Who says grime doesn’t pay? Joining Lily Allen, Calvin Harris and Basement Jaxx as the latest artist to jump on the Dizzee train, international DJ remix giant Armand Van Helden lets go of the steel wheels to lend a hand to Rascal’s new single, “Bonkers”, which follows up the massive No. 1 track, “Dance Wiv Me”. Both tracks will be included on Dizzee Rascal’s hotly anticipated disc “Tongue ‘N’ Cheek”, the first release on Diz’s new label, Dirtee Stank. “Stank is the way forwards,” he says of his imprint, which he started to help out artists with “social problems” that might scare away other labels. But about the Dirtee Stank logo, a picture of flies circling faeces? “Gulliest thing I could think of,” Dizzee shrugs.

by Mark Emge