Dizzee Rascal goes pop

18 May 2009: Number 49 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of pop musicAfter opening the door for grime to infiltrate the mainstream in the early noughties, Dizzee ended the decade with an equally impressive feat – transforming himself into a somewhat unlikely chart star. Dance Wiv Me was Dizzee's first No 1, but it was his Armand Van Helden collaboration, Bonkers, that assured another set of floodgates had been prised apart as young, black British rappers (Tinchy Stryder, Tinie ...

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