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Dylan Mills

Dizzee Rascal
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Rascal performing at Rock am Ring 2013
Background information
Birth name Dylan Kwabena Mills
Also known as
  • Captain Roscoe
  • Raskit
Born (1984-09-18) 18 September 1984 (age 32)
London, England, United Kingdom
Origin Bow, London, England, UK
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Rapper
  • singer
  • songwriter
  • record producer
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • beatboxing
  • turntables
Years active 2000–present
Labels
Associated acts
Website dizzeerascal.co.uk
Dirtee Stank Recordings
Parent company Universal Music Group
Founded 2003
Founder
  • Dylan "Dizzee Rascal" Mills (CEO)
  • Nick "Cage" Denton (President)
Status Active
Distributor(s) Island Records
Genre
Country of origin United Kingdom
Location London
Official website www.dirteestank.com

Dylan Kwabena Mills (born 18 September 1984), better known by his stage name Dizzee Rascal, is an English hip hop recording artist and record producer. His music spans grime, UK garage, bassline, British hip hop, and R&B. Best known for his number-one hits "Dance wiv Me", "Bonkers", "Holiday", "Dirtee Disco","Shout"and "Hype" with Calvin Harris, his debut album Boy in da Corner is considered a grime classic and earned him the 2003 Mercury Prize. Follow-up albums Showtime, Maths + English, and Tongue n' Cheek have been critically acclaimed and certified gold, with Tongue n' Cheek going platinum for sales exceeding 300,000 units in the United Kingdom.

Mills was born in London. His Nigerian father died when Rascal was young, and he was raised in Bow, London, in a single-parent family, by his Ghanaian mother Priscilla, about whom he says, "I had issues as a kid. I was violent and disruptive. The way my mum helped was by finding me a different school every time I got kicked out, always fighting to keep me in the school system."


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