Dizzee Rascal has revealed that he takes great inspiration from Arctic Monkeys’ works.
Dance Wiv Me rapper Dizzee, real-name Dylan Mills, says that he is following in frontman Alex Turner’s footsteps by "getting it all out while he’s young".
He told the Daily Star: "I haven’t seen much of Alex recently because he’s so busy. He’s got his hands full doing Arctic Monkeys and The Last Shadow Puppets and loads of other stuff."
He said: "I admire that, it’s cool. He’s getting it all out while he’s young. You’ve got to. It’s inspiring and I totally relate to it. I’m following the same path."
Dizzee also revealed that he loves that his music has become more popular, because now mums like him!
He explained: "It’s great being an artist today. You feel like you can do what you want. What I’m doing with mash-ups and collaborations has become mainstream. People’s mums are into me these days and everything." Source: Ananova
