selfless, give a little help to the helpless"). Dizzee Rascal was the first person to add to the song since the original was released;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Interviews |first=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |date=2007-05-01 |title=Dizzee Rascal |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/dizzee-rascal/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |language=en-GB}}</ref> this would mark the first time that Dizzee reached the [[Number one hit record|number one]] spot in the [[UK Singles Chart]], albeit as part of the ensemble.

In 2004, Dizzee Rascal made an international endorsement deal with urban brand [[Eckō Unltd.]] and designed his own shoe with [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] in 2005.<ref name="CBC"/>

In March 2005, the [[double A-side]] single "Off 2 Work" / "Graftin'" was released. "Graftin'" was the third and final single from the ''Showtime'' album, whilst "Off 2 Work" was a new track that did not appear on either of his albums. The accompanying music video featured Rascal in various ordinary workplace situations (as a policeman, a fast food vendor, a businessman, etc.) and as [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]], announcing his engagement to [[Cherie Blair]]. It would prove to be Dizzee's lowest charting single to date, peaking outside the Top 40 at #44.

===2007–2009: ''Maths + English''===
Dizzee's third album, ''[[Maths + English]]'', was released on 4 June 2007. He stated in an interview before the album's release that "Maths" refers to producing, in terms of beats, deals and money<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite web |url=https://www.myspace.com/dizzeerascal |title=DIZZEE RASCAL |publisher=Myspace.com |access-date=6 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208025512/http://www.myspace.com/dizzeerascal |archive-date=8 February 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> and "English" to writing lyrics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.leftlion.co.uk/articles.cfm/id/1001 |title=Dizzee Rascal Interview - Nottingham Culture |publisher=LeftLion.co.uk |access-date=6 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415113542/http://www.leftlion.co.uk/articles.cfm/id/1001 |archive-date=15 April 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> The first single off this album, "Sirens", was released on 21 May.

The album was one of the 12 nominees for the 2007 [[Mercury Prize]], which ultimately went to [[Klaxons]]' album ''[[Myths of the Near Future (album)|Myths of the Near Future]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Beech |first=Mark |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=ak1CuHOGlhqs&refer=home |title=Klaxons Are Winners of Britain's Mercury Music Prize (Update1) |publisher=Bloomberg |date=4 September 2007 |access-date=6 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930072030/http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=ak1CuHOGlhqs&refer=home |archive-date=30 September 2007 }}</ref> During the year, Dizzee worked with cross-genre artist [[Beck]] on a remix of the song "[[Hell Yes (EP)|Hell Yes]]", and provided guest vocals on an [[Arctic Monkeys]] track, the B-Side to their single "[[Brianstorm]]" named "Temptation Greets You Like Your Naughty Friend". Dizzee's version of the same song was featured as "Temptation" on his third album.

The official US album was released on 29 April 2008; it contained two tracks not on the European release, but it did not include the track "Pussyole'". It was Dizzee's first album to be released under the [[Definitive Jux]] label.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hhworlds.com/f11/01-21-08-dizzie-rascal-s-maths-english-gets-u-s-release-date-11632.html |title=''HHWorlds.com'' – Dizzee Rascal's Maths + English Gets US Release Date (January 21, 2008) |publisher=Hhworlds.com |access-date=22 March 2012 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130925022212/http://www.hhworlds.com/f11/01-21-08-dizzie-rascal-s-maths-english-gets-u-s-release-date-11632.html |archive-date=25 September 2013 }}</ref>

In 2008, Rascal recorded a song for suicide charity [[Campaign Against Living Miserably|CALM]]; the song "Dean" was about a friend of Dizzee's who took his own life. In December of that year, he was arrested following an alleged incident involving a baseball bat in southeast London. He was released on bail to return to a police station later in December.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7781151.stm |title=Online – Dizzee Rascal held in 'bat' probe |work=BBC News |date=13 December 2008 |access-date=22 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090220101523/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/7781151.stm |archive-date=20 February 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===2009–2012: ''Tongue n' Cheek''===
[[File:Dizzee Rascal 2013.jpg|thumb|left|Dizzee Rascal performing with [[Muse (band)|Muse]] on their Stadium Tour in 2013]]
Dizzee Rascal released his fourth studio album, ''[[Tongue n' Cheek]],'' on 21 September 2009. It included his four number-one hits "[[Dance wiv Me]]", "[[Bonkers (song)|Bonkers]] (with [[Armand Van Helden]]), "[[Holiday (Dizzee Rascal song)|Holiday]]" and "[[Dirtee Disco]]". Its release was announced on ''[[Friday Night with Jonathan Ross]]'', where Dizzee Rascal revealed some details about the album, including track information and production. In a collaboration track with [[Chase & Status]] titled "Heavy", Dizzee Rascal said, "Grime had a little time without me still no grime without me, No life without me, no Risky Roadz, no [[GRM Daily|Grime Daily]]" seemingly seeking to create the impression that grime had petered out since he left the scene. On 23 May 2008, [[Calvin Harris]], whom he collaborated with on the number-one hit "Dance Wiv Me", revealed on his Twitter{{citation needed|date=July 2014}} that he was producing a Dizzee track; at the [[Evolution Festival]] in [[Newcastle upon Tyne|Newcastle]], and when on tour supporting [[The Prodigy]], he confirmed that two new singles called "Road Rage" and "[[Dirtee Cash]]", both of which featured on the album, would be released. "Dirtee Cash" peaked at No. 10 and Road Rage was never released as a single.

At the 30th annual [[Brit Awards]], Dizzee Rascal won the award for Best British Male. He later performed a mash-up entitled "[[You Got the Dirtee Love]]" with [[Florence and the Machine]]. This collaboration was released as a charity single the following day and peaked at number 2 in the UK charts.

On 31 May 2010 Dizzee re-released the album ''Tongue n' Cheek'' with a few new tracks including "[[Dirtee Disco]]", which was released on 24 May 2010. The track went to number 1 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].

In August 2010, it was revealed that he was to collaborate with [[Colombia]]n popstar [[Shakira]] on the English version of "[[Loca (Shakira song)|Loca]]", the lead single of her album ''[[Sale el Sol]]''. He stated that "I know it sounds a bit mad now, but you'll see it and see what's going on, it's me doing something different man, on a merengue tip".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/58196/Dizzee-Rascal-Says-Shakira-Collaboration-Is-Different |title=Dizzee Rascal Says Shakira Collaboration Is 'Different' |work=[[Gigwise]] |last=Gregory |first=Jason |date=2 September 2010 |access-date=2 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120919170611/http://www.gigwise.com/news/58196/Dizzee-Rascal-Says-Shakira-Collaboration-Is-Different |archive-date=19 September 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> On the week of 14 October 2010, Dizzee made his first appearance on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]] after the song peaked number 32.

On 6 February 2011, it was announced Dizzee would support the Red Hot Chili Peppers at their Knebworth House show in the summer.<ref>{{cite web |first=Satvir |last=Bhamra |url=http://amplified.tv/2012/02/06/dizzee-rascal-to-support-chilis-at-knebworth/ |title=Amplified. – Dizzee Rascal to support Chilis at Knebworth |publisher=Amplified.tv |date=6 February 2012 |access-date=22 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311213957/http://amplified.tv/2012/02/06/dizzee-rascal-to-support-chilis-at-knebworth/ |archive-date=11 March 2013 }}</ref>

===2012–2017: ''DirteeTV.com'' and ''The Fifth''===
On New Year's Day 2011, Dizzee Rascal released ''DirteeTV.com'' alongside the Newham Generals, D Double E and Footsie. The 25-track mixtape was released as a free download, and included features from fellow rappers JME, Kano, Scrufizzer, Example, Rapid, Chronik, Hyper and [[Smurfie Syco]]. The mixtape featured new and old tracks by Dizzee Rascal.

In 2012 he was also expected to have a collaboration with Snoop Dogg on either his new album or Snoop Dogg's new album ''[[Reincarnated (album)|Reincarnated]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/dizzee-rascal/62024 |title=Dizzee Rascal: 'My new album is more worldly' &#124; News |work=NME |location=UK |date=14 February 2012 |access-date=22 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216225743/http://www.nme.com/news/dizzee-rascal/62024 |archive-date=16 February 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> His first collaboration with [[DJ Fresh]], "[[The Power (DJ Fresh song)|The Power]]" was the third single from Fresh's third studio album, released in September 2012. Dizzee performed during the [[2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|opening ceremony]] of the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympics]].

On [[Calvin Harris]]'s third studio album, ''[[18 Months]]'', Dizzee Rascal paired up with Harris and [[Dillon Francis]] to create the track "Here 2 China". Dizzee Rascal's album ''[[The Fifth (Dizzee Rascal album)|The Fifth]]'' was released in 2013. The lead single was "[[Goin' Crazy (Dizzee Rascal song)|Goin' Crazy]]" featuring [[Robbie Williams]].

===2016–present: ''Raskit'', ''E3 AF'', and ''Don't Take It Personal''===
[[File:Boardmaster21_(320)_(51386984245).jpg|thumb|Dizzee Rascal performing in Cornwall in 2021]]
In June 2016, Dizzee Rascal collaborated with Calvin Harris for the third time on the single "[[Hype (song)|Hype]]", which reached number 34 on the UK charts. A year later, he released the single "Space" with a livestreamed teaser trailer and announced his sixth studio album, titled ''[[Raskit]]'', which was released on 21 July 2017, peaking at number 10 on the UK albums chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.factmag.com/2017/06/15/dizzee-rascal-announces-new-album-raskit/ |title=Dizzee Rascal teases new album Raskit, reveals tracklist |publisher=factmag.com |date=15 June 2017 |access-date=19 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170618205449/http://www.factmag.com/2017/06/15/dizzee-rascal-announces-new-album-raskit/ |archive-date=18 June 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> Later that year, he collaborated with French rapper [[Orelsan]] on the song "Zone" (also featuring [[Nekfeu]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.snepmusique.com/les-disques-dor/?awards_cat=64&awards_awd=0&awards_year=0&awards_artist=ORELSAN&awards_title=&awards_edit_distrib=&awards_sort=date_certif-desc&awards_nb=30&submitAdvanced=Rechercher |title=Singles - SNEP |access-date=7 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171110172124/http://www.snepmusique.com/les-disques-dor/?awards_cat=64&awards_awd=0&awards_year=0&awards_artist=ORELSAN&awards_title=&awards_edit_distrib=&awards_sort=date_certif-desc&awards_nb=30&submitAdvanced=Rechercher |archive-date=10 November 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Dizzee Rascal released an EP titled ''Don't Gas Me'' in September 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2018/09/dizzee-rascal-dont-gas-me-ep |title=Dizzee Rascal Don't Gas Me EP |website=[[Complex Networks]] |access-date=1 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001220825/https://www.complex.com/music/2018/09/dizzee-rascal-dont-gas-me-ep |archive-date=1 October 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> The EP also marked the first time Dizzee and Skepta worked on a track together, releasing Money Right which peaked at number 68 on the UK singles chart. He also began appearing in [[Ladbrokes Coral|Ladbrokes]] adverts on television, with "Bonkers" playing in the background.

In August 2020 Dizzee Rascal announced his seventh studio album, titled ''[[E3 AF]]'', which was then released on 30 October 2020. The album peaked at number 13 on the UK albums chart.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/e3-af/ |title=E3 af &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company |website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]] |access-date=30 November 2020 |archive-date=22 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210322084904/https://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/e3-af/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In November 2023, he released a single titled "How Did I Get So Calm" from his forthcoming eighth studio album "Don't Take It Personal", which released on 9 February 2024.