He then returned to his earlier grime sound with subsequent albums Raskit and E3 AF Born Dylan Mills , Dizzee Rascal grew up in a council estate in East London and was raised an only child by his mother. He didn't fare well in school -- he was booted from several of them, often for altercations with teachers. When he wasn't in school, he got himself into more trouble by robbing pizza deliverers and stealing cars. One particular music class, however, proved to be a safe haven and helped push him in an alternate direction.
With support from his instructor, he began making his own productions on a classroom computer. He made noisy, off-kilter tracks to back his own MCing, since he found that the average garage track was unsuitable for his style of delivery. Taking cues from a host of admired U. MCs, Mills began to develop his songwriting skills, which took on an increasingly introspective quality. He was no stranger to making boastful pronouncements, but he drew from his own life and various mind states in a way that few other MCs -- regardless of background and nationality -- had done before.
When Mills recorded the underground white-label single "I Luv U," he had just started to make a name for himself in the U. In what might have initially seemed like a press stunt to cynics, Mills was stabbed several times while visiting Ayia Napa, a resort in Cyprus, just before its street date. He made a safe recovery, picked up the Mercury Prize a couple months later, guested on Basement Jaxx 's Kish Kash , and saw his album receive a U.
He became more of an underground sensation stateside; Anglophiles with an equal love for dance music and hip-hop tended to embrace him, while others found themselves baffled by all of the hype. Between the release of the two albums, he set up a fledgling label for younger talent called Dirtee Stank.
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