DIZZEE Rascal releases his comeback single Stand Up Tall on August 23 - and you can watch the video here. Stand Up Tall is the first single to be taken from the UK garage star's second album ...

Dizzee Rascal's second CD is much like many other artist's sophomore efforts. There are the obligatory lyrics about fame and how hard it is to live with it, but Rascal's new album lacks the shock ...

I spent 15,000 words in my new ebook, Stand Up Tall: Dizzee Rascal and the Birth of Grime, reflecting on where that remarkable sound came from and what it meant; for British pop music, for Dizzee ...

If the promotional whirl accompanying the release of Dizzee Rascal's forthcoming "Stand Up Tall" single and second album, Showtime, is taking a physical or spiritual toll on the teenager, ...

Straight outta . . . East London? It sounds just a little ridiculous, the mere idea of English rap -- only slightly more plausible than, say, Mexican klezmer or Motor City flamenco. But hip-hop ...

A quick refresher on the evolution of the snare drum in hip-hop music. American producers have always ratcheted the pop to beats two and four -- boom-pop-boom-pop -- which club peacocks harness to ...

Coldplay's run atop the U.K. album chart with "Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends" extended into a fifth week Sunday.

Having recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of his Mercury Award winning debut, Boy In Da Corner, the BRIT, Ivor Novello, BET, MOBO, NME, and NTA award winning Dizzee Rascal shares the brand new ...

It’s a terrifying thought, but this summer marks a decade since the release of Dizzee Rascal’s debut album, the notorious, bruised masterpiece, ‘Boy in da Corner’. Winner of the 2003 ...