Dylan Kwabena Mills

Dylan Kwabena Mills (born 1 October 1985) aka Dizzee Rascal, is a British rapper, songwriter and record producer of Ghanaian and Nigerian descent.[6] His music is a blend of garage, hip hop, grime, ragga, pop and electronic music, with extremely eclectic samples and more exotic styles. Best known for his number-one hits "Dance wiv Me", "Bonkers", "Holiday", "Dirtee Disco" & "Shout", his debut album, Boy in da Corner, won him the 2003 Mercury Prize. Follow-up albums Showtime, Maths + English and Tongue n' Cheek have all been critically acclaimed and certified gold, the latter going platinum for sales exceeding 300,000 units.
Early life
Mills was born in Bow, east London. His Nigerian father died when he was young, he was raised for most of his life in a single-parent family by his Ghanaian-mother, Priscilla, who did the best she could for her rebellious son. 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".
He attended a series of schools in East London, excluded from four secondary schools in four years - it was a teacher who first called him "Rascal".Cagey about exactly what his youthful "madnesses" entailed, in early interviews he mentioned fighting with teachers, stealing cars and robbing pizza delivery men In the fifth school, Langdon Park in Poplar, he was excluded from most classes except music. He also used to attend YATI (Young Actors Theatre Islington)
He began making music on the school's computer, encouraged by a music teacher, Mr Smith, and during the summer holidays attended a music workshop organised by Tower Hamlets Summer University of which he is now a patron. His mother bought him his first turntables.
He was childhood friends with Nigerian footballer Danny Shittu when growing up, whom Mills described as 'like a big brother'.
Mills supports West Ham United.
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