Darren Jason Dixon (born 19 January 1980), known professionally as D Double E, is a British grime MC, DJ and

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from Forest Gate, East London. He performs both as a solo artist and as a member of the grime duo Newham Generals.

Career

D Double E has been active for over 20 years, beginning his career in jungle and

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music. In the mid-1990s, he was a DJ and went by the name DJ Dan. D Double was at the time in a crew called Bass Inject, alongside Terror Danjah and DJ Tempo. In 1998, Terror and D Double E went on to form the

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collective the Reckless Crew which played sets on

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. RWD, He later formed M.A.D., short for Monkey, Alley and D Double E, and joined 187 Crew, alongside Hitman Hyper, Jammer, Leon B and Ebony J. After the disbandment of 187, he joined early grime collective N.A.S.T.Y Crew, until leaving after a dispute in December 2003. He then founded the group Newham Generals together with Monkstar and Footsie. The group remains active as a duo consisting of D Double E and Footsie. He and the Newham Generals signed to Dizzee Rascal's Dirtee Stank label. As a solo artist, D Double E's releases include "Street Fighter Riddim", "Bluku, Bluku", "Bad 2 tha Bone", "Lovely Jubbly", and "Wolly". He is known for using vocalisations such as "bud-a-bup-bup" and "it's mree, mree". Fellow MC

Skepta Joseph Olaitan Adenuga Jr. (born 19 September 1982), known professionally as Skepta, is a British grime MC, rapper, record producer and DJ. Alongside his younger brother Jme, he briefly joined Roll Deep before they became founding members of ...

once named him as the "greatest of all time", and Dizzee Rascal said he was one of the artists who inspired him to start MCing.

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invited D Double E to create a special soundtrack for a Christmas 2019 campaign, marking the first time the

grime music Grime is a genre of electronic dance music (EDM) that emerged in London in the early 2000s. It developed out of the earlier UK dance style UK garage, and draws influences from jungle, dancehall, and hip hop. The style is typified by rapid, sy ...

genre was used in seasonal advertising.

Personal life

D Double E is of Jamaican descent.

Discography

Studio albums

Charted singles

References

External links

* * {{Authority control 1980 births Living people Black British male rappers British male rappers English rappers DJs from London English record producers Grime music artists People from Forest Gate Place of birth missing (living people) Rappers from the London Borough of Newham English people of Jamaican descent British electronic dance music DJs UK garage musicians