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Bonkers - Dizzee Rascal @ Big Weekend

Published 11 May 9 11:0 AM | charlotte

Dizzee performs Bonkers at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Swindon. East London MC Dizzee Rascal is the most well-known purveyor of the U.K. underground hip-hop/electronic hybrid known as grime. Rascal's style is marked by a fierce, clipped double-time flow reminiscent, at times, of American krunk MCs and is filled with a litany of obscure British street-isms. His 2004 debut, BOY IN DA CORNER, boasts a combination of exhilarating U.K. garage beats and the occasional classic hip-hop "big beat...

Filed under: radio 1, hip hop, swindon, dizzee rascal, american krunk, big weekend, electronic hybrid, bonkers, mc, boy in da corner, grime, garage beats, british streetisms