After three most excellent albums, the stilly mighty young Dizzee Rascal has become a hardened businessman when it comes to finding success stateside.
The London-based rapper explained his stance to writer Sean Fennessey in August's XXL:
The more and more I've been there, the more and more I understand how different it is to England. There's some things that are just never gonna translate. So I've accepted that. American culture is a whole lot different. It's big, bold, in your face, loud, vibrant. It's all about the biggest and the best. In England things are more refined, attention to detail. That's the culture in general. And just the fact that people don't even know what the fuck I'm saying out there when they listen to my music. You kind of get a vibe, but they don't know what I'm saying.
The interview's extended cut, which is really worth a read if you've ever even had a passing interest in the Rascal can be read here.
