Dizzee Rascal: "I'm going to be like Michael Jackson"

He's the boy from the margins who took British rap into the mainstream to become our best loved pop personality. He counts Prince Harry as a fan and Jeremy Paxman asked him if he'd like to be prime minister. Now, after three consecutive number ones, Dizzee Rascal tells Tim Adams why he's having the best year of his lifeAt the V Festival in Chelmsford the prophecy of a barbecue summer is finally coming to pass; by the time Dizzee Rascal takes the stage in the late afternoon the bared Essex flesh ...

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