DIZZEE LOOKS SHARP & FIXES UP
Live Music Tours In The Covid Era Explained, Strictly Focused & On Point
Dizzee Did Better This Time At Setting Boundaries & Not Being Drawn Into Impromptu Political Questions, At The Start of His Planned Summer Music Tour, June 2020. The Covid Crisis Forced Him & Fellow Musicians To Come Up With Creative Solutions To The Problem of Having To Socially Distance & Avoid Gathering In Large Crowds, Yet At The Same Wanting To Bring Live Music To The People Hungry For Entertainment.
The Award Winning Music Star Was On GMTV To Promote His Up & Coming ‘Car Concerts’ Across The Country. Fundamentally The Concept Resemble A Drive-In Movie Format, But With People Watching Musical Performances Instead of A Movie.
“Most people listen to music in their cars anyway”
Dizzee Beamed Away As He Explained His Well Considered Summer Tour Format Amidst The Covid Crisis
As Piers Later Tried To Divert Dizzee Into Discussing His Thoughts On The Black Lives Matter Movement (BLM) Dizzy Looked Sharp & Fixed Up. He Pointed Out That Was Not Why He Agreed To Appear On GMTV & Nor Was He A Spokesman On The Matter. He refused to be drawn And Instead Remained Firmly Focused On What He Does Best. Music Making & Promoting.
He told The “Life Stories” Interviewer That He’d Watched Him On Good Morning Britain & Seen How He Behaves With Some Interviewees. Clearly Cogniscent of Morgan’s Modus Operandi Mr Rascal Said He Was Not Going To Allow The GMTV Presenter To Do That To Him. Mr Rascal Observed That Allowing Others To Talk Was Not Mr Morgan’s Strong Suit. So He Deftly Deferred To Akala, The Rapper, Writer & Activist Instead, & Told Piers He Should Have Him On The Show If He Wished To Discuss Such Matters.
Piers Has Been A Great Unexpected Champion On GMTV When It Comes To Debate on Various Issues Concerning The Black Community. The Orator.Press Recognizes That & Thanks Him For It. We Hope He Continues To Do So. It Is Very Much Appreciated. Credit Where Credit Is Due.
Sadly Though, Alas None of Us Are Perfect. He Did Demonstrate A Pattern of Behaviour Which Black People Are Subjected Too Repeatedly, To Their Cost, Which Is To Label A Black Person “Aggressive” “Angry” or “Irrate” For Instance, Whenever They Are Standing Up For Themselves. Piers Insisted He Was Giving Dizzee A Chance To Express His Views On The BLM Movement & There Was No Need For Him To Get “Aggressive”. Dizzee Explained That He Is Perfectly Capable of Expressing His Views On The Matter At Anytime But Now, First Thing In The Morning, When He Had Appeared On The Show To Talk About His Tour, Was Not The Time. When He Duly Pointed Out That He Had Just Been Labelled “The Aggressive Black Man” By Piers (& Susanna), They Exclaimed Surprise & Incredulity. However, This Is A Prime Example of Members of The Caucasian Community Having The Privilege of Not Experiencing The Sufferances of The Black Community Because The Caucasian Community Are Treated Differently. Being Accused of Being “Aggressive”, “Angry”, “Irrate” or “Uppity” Is Standard Language For Those Who Wish To Dismiss, Discourage, Degrade or Defame Black People. Dizzee’s Displeasure & Pain About That Was Real. Many In The Black Community Will Have Recognized It. Many Will Have Felt It. Hopefully As Voices In The Black Community Are Now Being Heard More Clearly & Willingly Such Behaviours Will Desist To A Significant Degree.
Dizzee Did What It Says On The Tin!
During The Course of The Conversation Mr Morgan Said He Would Be Attending Dizzee’s Tour. We Shall Report Back On That If Morgan Makes It To A Dizzee Concert & Cares To Grant Us A Review. Of Course We Would Be Strict & Firm With Him Too As He Needs A Firm Hand & Clearly Does Not Get One Often Enough. Susanna!
No Doubt Dizzee’s Deference Was A Case of ‘Once Bitten Twice Shy,’ After The Notoriety of His Controversial 2008 Appearance On The BBC’s Flagship News & Current Affairs Programme Newsnight. For Reason’s Still Never Fully Explained The Production Team of This In-depth Analysis & Investigation Programme Decided Dizzee – (Who By His Own Admission Was Poorly Educated & Often Excluded From School – Hence The Stage Name) – Was A Suitable Match For Infamously Dry, Oxbridge Educated, Veteran & Vicious Political Interrogator Jeremy Paxman. Hot on The Heel’s of Barack Obama Being Elected US President Paxman Allowed The Rascal To Run Away With His Theory That Hip Hop Played A Central Role In Obama’s Election Success. Compounding The Situation Was The Fact That Fellow Guest Baroness Amos (Who From August 1 2020 Began Her Role As The First Female & First Black Master of University College Oxford) Could Barely Get A Word In As Paxman Was So Focused On Letting Dizzee Run Away With Himself. Some Thought The Show Took Liberties, Especially Members of The Black Community, Including Fellow Artist Estelle. It Was Not Quite Trump & Kanye West, But The Show Did Not Portray Dizzee At His Best. Fair Play To Him. He’s Long Since Fixed Up, Looked Sharp & Moved On.
The More Recent Morgan Exchange Also Received A Lot of Coverage Online & In The Traditional Print Press. Some Said Dizzee Should Have Spoken Up On BLM When He Had The Chance To Do So & Others Say He Was Right To Decline. Ultimately Dizzee Did What He Felt Was Right & Ultimately By Doing That He Can Never Go Wrong.
Ironically The “Live From The Drive-In Concerts” In Association With Utilita Engery, Were Cancelled Mid July 2020 Anyway, As The Organizers, Live Nation, Felt They “Could Not Continue In Confidence” Due To The Random Nature of Local Lockdowns. The Drive In’ Concerts Were Also Supposed To Feature The Likes of The Streets, The Kiaser Chiefs & K.T. Tunstall. Live Nation Promised Fans Swift Refunds.
Meanwhile Dizzy’s Seventh Album “E3 AF” Drops Friday 30 October 2020, on Island Records, Featuring Various Collaborations & A Shout Out To His Local Manner, Bow, East London.
As Album No.7 Drops Friday 30-10-20
The Rated Music Awards 2020, Organized By GRM Daily & Hosted By Presenter Julie Adenuga & Comedian Mo Gilligan, Presented Dizzee, Just 36, With The Legacy Award For “Changing The Face of British Music”. He Said He Was Inspired To Start Rapping [Years Ago of Course] By MC ‘D Double EE’ Who Won The Award In 2018. GRM Daily Readers Voted For Their Favs’ Online Mid-Late Summer. The Autumn Awards Tuesday September 9 2020 Were Corona Careful & Presented Online. There Was A Double Win For Male Music Duo D-Block Europe With Mix Tape of The Year For “PTSD” & Male Artist of The Year. The Wonderfully Named Stefflon Don Won Female Artist of The Year (& Was The Only Female Winner This Year). Track of The Year Went To “I Dunno” Featuring Stormzy & Dutachavelli (Stefflon Don’s Brother). J Hus Won Album of The Year With Conspiracy’. There Were Online Performances From George The Poet, M Huncho & Kano & Dizzee Himself Too.
No Doubt Dizzee Had A Happy Start To Autumn As September (18th 2020) Was Also His Birthday. Salutations & Congratulations Mr Rascal. You’ve Come A Long Way & We Hope You Had A Great Day – With Many More To Follow!
