Dizzee Rascal

I chose Dizzee Rascal to write about because when I first heard his song “Flex” in class today I found myself dancing in my seat. I could almost see myself in the club with a lot of flashing bright lights and me dancing. Dizzee Rascal was born as Dylan Miles and he is a nineteen year old well known British artist who grew up in East England. He received his name from a teacher who always used to call him a rascal because he was known as a trouble maker in school.

The type of music that he is known for is “garage” music. This is the type of music that is well known from artist who grew in the inner city streets of England. Garage music is more of what we Americans would call rap. Dizzee turned to music so that he would not have a life that consisted of crime after he was expelled from school at a young age. He did not want to be considered an inner city boy who lived a life of crime so he used his time wisely with his friends by making music in his bedroom with whatever equipment that he had.

Dizzee Rascal’s culture is much similar to the American hip hop culture in which most of the artist relied on a form of music to get away from the troubled lives that they lived in. The form of music that he is known for is similar to rap in the U.S. because the beats and the whole appearance of him to the artist of our hip hop industry are the same. The typical big jackets, tennis shoes, big jeans, and flashy chains that are associated with the hip hop culture were also visible in Dizzee’s video. This easily shows how the hip hop culture is international and it is one of the main components that give countries some similarity.