Main Stage - Live at Benicassim 2010, Spain

Dizzee Rascal

Dirtee Stank, London

Fix up, look sharp! This is Dizzee Rascal, or Mister Rascal if you please, as he continues to define his very own genre. His first album, Boy In Da Corner, took him straight to the British Top 40 and, quite surprisingly for a British grime/hip hop artist, also into Rolling Stone's year end list. Ever since he hasn't found a rulebook he didn't promptly rewrite - while continuing his meteoric pop rise in the UK, he released a record on hip hop independent Def Jux in the USA. He was the first to add any lines to the British charity classic 'Do They Know It's Christmas Time' since it was first released, and finally went totally Bonkers with his fourth album Tongue N' Cheek which includes four number one hits and collaborations with folks like old cohort Shy FX and unlikely new fan Armand Van Helden. Tongue N' Cheek took Dizzee right to the heart of the mainstream, giving him the record for most number one hits from an album by a solo artist. Yet with Dizzee it never looks like selling out - he's never been a follower, and many would say he's paved the way for groups and artists like Roll Deep and Tinie Tempah to enjoy crossover success. As the man himself says: Wherever he plays, people go bonkers. Here we catch him bringing his electric live show to Benicassim 2010.