Gallery: Dizzee Rascal’s Boy in Da Corner Live
For the first time ever, grime hero Dizzee Rascal performed his genre-defining debut album in full
With his 2003 debut album Boy in Da Corner, Dizzee Rascal transmitted the raw pulse of UK grime from the London streets to the world. The platinum-selling MC, producer, and Dirtee Stank label boss has moved easily between underground and mainstream ever since, with tracks like “I Luv U” and “Strings Hoe” as relevant today as they were 13 years ago. With grime again exploding up the charts and in the clubs again, we brought Dizzee back to the Big Apple to perform Boy in Da Corner live in its entirety for the first time ever—times have changed since his 2004 NYC debut at Williamsburg’s Volume, but Raskit’s tracks were as urgent and infectious as ever.
To a jam-packed house at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, Dizzee delivered a razor-sharp performance that repeatedly sent the crowd into a frenzy. In front of a backdrop that harkened back to the iconic Boy in Da Corner cover image (which fans were also able to recreate in a special photo booth on site), the grime prodigy-turned-superstar visibly enjoyed the ride down memory lane, just like all the rest of us. Check out photos from the historic show by our photographers Drew Gurian, Maria Jose Govea and Jeff Thibodeau below.
