Dizzee Rascal
Biography
more"My teachers all called me rascal," Dylan Mills has said, explaining the name Dizzee Rascal - which is now known across the country after his Mercury win.Rascal, who grew up in Bow, east London, was raised by a single mother on a council estate.He was so much of a rascal that he was excluded from every class except music and expelled four times. But he began rapping in the UK garage style - the style dominant on many inner city streets - and one teacher encouraged him to develop his musical talents. According to Rascal himself, the music stopped him drifting into crime like many others on his estate. Rascal is not ashamed to admit that money motivates him and is the latest in a line of...
