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{{Short description|British rapper (born 1984)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name             = Dizzee Rascal
| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}}
| image            = 13-06-09 RaR Dizzee Rascal 10 (cropped).jpg
| caption          = Rascal performing at [[Rock am Ring and Rock im Park|Rock am Ring]] 2013
| birth_name       = Dylan Kwabena Mills
| alias            = {{hlist|Captain Roscoe|Raskit}}
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1984|9|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place      = [[London]], England
| occupation       = {{hlist|Rapper|songwriter|record producer}}
| years_active     = 2000–present
| works             ={{hlist|[[Dizzee Rascal discography|Discography]]|[[List of songs recorded by Dizzee Rascal|songs]]}}
| children         = 2
| awards           = [[Dizzee Rascal#Awards and nominations|Full list]]
| module           = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| origin           = [[Bow, London|Bow]], London
| genre            = {{hlist|[[British hip hop]]|[[Grime (music genre)|grime]]|[[Bassline (music genre)|bassline]]|[[UK garage]]|[[Contemporary R&B|R&B]]}}
| label            = {{hlist|[[XL Recordings|XL]]|[[Island Records|Island]]|[[Dirtee Stank]]|Big Dirtee}}
| past_member_of   = [[Roll Deep]]
| website          = {{URL|dizzeerascal.co.uk}}
}}
}}
'''Dylan Kwabena Mills'''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=1664489&search_in=c&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1 |title=ASCAP ACE - Search Results |access-date=4 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707173509/http://www.ascap.com/ace/search.cfm?requesttimeout=300&mode=results&searchstr=1664489&search_in=c&search_type=exact&search_det=t,s,w,p,b,v&results_pp=20&start=1 |archive-date=7 July 2011}}</ref> {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}} (born 18 September 1984<ref name="tweet">{{cite tweet |user=dizzeerascal |number=517249697866850304 |date=1 October 2014 | title=Thanks for all the birthday shouts. My birthday was sept 18th I turned 30 but I'm happy to except any money u wanna send! Serious lol ;-)}}</ref>), known professionally as '''Dizzee Rascal''', is a British rapper and [[Rapping#Emcees|MC]].<ref name="indp1">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/streets-ahead-dizzee-rascal-1790056.html |title=Streets ahead: Dizzee Rascal |work=The Independent |location=London |date=19 September 2009 |access-date=5 January 2010 |first=Ian |last=Burrell |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923125552/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/streets-ahead-dizzee-rascal-1790056.html |archive-date=23 September 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> He is often credited as a pioneer of [[British hip hop]] and [[grime (music genre)|grime music]] and was ranked by ''[[Complex Networks|Complex]]'' as one of the greatest British rappers of all time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 December 2023 |title=50 Best British Rappers Of All Time, Ranked |url=https://www.complex.com/music/a/joseph-jp-patterson/best-british-rappers |website=Complex}}</ref> His work has also incorporated elements of [[UK garage]], [[bassline (music genre)|bassline]] and [[contemporary R&B|R&B]]. Dizzee Rascal's music is also often credited with bringing UK rap into the mainstream and became the country's first rapper to achieve international recognition.

After signing with independent label [[XL Recordings]] in 2002, the rapper released his self-produced debut album ''[[Boy in da Corner]]'' in 2003. which received widespread critical acclaim and earned him the [[Mercury Prize]] in 2003, eventually being certified [[Music recording certification|platinum]] by the [[British Phonographic Industry]]. It is often regarded as the best British hip hop album of all time. It was followed up with the albums ''[[Showtime (Dizzee Rascal album)|Showtime]]'' (2004) and ''[[Maths + English]]'' (2007), which were also critically praised and were certified gold, both peaking within the top ten of the [[UK Albums Chart]]. His next album, ''[[Tongue n' Cheek]]'' (2009) saw a departure from grime for a more pop-oriented sound. It garnered four [[UK Singles Chart]] number one singles—"[[Dance wiv Me]]", "[[Bonkers (song)|Bonkers]]", "[[Holiday (Dizzee Rascal song)|Holiday]]" and "[[Dirtee Disco]]"—and went platinum in 2010.

His fifth album, ''[[The Fifth (Dizzee Rascal album)|The Fifth]]'' (2013), continued his experimental commercial sound and although it received less favourable reviews than his previous albums, it still peaked in the top 10 of the [[UK Albums Chart]]. He returned to his grime roots with 2017's ''[[Raskit]]'', and has since released ''[[E3 AF]]'' in 2020 and ''[[Don't Take It Personal (Dizzee Rascal album)|Don't Take It Personal]]'' in 2024. Throughout his career, Dizzee Rascal has worked with a number of notable artists including [[Arctic Monkeys]], [[Calvin Harris]], [[Florence + The Machine]], [[Robbie Williams]], [[Shakira]], [[Ty Dolla Sign]], [[UGK]] and [[will.i.am]].

==Early life==
Dylan Kwabena Mills was born on 18 September 1984 in [[Forest Gate]], London. His [[Nigerian]] father died when Dizzee was young,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dizzee Rascal - National Portrait Gallery |url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp71618/dizzee-rascal-dylan-mills |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=www.npg.org.uk |language=en}}</ref> and he was raised in [[Bow, London|Bow]],<ref name="CBC">Matthew McKinnon: ''Grime Wave''. [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC.ca]], 5 May 2005. [https://web.archive.org/web/20100306173323/http://www.cbc.ca/arts/music/grimewave.html Online] at the [[Internet Archive]]</ref> 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."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article3945201.ece |location=London |work=The Times |title=Dizzee Rascal rebel with a cause |first=Ed |last=Marriott |date=17 May 2008}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref name=mirror>{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv-entertainment/music/2008/02/07/dizzee-rascal-says-he-s-calmed-down-since-his-days-of-crime-115875-20311955/ |title=Dizzee Rascal says he's calmed down since his days of crime.. |work=Daily Mirror |location=UK |date=7 February 2008 |access-date=8 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329132614/http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv-entertainment/music/2008/02/07/dizzee-rascal-says-he-s-calmed-down-since-his-days-of-crime-115875-20311955/ |archive-date=29 March 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Guard1">{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/sep/12/mercuryprize2003.popandrock |title=I've been through madnesses |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=12 September 2003 |access-date=8 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213125325/http://www.theguardian.com/music/2003/sep/12/mercuryprize2003.popandrock |archive-date=13 December 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref>

He attended a series of schools in [[east London]], including [[Langdon Park School]], and was expelled from four of them, including [[St Paul's Way Trust School|St Paul's Way Community School]]. Reportedly, it was around this time that a teacher was the first to call him "Rascal".<ref name="Indp1">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/dizzee-rascal-you-ask-the-questions-556269.html |title=Dizzee Rascal: You Ask The Questions |work=The Independent |location=London |date=12 August 2004 |access-date=8 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090823002050/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/dizzee-rascal-you-ask-the-questions-556269.html |archive-date=23 August 2009 |url-status=live }}</ref> Cagey about exactly what Rascal's youthful "madnesses" entailed, in early interviews he mentioned fighting with teachers, stealing cars, and robbing pizza delivery men.<ref name="Guard1"/> In the fifth school, he was excluded from all classes except music.<ref name="Indp1"/> He also used to attend YATI (Young Actors Theatre [[Islington]]).<ref name="Guard1"/> One of his teachers at school was the comedian [[Shazia Mirza]], who taught him science.<ref name=dizz2019>[http://www.timeout.com/london/comedy/features/5039/Shazia_Mirza-interview.html Time Out London: Shazia Mirza: interview] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019022809/http://www.timeout.com/london/comedy/features/5039/Shazia_Mirza-interview.html |date=19 October 2012 }} 17 June 2008</ref>

He began making music on the school's computer, encouraged by his music teacher Joseph Robson,<ref name="Guard1"/> and during the summer holidays attended a music workshop organised by [[Tower Hamlets Summer University]],<ref name=mirror/><ref name="SummerUni">{{cite web|url=http://www.dizzeerascal.net/news.shtml|title=Dizzee Rascal Net – News|work=DizzeeRascal.net|date=31 July 2005|access-date=3 September 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090524023511/http://www.dizzeerascal.net/news.shtml|archive-date=24 May 2009}}</ref> of which he is now a patron.<ref name=mirror/> He was a childhood friend of footballer [[Danny Shittu]], whom he described as "almost like a big brother", and at whose house he made his first mixtapes and tracks.<ref name=":0">{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/5979189/Dizzee-heights-for-Dizzee-Rascal.html | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | title=Dizzee heights for Dizzee Rascal | first=Ben | last=Thompson | date=7 August 2009 | access-date=1 May 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100516040356/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopfeatures/5979189/Dizzee-heights-for-Dizzee-Rascal.html | archive-date=16 May 2010 | url-status=live }}</ref> Unusually among his friends, he read the heavy metal magazine ''[[Kerrang!]]'' and was a fan of the grunge band [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]].<ref name=":0" />

==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=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/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 Albums Chart]] at No. 40. The album peaked at No. 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=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/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 No. 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 at No. 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=https://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.

==Music and style==
When starting to make music in his teenage years, Dizzee Rascal "learned to rap fast" over drum and bass tracks with 170-180 bpm, in contrast to the slower tempos of UK Garage.<ref name=":1" /> He also recalls being influenced by [[crunk]] ([[Three 6 Mafia]], [[Lil Jon]]), [[Grunge|grunge music]], [[Black Sabbath]] and by [[Timbaland]]'s work around that time.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite news|last=Hancox|first=Dan|date=5 May 2016|title=Track By Track: Dizzee Rascal's Boy in Da Corner|url=http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/05/track-by-track-dizzee-rascal-s-boy-in-da-corner|work=[[Red Bull Music Academy]]|access-date=17 November 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117233805/http://daily.redbullmusicacademy.com/2016/05/track-by-track-dizzee-rascal-s-boy-in-da-corner|archive-date=17 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

Dizzee Rascal once told author Ben Thompson in an interview with [[The Observer|''The Observer'' magazine]] that "everything I do is for the music&nbsp;– I want to master it like [[Bruce Lee]] mastered martial arts".<ref name="Thompson, Ben. Observer's">Thompson, Ben. Observer's Music Monthly. 17 April 2007.</ref>

Dizzee Rascal worked closely with his mentor [[Wiley (rapper)|Wiley]], who created one of the first grime tracks, called "[[Wiley discography|Eskimo]]".<ref name="autogenerated3">[https://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/03/21/050321crmu_music True Grime: The New Yorker<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308182928/http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2005/03/21/050321crmu_music |date=8 March 2008 }}. ''[[The New Yorker]].''</ref> In 2005, music critic [[Sasha Frere-Jones]] observed that despite Dizzee's large mainstream exposure, grime still was not having a commercial breakthrough in the US, although it was "becoming familiar".<ref name="autogenerated3" /> His DJ, DJ Semtex, said in 2004, "the biggest conflict I have is with major labels because they still don't get it".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.h2g2.com/entry/A3299204 |title=Collective - will grime pay? |publisher=BBC |access-date=6 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080227170824/http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A3299204 |archive-date=27 February 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref> Andy Bennett and Jon Stratton highlight in the book ''Britpop and the English Music Tradition'' (2010) how Dizzee Rascal alongside [[Sway (British musician)|Sway]] and [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A.]] created music that explored new soundscapes with new technologies, with lyrics expressing anger at Britain's "racialized" subordination of minority groups and that the innovation that generates new musical forms like grime and [[dubstep]] that are, inevitably, politically engaged. The chart success of grime-influenced artists like him is heralded as a signal in the way that white Britons are adapting to a new multicultural and plural musical mix in contrast to previous bands.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Andy |last1=Bennett|first2= Jon |last2=Stratton|title=Britpop and the English Music Tradition|publisher=[[Ashgate Publishing]]|year=2010|isbn=978-0-7546-6805-3 |oclc=663973447|pages=6–7}}</ref>

==Other interests==
===Dirtee Stank===
The first white label release of "I Luv U" was made on Rascal's own label, Dirtee Stank, released when he was 16,<ref name="first single">{{cite news |url=http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/celebrity/article3945201.ece |title=Dizzee Rascal, Rebel with a Cause |work=The Times |location=London |access-date=23 July 2008 | first=Ed | last=Marriott | date=17 May 2008}}{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> although both of his albums and their subsequent singles have been released under [[XL Recordings]]. It was not until 30 September 2005, that Dizzee Rascal 'revived' the label and made his first signings, Klass A<ref name="Simpson">{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/apr/28/dizzeerascal.popandrock| title=Dizzee Rascal seeks new urban artists| work=The Guardian| location=London| date=2 May 2005| first=Dave| last=Simpson| access-date=1 May 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080222162155/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,11711,1472012,00.html| archive-date=22 February 2008| url-status=live}}</ref> and [[Newham Generals]]. 

The label was formed and is owned by Dizzee Rascal, and is co-run by Dizzee's manager, Cage, label manager, Laurence Ezra, tour manager Paddy Stewart and executive producer Teriy Keys. According to Cage, Dirtee Stank exists to promote gifted artists with "social problems" that might scare off other labels. "People who, through the conditions they live in, might not be stable."<ref name="Simpson"/> 

The single "[[Dance Wiv Me]]", featuring [[Calvin Harris]] and Chrome, was released through the label on 7 July 2008; the track became [[Jo Whiley]]'s Pet Sound for the Week beginning 2 June 2008, thus gaining a large amount of radio airtime. The single charted at Number 1 on download sales alone, a week before its physical release. Dizzee's next two singles, "[[Bonkers (song)|Bonkers]]" and "[[Holiday (Dizzee Rascal song)|Holiday]]", were also released under the record label, and these two again charted at Number 1. Dizzee then released his 4th album on the label (Tongue N' Cheek) which along with three number ones spawned the top 10 hit [[Dirtee Cash]].

As of August 2011, the Newham Generals (D Double E & Footsie), [[Teriy Keys|Smurfie Syco]] and Pepper are signed to the label.<ref name="Dirtee Stank Official Website">{{cite web |url=http://www.dirteestank.com |title=Dirtee Stank |publisher=Dirtee Stank |access-date=6 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405203854/http://www.dirteestank.com/ |archive-date=5 April 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2014, [[Merky ACE]] was added to the Dirtee Stank line up.<ref>{{cite web |last=Patterson |first=Joseph |url=http://uk.complex.com/music/2015/06/premiere-merky-ace-cuss-match-produced-by-footsie |title=Premiere: Merky Ace Makes His Dirtee Stank Debut With "Cuss Match" (Prod. By Footsie) |website=Uk.complex.com |date=17 June 2015 |access-date=2 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106190829/http://uk.complex.com/music/2015/06/premiere-merky-ace-cuss-match-produced-by-footsie |archive-date=6 January 2016 }}</ref>

===Political views===
During the [[2008 United States presidential election|2008 US presidential elections]], Dizzee gave a live interview to ''[[Newsnight]]'' presenter [[Jeremy Paxman]], in which he described [[Barack Obama]] as "an immediate symbol of unity". Addressed by Paxman as "Mr Rascal" at one point, he said he felt that hip-hop played an important part in encouraging young voters and humorously suggested that he could well one day become prime minister.<ref>{{cite news |title=Dizzee Rascal on Obama's win |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/us_elections_2008/7713237.stm |work=BBC News |date=5 November 2008 |access-date=6 November 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081109140029/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/us_elections_2008/7713237.stm |archive-date=9 November 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Personal life==
In March 2005, Dizzee Rascal was arrested for allegedly carrying an illegal weapon after a search during a car stop in east London; he was found to be in possession of pepper spray. The driver of the car was also arrested after being found in possession of pepper spray, an [[ASP baton]] and cannabis.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4313817.stm |title=Rapper Rascal arrested in London |publisher=BBC News |date=3 March 2005}}</ref>

In February 2008, Dizzee Rascal's ex-girlfriend, model Kaya Bousquet, whom he had dated for two years, died in a high-speed crash on the [[M1 motorway]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/dizzee-rascal-mourns-ex_1075511 |title=Dizzee Rascal Mourns Ex |publisher=Contactmusic.com |date=27 July 2008 |access-date=6 February 2013 |archive-date=30 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330081012/https://www.contactmusic.com/dizzee-rascal/news/dizzee-rascal-mourns-ex_1075511 |url-status=live }}</ref> Later that year in December he was arrested and held on suspicion of possessing an offensive weapon after allegedly approaching a motorist with a baseball bat in a road rage incident at Sevenoaks Way, [[Orpington]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/dec/15/dizzeerascal-urban |title=Dizzee Rascal arrested |work=The Guardian |date=15 December 2008}}</ref>

Dizzee Rascal said in 2010 that he planned not to use drugs or alcohol at all in the future. He told ''[[The Independent]]'', "I'm not having any alcohol. No weed. I'm not doing anything – except some boxing to release energy."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a214192/dizzee-rascal-gives-up-drugs-alcohol.html |title=Dizzee Rascal gives up drugs, alcohol – Showbiz News |publisher=Digital Spy |date=13 April 2010 |access-date=6 February 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130528113406/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a214192/dizzee-rascal-gives-up-drugs-alcohol.html |archive-date=28 May 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2011, however, when asked what his favourite drink was during an interview with ''[[GQ]]'', he answered "Do I drink [alcohol] now? To be honest with you, the whole living clean vibe didn't last long. My biggest mistake was probably saying it in an interview, to be fair. I tried living mad clean – but I like partying as much as anyone else."<ref>{{cite web |last=Morris |first=Andy |url=http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2011-08/25/gq-music-dizzee-rascal-interview-on-bing-rick-ross-and-tinie-tempah |title=Dizzee Rascal interview about Rick Ross and Tinie Tempah – GQ Music |website=Gq-magazine.co.uk |date=25 August 2011 |access-date=2 December 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208170410/http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/entertainment/articles/2011-08/25/gq-music-dizzee-rascal-interview-on-bing-rick-ross-and-tinie-tempah |archive-date=8 December 2015 }}</ref>

In November 2013, Rascal received an honorary Doctorate of the Arts from the [[University of East London]].<ref>{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/press-releases/2013/11/honorary-doctorates5.htm
 |title        = UEL News archive – Superstar Dizzee Rascal awarded Honorary Doctorate from UEL
 |publisher    = Uel.ac.uk
 |access-date   = 27 September 2014
|archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203172036/http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/press-releases/2013/11/honorary-doctorates5.htm
 |archive-date  = 3 December 2013
|url-status     = dead
}}</ref>
He was appointed a [[Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[2020 Birthday Honours]] for services to music.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54463904 |title=Mary Berry and Dizzee Rascal on Queen's Birthday Honours list |work=BBC News |date=9 October 2020 |access-date=10 October 2020 |archive-date=10 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010225921/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54463904 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=63135|supp=y|page=B20|date=10 October 2020}}</ref>

On 7 March 2022, Dizzee Rascal was convicted of assaulting his former partner Cassandra Jones, with whom he has a daughter and a son, at a property in Streatham on 8 June 2021, after a 'chaotic argument'. Upon leaving court, he knocked a camera from a [[Press Association]] photographer's hands and threw it across the street.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/dizzee-rascal-guilty-assault-court-b2030315.html|title=Dizzee Rascal guilty of assaulting ex-fiance and smashes camera after verdict|author=Rory Sullivan|work=[[The Independent]]|date=7 March 2022|accessdate=7 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://theguardian.com/music/2022/mar/07/dizzee-rascal-found-guilty-of-assaulting-ex-fiancee |title=Dizzee Rascal smashes photographer's camera after court's guilty verdict |last=Farah |first=Hibaq |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=7 March 2022 |access-date=8 March 2022}}</ref> He received a community order, which included a 24-week curfew, as well as a restraining order prohibiting him from contacting Jones for a period of 12 months. An appeal against his conviction was dismissed in January 2023.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://metro.co.uk/2023/01/27/dizzee-rascal-loses-appeal-against-conviction-for-assaulting-ex-18179968/ | title=Dizzee Rascal loses appeal against conviction for assaulting ex }}</ref>

==Discography==
{{Main|Dizzee Rascal discography|List of songs recorded by Dizzee Rascal}}
* ''[[Boy in da Corner]]'' (2003)
* ''[[Showtime (Dizzee Rascal album)|Showtime]]'' (2004)
* ''[[Maths + English]]'' (2007)
* ''[[Tongue n' Cheek]]'' (2009)
* ''[[The Fifth (Dizzee Rascal album)|The Fifth]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Raskit]]'' (2017)
* ''[[E3 AF]]'' (2020)
* ''Don't Take It Personal'' (2024)

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Nominee/work
!Result
!Ref.
|-
| rowspan="5" |2003
|[[BT Digital Music Awards]]
|Best Use of Mobile
| rowspan="2"|''[[Boy in da Corner]]''
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{cite web|title=2003 Interactive Music Awards winners|url=https://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=6117|access-date=7 April 2020|website=Top40-Charts.com|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729220315/https://top40-charts.com/news.php?nid=6117|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Mercury Prize]]
|Best Album of the Year
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{Cite news|date=17 November 2015|title=Mercury Prize: past winners|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/mercury-prize-album-winners-pictures/dizzee/|access-date=14 November 2020|issn=0307-1235|archive-date=21 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121082703/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/mercury-prize-album-winners-pictures/dizzee/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Urban Music Awards]]
|Best Newcomer
| rowspan="8"|Himself
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[MOBO Awards]]
|Best Newcomer
|{{nom}}
| rowspan="2"|<ref name=":2">{{cite news|title=BBC NEWS &#124; Entertainment &#124; Mobo Awards 2003: The nominees|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3199193.stm|url-status=live|access-date=8 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203022813/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3199193.stm|archive-date=3 February 2014}}</ref>
|-
|Best Garage Act
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="7" |2004
|[[NME Awards]]
|Innovation
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[MOBO Awards]]
|UK Act of the Year
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{cite news|title=BBC NEWS &#124; Entertainment &#124; Mobo Awards 2004: The winners|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3705392.stm|url-status=live|access-date=8 October 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141114162726/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3705392.stm|archive-date=14 November 2014}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[2004 Brit Awards|Brit Awards]]
|[[Brit Award for British Breakthrough Act|Best British Breakthrough Act]]
|{{nom}}
| rowspan="3"|<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|date=11 May 2013|title=Dizzee Rascal {{!}} The BRIT Awards 2013|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/artist/dizzee-rascal|access-date=14 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511081525/http://www.brits.co.uk/artist/dizzee-rascal|archive-date=11 May 2013}}</ref>
|-
|[[Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist|Best British Male]] 
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Brit Award for British Urban Act|Best British Urban Act]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Ivor Novello Awards]]
|Best Contemporary Song
|"[[Jus' a Rascal]]"
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web|date=27 May 2004|title=Archive &#124; The Ivors &#124; The Ivors Academy &#124; Champions of Music Creators|url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/archive/?ay=2004|access-date=20 March 2020|publisher=The Ivors Academy|archive-date=30 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330080948/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/archive/?ay=2004|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Q Awards]]
|Best Album
|''[[Showtime (Dizzee Rascal album)|Showtime]]''
|{{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="6" |2005
|[[2005 Brit Awards|Brit Awards]]
|[[Brit Award for British Urban Act|Best British Urban Act]]
| Himself
|{{nom}}
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[PLUG Independent Music Awards]]
|Album of the Year
| rowspan="2"|''[[Boy in da Corner]]''
|{{nom}}
| rowspan="5"|<ref name=":4">{{cite web|title=PLUG: Independent Music Awards|url=http://www.plugawards.com/award_nominees_2005.php|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828015025/http://www.plugawards.com/award_nominees_2005.php|archive-date=28 August 2008|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref>
|-
|Hip-Hop Album of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|Artist of the Year
|rowspan="6"|Himself
|{{nom}}
|-
|New Artist of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|Male Artist of the Year
|{{nom}}
|-
|2006
|[[2006 Brit Awards|Brit Awards]]
|[[Brit Award for British Urban Act|Best British Urban Act]]
|{{nom}}
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
| rowspan="6" |2007
| rowspan="4" |[[MOBO Awards]]
|Best UK Male
|{{Won}}
|rowspan="4"|<ref name=":5">{{cite news|title=BBC NEWS &#124; Entertainment &#124; Mobo Awards 2007: Winners in full|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7003572.stm|url-status=live|access-date=8 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222020849/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7003572.stm|archive-date=22 February 2017}}</ref>
|-
|Best Hip-Hop Act
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Single
| rowspan="3"|"[[Sirens (Dizzee Rascal song)|Sirens]]"
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Video
|{{nom}}
|-
|Antville Music Video Awards
|Best Narrative Video
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[Mercury Prize]]
| Best Album of the Year
|''[[Maths + English]]''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 September 2007|title=Mercury Music Prize 2007 nominees: Dizzee Rascal {{!}} NME|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/dizzee-rascal-147-1348487|access-date=14 November 2020|website=NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs {{!}} NME.COM|language=en-GB|archive-date=20 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120221557/https://www.nme.com/news/music/dizzee-rascal-147-1348487|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="7" |2008
| rowspan="3" |[[MOBO Awards]]
|Best UK Male
| rowspan="2"|Himself
|{{Won}}
| rowspan="3"|<ref name=":6">{{cite web|title=MOBO Awards 2008: The Winners|date=16 October 2008|url=https://entertainment.ie/music/mobo-awards-2008-the-winners-276136/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008203024/https://entertainment.ie/music/mobo-awards-2008-the-winners-276136/|archive-date=8 October 2019|access-date=8 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
|Best Hip-Hop Act
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Single
| rowspan="2"|"[[Dance wiv Me]]" <small>(with [[Calvin Harris]])</small>
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Popjustice £20 Music Prize]]
|Best British Pop Single
|{{nom}}
|
|-
| Rober Awards Music Prize
| Best Music Video
| rowspan=2|"[[Toe Jam (song)|Toe Jam]]" <small>(with [[Fatboy Slim|The BPA]] & [[David Byrne]])</small>
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{cite web | url=https://roberawards.com/pop-culture-news/rober-nominees-2008-best-video-clip/ | title=ROBER NOMINEES 2008: Best Video Clip &#124; Rober Awards | date=8 January 2012 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[2008 UK Music Video Awards|UK Music Video Awards]]
|Best Dance Video
|{{nom}}
| rowspan="2"|
|-
|Best Urban Video
|"[[Sirens (Dizzee Rascal song)|Sirens]]"
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="11" |2009
|[[Urban Music Awards]]
|Best Male
|rowspan="3"|Himself
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[MOBO Awards]]
|Best UK Act
|{{nom}}
| rowspan="3"|<ref name=":7">{{cite web|title=Mobo Awards 2009 nominations unveiled|date=26 August 2009 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/6095726/Mobo-Awards-2009-nominations-unveiled.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090901170535/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/6095726/Mobo-Awards-2009-nominations-unveiled.html|archive-date=1 September 2009|access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
|Best Hip-Hop Act
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Video
|"[[Bonkers (song)|Bonkers]]"
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[2009 Brit Awards|Brit Awards]]
|[[Brit Award for British Single of the Year|Best British Single of the Year]]
| rowspan="2"|"[[Dance wiv Me]]" <small>(with [[Calvin Harris]])</small>
|{{Eliminated}}
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[Ivor Novello Awards]]
|Best Contemporary Song
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web|date=21 May 2009|title=Archive &#124; The Ivors &#124; The Ivors Academy &#124; Champions of Music Creators|url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/archive/?ay=2009|access-date=20 March 2020|publisher=The Ivors Academy|archive-date=30 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330081017/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/archive/?ay=2009|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[MTV Video Music Awards Japan]]
|Best Dance Video
|"[[Toe Jam (song)|Toe Jam]]" <small>(with [[Fatboy Slim|The BPA]] & [[David Byrne]])</small>
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=nominees for the MTV VIDEO MUSIC AWARDS JAPAN 2009 - Music Reviews|url=http://www.hkclubbing.com/articles/music-reviews/nominees-for-the-mtv-video-music-awards-japan-2009.html|access-date=11 July 2020|website=Hkclubbing.com|archive-date=30 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330080949/https://www.hkclubbing.com/articles/music-reviews/nominees-for-the-mtv-video-music-awards-japan-2009.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Q Awards]]
|Best Video
|"[[Holiday (Dizzee Rascal song)|Holiday]]"
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|Best Track
|rowspan="3"|"[[Bonkers (song)|Bonkers]]"
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|[[The Record of the Year]]
|Record of the Year
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|[[2009 UK Music Video Awards|UK Music Video Awards]]
|Best Dance Video
|{{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="14" |2010
| rowspan="2" |[[BT Digital Music Awards]]
|Best Independent Artist
| rowspan="3"|Himself
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{cite web|date=1 October 2010|title=JLS take two Digital Music awards|url=https://www.list.co.uk/article/29815-jls-take-two-digital-music-awards/|access-date=7 April 2020|website=The List|archive-date=30 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530184410/https://www.list.co.uk/article/29815-jls-take-two-digital-music-awards/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|Best Male Artist
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web|title=BT Digital Music Awards nominations announced|url=https://www.skiddle.com/news/all/BT-Digital-Music-Awards-nominations-announced/6797/|access-date=7 April 2020|website=Skiddle.com|archive-date=7 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407130115/https://www.skiddle.com/news/all/BT-Digital-Music-Awards-nominations-announced/6797/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[MOBO Awards]]
|Best UK Act
|{{nom}}
| rowspan="3"|<ref name=":8">{{cite web|title=Tinie Tempah leads nominations for Mobo awards 2010|website=[[TheGuardian.com]]|date=10 September 2010|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/10/tinie-tempah-mobos-2010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423100514/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/sep/10/tinie-tempah-mobos-2010|archive-date=23 April 2019|access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
|Best Video
|"[[Dirtee Disco]]"
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Album
| rowspan="5"|''[[Tongue n' Cheek|Tongue N' Cheek]]''
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Mercury Prize]]
|Best Album of the Year
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 July 2010|title=Mercury prize 2010: Dizzee Rascal and the xx lead nominations|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jul/20/mercury-prize-2010-nominations|access-date=14 November 2020|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=4 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204073946/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2010/jul/20/mercury-prize-2010-nominations|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[2010 UK Music Video Awards|UK Music Video Awards]]
|Best Music Advertisement – Television or Online
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[Music Producers Guild|Music Producers Guild Awards]]
|UK Album of the Year
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{cite web|date=21 January 2014|title=2010 Winners|url=https://mpg.org.uk/mpg-awards/2010-winners/|access-date=7 April 2020|website=The Music Producers Guild|archive-date=7 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407093654/https://mpg.org.uk/mpg-awards/2010-winners/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Ivor Novello Awards]]
|Album Award
|{{nom}}
| rowspan="2"|<ref name=":9">{{cite web|date=20 May 2010|title=Archive &#124; The Ivors &#124; The Ivors Academy &#124; Champions of Music Creators|url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/archive/?ay=2010|access-date=20 March 2020|publisher=The Ivors Academy|archive-date=30 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330081014/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/archive/?ay=2010|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|Best Contemporary Song
|"[[Bonkers (song)|Bonkers]]"
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[2010 Brit Awards|Brit Awards]]
|[[Brit Award for British Album of the Year|Best British Album of the Year]]
| rowspan="7"|Himself
|{{nom}}
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[Brit Award for British Male Solo Artist|Best British Male Solo Artist]] 
|{{Won}}
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[BET Awards 2010|BET Awards]]
| Best International Act
|{{Won}}
|
|-
|[[Q Awards]]
|Best Male Artist
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|2011
|[[Ivor Novello Awards]]
|The Ivors Inspiration Award
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{cite web|date=19 May 2011|title=Archive &#124; The Ivors &#124; The Ivors Academy &#124; Champions of Music Creators|url=https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/archive/?ay=2011|access-date=20 March 2020|publisher=The Ivors Academy|archive-date=30 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210330081016/https://ivorsacademy.com/awards/the-ivors/archive/?ay=2011|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2012
|[[Q Awards]]
|Best Solo Artist
|{{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="9" |2013
|Antville Music Video Awards
|Best Commissioning Artist
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|[[Camerimage]]
|Best Music Video
| rowspan="3"|"[[Bassline Junkie]]"
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web|title=MUSIC VIDEOS COMPETITION NOMINATIONS – EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2020|url=https://camerimage.pl/en/nominacje-do-konkursu-wideoklipow/|access-date=7 April 2020|website=Camerimage.pl|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127092544/https://camerimage.pl/en/nominacje-do-konkursu-wideoklipow/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[MOBO Awards]]
|Best Video
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web|title=Mobo Awards 2013: Nominees|website=Capital XTRA|url=https://www.capitalxtra.com/tours-events/mobo-awards/2013-nominations-list/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009190504/https://www.capitalxtra.com/tours-events/mobo-awards/2013-nominations-list/|archive-date=9 October 2019|access-date=9 October 2019}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[2013 UK Music Video Awards|UK Music Video Awards]]
| rowspan="2"|Best Urban Video – UK
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|"[[I Don't Need a Reason]]"
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|Best Art Direction & Design in a Video
| rowspan="2"|"[[Goin' Crazy (Dizzee Rascal song)|Goin' Crazy]]" <small>(with [[Robbie Williams]])</small>
|{{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|Best Pop Video – UK
|{{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|"[[Wild (Jessie J song)|Wild]]" <small>(with [[Jessie J]] & [[Big Sean]])</small>
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|Best Editing in a Video
| {{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2014
|[[BET Awards 2014|BET Awards]]
| [[BET Award for Best International Act: UK|Best International Act: UK]]
| Himself
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web|date=26 January 2014|title=Beyonce & Jay Z Lead 2014 BET Awards|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/beyonce-jay-z-lead-2014-bet-awards-6084917/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517011351/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/the-juice/6084917/beyonce-jay-z-lead-2014-bet-awards|archive-date=17 May 2014|access-date=14 May 2014|publisher=Billboard}}</ref>
|-
|[[Hungarian Music Awards]]
|Rap/Hip-Hop Album of the Year
| ''[[The Fifth (Dizzee Rascal album)|The Fifth]]''
|{{Won}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2015
| rowspan="2" |[[2015 UK Music Video Awards|UK Music Video Awards]]
| rowspan="2"|Best Urban Video – UK
|"Couple of Stacks"
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|"Pagans"
|{{nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="4" |2018
|Berlin Music Video Awards
|Best Narrative
| rowspan="4"|"[[Bop n' Keep It Dippin|Bop N' Keep It Dippin]]"
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Berlin Music Video Awards|url=http://www.berlinmva.com/nominees-2018/|access-date=11 July 2020|website=Berlinmva.com|archive-date=18 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191118091926/http://www.berlinmva.com/nominees-2018/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[2018 UK Music Video Awards|UK Music Video Awards]]
|Best Urban Video – UK
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|Best Styling in a Video
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|[[Webby Awards]]
|Best Music Video
|{{won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Music Video|url=https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2018/film-video/general/music-video/|access-date=11 July 2020|website=Webbyawards.com|archive-date=30 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730002847/https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2018/film-video/general/music-video/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4" |2019
|Berlin Music Video Awards
|Best Narrative
| rowspan="4"|"Money Right" (with [[Skepta]])
|{{nom}}
|
|-
|[[D&AD Awards]]
|Best Production Design
|{{won|place=Bronze|Wood Pencil}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Music Videos Jury &#124; 2019 D&AD D&AD Awards Winners &#124; D&AD|url=https://www.dandad.org/profiles/jury/927862/music-videos-2019/|access-date=11 July 2020|website=Dandad.org|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729221103/https://www.dandad.org/profiles/jury/927862/music-videos-2019/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[UK Music Video Awards]]
|Best Production Design in a Video
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=UK Music Video Awards 2019: all the nominations! &#124; News|url=https://www.promonews.tv/news/2019/09/25/uk-music-video-awards-2019-all-nominations/60964|access-date=11 July 2020|website=Promonews.tv|archive-date=1 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101083148/https://www.promonews.tv/news/2019/09/25/uk-music-video-awards-2019-all-nominations/60964|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Webby Awards]]
|Best Music Video
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|title=Music Video|url=https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2019/video/general-video/music-video/|access-date=11 July 2020|website=Webbyawards.com|archive-date=6 May 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200506135105/https://www.webbyawards.com/winners/2019/video/general-video/music-video/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" | 2023
|The National Film Awards
|Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series
|"Jungle"
|{{won}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
*[[Sounds Like London: 100 Years of Black Music in the Capital]], 2013. (Contributor)

==External links==
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*{{Official website|http://www.dizzeerascal.co.uk/}}
*{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000161773}}
*{{IMDb name|1476707}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051225054011/http://www.xlrecordings.com/dizzeerascal/ Dizzee Rascal News] at the [[XL Recordings]] home page

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