But I managed to get on there, like I said, just as a DJ. That’s when I was a bit of a lil’ shit, he used to see me on the estate. I just knew that Geeneus didn’t really like me then. This was when I was 15, or whatever.īut that’s how much it meant to me, to even just be on the station. Then eventually I got on, I did a graveyard shift on Rinse FM, for like one till three in the morning and then went to school. A couple of my bredrens who were just in my local area, we went up there, we used to do a set. What was the set? There was one radio station that someone started up, round near Bow church. But when I finally got on there, I remember. I remember that, and I just wanted to just DJ so bad. I used to ring up live call-ins and all that. I used to listen to Karnage, Geeneus, all the jungle DJs and that. That was around me, so I used to listen to the sets. I was lucky, they were all kind of local. That was everything to me, because at one point, that’s all I wanted, because you had things like Deja Vu, Rinse FM. How influential was that in you becoming Dizzee Rascal? I want you to take us back to pirate radio, and how important that was for you, and how it felt to be on pirate radio. I remember the first time hearing you on pirate radio. You could just put the shit together, make it sound good. I remember Music 2000 on PlayStation, anyone remember that? That was like the first FruityLoops kind of thing. Anyone know of Cubase? Yeah, exactly, school ones. From there I was doing pirate radio, I was DJing, then I started MCing properly, then in school, that’s when I started making beats. Having the MCs around the setup and I’ll jump on the mic sometimes just because. You know, you got the bedroom setup, just MCing. I was like 14, 15, so it didn’t really kick off. I used to buy records from him, just trying to mix. Anyone knows DJ Target? I used to buy records off him because he lived down the road on my estate.
What was your first intro to music and you discovering exactly how talented you was?ĭrum & bass records. Before we talk about the Boy in da Corner album, I want to take it to back in the day, and I want to know where you first discovered how talented you was. I want to take it back to back in the day. All right bro, so obviously you’re incredibly talented. I want to try and answer all your questions. Thanks for coming as well man, you just showed me that people give a shit. You’re used to bigger audiences than this.